APS Reading Hub

It was fantastic to welcome Mr Dawson into Cross Fell this morning to read us one of his favourite books. We were really enthralled as we listened to the story of Emily Brown and the Thing and really appreciated Mr Dawson coming to share our story time with us- again sharing and promoting that…

Sharing some of our favourite books with our friends from other year groups!

Reading Framework

Teaching the Foundations of Literacy

Why Does Reading Matter?

To everyone at Alston Moor Federation, reading matters emotionally, culturally and educationally. We promote finding a Love of Reading in a Language-Rich Environment. Children who find a love of reading -…

Even Santa shares our passion for reading! We had a very special visitor to Alston Primary School today- Santa and his chief Elf!

We were delighted to all receive a lovely book from Santa to take home to share with our families- it was a very exciting visit!

Thankyou to everyone who arranged this very special treat for us, we are lucky to have such a supportive school community. Here are Cross Fell and their exciting presents, it wasn’t long after this that they were all enjoying sharing the lovely books that they had received.

Cross Fell can't wait to get started on their book Advent calendar!

We love to share our love of reading and the excitement we have each day when we unwrap a new book to share makes our daily reading session even more magical :-)

We work hard to inspire the children to really enjoy reading and build a life long passion for books and at APS we do this in a variety of ways.

Today Cross Fell enjoyed a virtual author visit and joined Nicola Kinnear for a fun session inspired by her latest picture book, Ready, Steady…

Suggested reads for half term

Looking for something to read over half term, why not try Tattybogle? Mrs Brown was lucky enough to meet the author and hear her reading her book and she has been a big fan ever since.

Or  if that is not for you how about one of the books pictured on our blog,…

Alston Primary School & CLPE - Centre for Literacy in Primary Education

We were really excited to take part in the Library Services for Schools KS1 reading for pleasure challenge “Reading is Super Cool”.

The library service told us that the aim of their challenge was to-

• Motivate us to read regularly and encourage reading for pleasure

• Give us the…