--- title: "Literacy Week 2018" url: "https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/news/2018-04-24-literacy-week-2018" school: "St Andrew's Church of England Primary School" --- # Literacy Week 2018 ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-andrew-s-cofe-primary-school/images/news/15.jpg) 24 April 2018 **Literacy Week 2018 – Reading for Pleasure** Each class visited the library to take part in an activity matching the teacher to their favourite books. There were so many different books to match up! ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/DSC_0009.JPG) We challenged the children to take part in an EXTREME READING competition. We had some fantastic entries, including lots of gymnastics! These are the winning entries: ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/2.jpg) Toby Radbourne – KS2 Winner ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/3.jpg) Maisie Edwards - KS1 Winner Damon Malins - FS Winner Meet the Author: Be an Author! We had a fabulous day listening to Mrs Rowley’s, story ‘Honeysuckers’, and hearing all about how it was illustrated before writing our own stories for a school book: ‘Spider Yarns’. We also had fun hearing all about the illustration process with Ms Scrivener, and ha d a go at drawing spiders for our own book. ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/19.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/20.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/21.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/22.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/23.jpg) We even got to taste some honey! ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/24.jpg) Children were invited to come to school on Friday dressed as their favourite book character. ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/5.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/6.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/7.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/8.jpg) Teachers introduced a book to the children and they chose which story they wanted to go and listen to. ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/13.jpg) Finally, parents were invited in one afternoon to share a favourite book with the children. ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/14.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/15.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/16.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/17.jpg) ![](https://www.st-andrews.oxon.sch.uk/images/gallery/18678/18.jpg) It was a brilliant week! 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