We celebrated the day by coming into school dressed as a book character we love, or as a character we invented for our own book.

This year the theme was ‘Personal Relationships’, where Year 7 worked on developing their ability to work with other people that they did not know.

Working together in groups, everyone was assigned a role which enabled them to create the components of a book. The 3 parts of creating a book were cover design, character design and plotting the story. The groups split up to work on their roles and then met up again to put the book together into a presentation.

After a morning of invention, imagination and working hard, the Year 7 students presented their wonderful books to an audience. It was fantastic to see them letting their creativity shine and such strong presenting skills.

The winning team, voted for by Year 7 students, presented again to the entire year group. They will take a trip to Waterstones with a gift card each to buy a book of their choice.

Other activities included bookmark crafting, reading wrapped up books to experience a book without the cover, and a tea party for the best dressed students.

Well done to all Year 7 students for taking part in this wonderful day, it was lovely to see your costumes and the interesting books that you came up with.

Our forever expanding selection of donated and second hand books makes up Readcycle. All these books have been read and reviewed by a member of the school community. Come and review a new book and earn a golden ticket.

Accelerated reader -

 At Mount St Mary’s we support reading for pleasure but we also want out students to become the best readers they can be.

In Years 7, 8 and 9 students complete a Star Reading Assessment which gives them a reading range. Each book is then labelled with a number on the cover so that children easily find books in their personalised range. Children are encouraged to read within their range most of the time in order to make the optimum amount of progress.

After reading a book, students then complete a quiz to check their understanding.