This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Principal Libraries Outreach Officer (Children And Young People), Alison Beer, for the attention of All Primary Schools.
Slough Libraries are excited to announce this year’s Summer Reading Challenge 2023 – Ready, Set, Read! The Reading Agency has teamed up with the Youth Sport Trust for a challenge celebrating play and participation. This year’s theme will encourage children to engage in reading, games and sport and keep their minds and bodies active over the summer.
Children aged 4 and over can complete the challenge by enjoying six books over the summer, collecting stickers and rewards along the way. Those that finish will be awarded a medal and certificate to mark their achievement. The challenge presents reading as a fun and enjoyable activity and encourages children to become lifelong book lovers. It helps prevent the trend for reading skills to dip over the summer holidays, and enhances and supports the school’s reading initiatives. The fun rewards motivate the children to progress through the challenge and it is inclusive to children of all abilities as they can choose any library books that appeal to them to count towards the challenge.
Slough Libraries will be launching the challenge on Tuesday 4th July 2023. It’s free to take part - children just need to be library members. It’s quick and easy to join.
The challenge will end on 16th September 2023, so children have plenty of time to complete.
Schools can access a range of materials and activities to support you to encourage your pupils to participate, including posters, newsletter copy and assemblies.
Summer Reading Challenge order form for schools
We will also be hosting three joint Teams assemblies, open to all Slough schools, bookable via Eventbrite on the links below:
Tuesday 13th June 11.00am
Thursday 22nd June 10.00am
Wednesday 12th July 2.00pm
Further information:
- www.slough.gov.uk/libraries
- To join a library in Slough: https://bit.ly/3eVRL2G
- The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge website www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/school-zone-src
Please contact library@slough.gov.uk if you need any more details.