Year 1 Mystery Reader
To celebrate our Give Like Dolly Day and the National Year of Reading, every class has a special visit from a mystery reader. Year 1 had a very exciting mystery reader today, Alfie’s mum! She read two amazing books. The first was written by Dolly Parton, I Am A Rainbow. This book celebrated all the feelings that we have and how we can act when we feel tough feelings. The second book was Supertato: Night Of The Living Veg, which the children loved. Thank you Amy for visiting our class!
Year 2-Mystery Reader
To celebrate our Give Like Dolly Day and the National Year of Reading, Year 2 had a very special visit from Luna’s mummy, who is also one of our wonderful Governors. She read Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers — what a beautiful choice! The story shared some very important messages about being kind, caring for our planet, and remembering that we are never alone in this world. A huge thank you to Caterina for taking the time to come in and visit our class. 🌍✨📖
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Reception Mystery Reader
In celebration of Give Like Dolly Day, Reception enjoyed a very special storytime session today when Theo's mummy came to visit. The children were so excited to hear the story 'I really really need a wee!' It was such a funny story and the children loved it. We would like to send a big thank you to Theo's mummy for taking the time to share this brilliant book with us!
Year 4 Visit to Thorncliffe Nursing Home
Today Year 4 took their ‘I Wonder’ poems to Thorncliffe Nursing home and shared them with the residents there. It was such a lovely experience and the children were truly humbled. The residents then asked if we could sing to them so we did and tears of joy were shed. It was a heart warming day which everyone will remember.
Give Like Dolly Day Worship
Today, we celebrate the life of the American singer songwriter Dolly Parton. The whole school has come dressed in sparkles and colours and in worship, Mrs Wilkinson told us about Dolly’s remarkable life and achievements. Dolly Parton was dedicated to allowing as many children to read as possible and founded the Imagination Library charity in 1995. Mrs Wilkinson lead a discussion on the power of reading and how it can provoke our imagination and allow us to engage with the written word all throughout our lives. We then watched a video of Dolly Parton reading a very special bed time story called Stuck in the Mud before the whole school sang and danced to her 1980s classic hit ‘9 to 5’. Her amazing legacy of music and charity will live forever and be an inspiration to us all.
Give Like Dolly Day
Wow! What a fabulous launch to our Give Like Dolly Day! The children and staff made a truly wonderful effort, and after worship, everyone brought the house down singing and dancing along to 9 to 5. The excitement doesn't stop there—every class will be treated to a mystery reader visit over the next two weeks as we gather to enjoy lots of inspiring stories, just as Dolly herself would have wanted. Thank you to everyone who has donated and for all of your support, Mrs Wilkinson
Year 3 - Give Like Dolly Day & National Poetry Day
We’ve had some fabulous outfits in Year 3 for Give Like Dolly Day, and the children have thoroughly enjoyed some story time with Mrs Hegarty. We also chose some class mystery readers to read some funny poems for National Poetry Day. They did a brilliant job of reading aloud and understanding the pattern, and we all had a little giggle about Little Miss Muffet eating a spider. We can't wait for our next mystery reader later this week!
Year 1: Give Like Dolly Day
Year 1 had a blast today. They came in bright and sparkly clothing for Give Like Dolly Day. We learnt about Dolly Parton’s generosity for gifting millions of books to children and highlighting the importance of reading. We sang 9-5 in whole school worship, watched videos of Dolly Parton reading stories and had some colourings and word searches. The favourite was definitely designing their own cowboy boots.
Year 2- Give Like Dolly Day
Today, Year 2 have enjoyed a wonderful joint Give Like Dolly Day and National Poetry Day! Throughout the day, the children have enjoyed listening to lots of poems and each performed a verse of Oh Dear by Michael Rosen. We also learned all about Dolly Parton and her incredible generosity and kindness through our Whole School Worship and by reading Little People, Big Dreams: Dolly Parton. We found out how Dolly set up her special Imagination Library, which helps to send books to children in need. To finish the day, we spent the last 15 minutes completing some lovely Dolly Parton and Imagination Library colouring activities and having a go at a Dolly Parton word search. Well done, Year 2, for all your fantastic efforts with your dressing up today and for helping us to raise money for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which gifts more than 7 million books each year! What a wonderful way to celebrate kindness, generosity and our love of books.
Year 4: Give Like Dolly Day
Today Year 4 took part in ‘ Give like Dolly Day’ and came into school dressed top to toe in sparkle and bright colours. Just like Dolly we shared our love for reading by looking at lots of different poems, same Dolly songs and learnt lots of interesting new facts about her life.
Reception - Give like Dolly Day
Reception came together to celebrate "Give Like Dolly Day," honoring Dolly Parton and her inspiring love of reading and storytelling. To celebrate her generous spirit, the children shared their favourite stories with one another, filling our classroom with imagination and togetherness. We embraced Dolly’s joy by singing, dancing, and colouring bright, vibrant pictures to spread happiness throughout the room. It was a wonderful day dedicated to sharing kindness, celebrating books, and carrying on Dolly’s passion for bringing joy to others!
Year 4: National Poetry Day
As part of National Poetry Day, Year 4 decided to write poems based on ‘I Wonder’ by Jeannie Kirby. We decided to use the idea of nature and the children collected lots of ideas through discussion, using their talk tokens. Then end result was fantastic with high quality poems that the children are going to share with the residents of Thorncliffe Nursing Home tomorrow. We also had lots of children reading poems to the class using their oracy skills and we also managed to watch some performance poetry by Michael Rosen. What a wonderful way to celebrate all things poetry!
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