[senco-forum] book week not sen

I am always sorry when book week appears to be about books that are very
"wordy" - and that children that I deal with or have dealt with - at all
KSCare component        Weekly rate 
 Highest rate  £64.50 
 Middle rate  £43.15 
 Lowest rate  £17.10 
 Mobility component  Weekly rate 
 Higher rate  £45.00 
 Lower rate  £17.10  levels think that book week is not perhaps "their sort
of thing" especially when it comes to books on sale from a local bookstore
(which usually appears to be a link activity).

I hate to think of the "classics" that I think that all children should have
experienced at KS1 - like 

Where The Wild Things Are
Each Peach Pear Plum
Not Now Bernard

And two special favourites of mine are
The Aliens are coming
And
Grunter - the Pig with attitude

I welcome graphic novels - and would like to see far more of them - the
passing of little magazines like Commando was regretted by me - what do all
those men read now - and my collection has now been reduced to so much paper
- but I see that there is now a book of the most popular 20 of this genre -
for army mad boys - and the British always win and have stiff upper lips - I
like to show picture books that are adult based and say I like these too -
Like Ethel and Ernest - (Raymond Briggs is a genius) and Posy Simmons books.

Where's Wally = Asterix - Tintin - books that can be read by any child and
understood at a variety of levels.

And as well as the actual books - talking versions of the books - Like Harry
Potter - (my daughter of thirty - who has no reading problems whatsoever -
finds that these books are not for her - but the talking versions to listen
to in the car most definitely are).

And visually too - all those film and TV versions of the books should be a
regular part of what we do in school - they will lead some children to the
books themselves - and to others the knowledge of the text (Why have I
taught child after child Shakespeare who has only ever read the man and
never seen his work acted - or just shown "bits of film?)

The best librarian I have ever worked with used to get all of my students
reading - and I mean all too - at KS3 onwards when most of them had decided
that they actually loathed books.  She would have them in and ask them what
they wanted to read - and mostly they said "Nothing" - but teasing out their
interests she would either get what she had - or buy straight away for them
- and she saw them with their book at least once a week.  If they didn't
like it - or couldn't manage it - she would have it straight back and find
another.  It was how the school acquired Ozzy Osbornes autobiography, a lot
of fishing books - and requests for a book that she knew would be too hard -
would get the CD or tape versions.

I never want book week to be a "one off" thing - I want it to be a vehicle
for changing perceptions of "reading" in whatever form you do it - being one
of lifes great pleasures.

Lots of my past students are now "great readers" some still emailing me for
book suggestions.  They are invariably "listeners" who are buying the
current top books on CD - to listen to in the car - or at home - and they
are converting their partners too - and I hope their children.

Reading for everyone - stories for all - but not perhaps as a book.

Regards

Ruth - who is sorry to have strayed off the track and has not been much help
with your original request.

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of LINDA LAKE
Sent: 07 January 2008 21:55
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Subject: [senco-forum] book week not sen

Anybody with any good , quick ideas for book week for year 4 children and
teachers... help will be much appreciated