READING
Why read?
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At Nantwich Primary Academy, we strive to instill a love of reading in all children. Using a combination of books in class, our dedicated school library and online reading resources we ensure they have access to a range of text types and genres, in order to aid them to becoming fluent and confident young readers.
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​We aim to encourage passionate and curious readers, equipped with the strategies they need to overcome any barriers they may face.
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Reading has many additional benefits: it reduces stress and helps you to relax, it improves concentration and memory, it expands vocabulary and strengthens writing abilities, enhances knowledge and increases imagination and creativity.
Library Visits​
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We're fortunate at Nantwich Primay Academy to have the wonderful Nantwich Public Library just around the corner from school, and our pupils enjoy visiting as a class or with their families.
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Every year around World Book Day we take every class for a special activity session led by the kind and enthusiastic library staff, and the children have a chance to make the link between our school library and how a real library operates, such as learning about the Dewey system. They are also able to organise themselves a library card.
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If you haven't got a library card for yourself and your child, why not pop to the library - it's free, quick and easy to sort.
BEDTIME STORIES
Is there anything better than a story before bed? Not only does a bedtime story help set a routine, enhance language skills and strengthen the bond between the reader and listener, research has also proven that a bedtime story boosts brain development!
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In this section, you will find a range of story videos by the staff at Nantwich Primary Academy, and a few celebrity read alouds too. Simply choose a story, click on the video, and you can even expand them to fullscreen by viewing them on YouTube (with a parent or carer's supervision).
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So grab yourself a hot chocolate, make yourself comfortable and choose a bedtime story to enjoy.
Teeny-Weeny Queenie
A book by Claire Freedman
read by Mrs McGhie
Sharing A Shell
A book by Julia Donaldson
read by Mrs Li
The Volcano
A poem by Judy Billcliffe
Read by Mrs Mcmaster
You're Never Too Big for a Hug
A poem by Joshua Seigal
read by Mrs Antoszkiw
The Gruffalo
A book by Julia Donaldson
read by Mrs Turner
Henry's Freedom Box
A book by Ellen Levine
read by Mr Bebbington
Mr Wolf's Pancakes
A book by Jan Fearnley
read by Mrs McGhie
Slinky Malinky
A book by Lynley Dodd
read by Mr Bebbington
Giraffe's Can't Dance
A book by Giles Andreae
read by Mrs Mcmaster
Don't Wake the Bear, Hare
A book by Steve Smallman
Read by Mrs Li
The Raven
A poem by Edgar Allen Poe
read by Mrs Dickens
BOOK
TRUST
Click the book for many more stories!
Snappsy the Alligator
A book by Julie Falatko
Read by David Harbour
Lotus and Feather*
A book by Ji-Li Jiang
Read by Michelle Yeoh
Clark the Shark
A book by Bruce Hale
read by Chris Pine
Mice Twice
A book by Joseph Low
read by Ty Burrell
As Fast As Words Could Fly
A book by Pamela M. Tuck
read by Dulé Hill
Hey That's My Monster
A book by Amanda Noll
read by Lily Tomlin
READING CAFÉ / WORLD BOOK DAYS
Reading Café
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As part of our World Book Day 2022 celebrations, we turned one of our rooms into our first school Reading Café! It was a huge success, and was dressed to match our 2022 theme of magical reading.
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Classes visited the Reading Café throughout the day, enjoying a snack and a drink, comfying down to one of the many amazing books selected on the theme.
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It was such a tremendous success and loved by all, pupils and staff alike, that we will continue our Reading Café with a new theme in the future. Our plan is to update the theme regularly throughout the academic year... so watch this space for updates!
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Also, as with every World Book Day, we made sure to provide each child with a reading book for them to keep, chosen from the WBD2022 selected texts.
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Each child was presented with the book, rather than a token, to ensure nobody missed out.
