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Welcome to this special summer edition of Words Count News. It is with great pleasure that we are able to share and celebrate Words Count News all the programmes linked to Words Count. It has been fantastic to observe the staging of such a diverse Summer 2016 range of literacy related activities and it is especially heartening to see the use of language in different contexts Why not increase National News Day and across the community – from fire your own safety to shaking up Shakespeare in The St Lawrence Academy have creative coding workshops. All of vocabulary recently been interviewed on BBC Radio these events, though different in Humberside to highlight how News Day appearance, are united by the belief Download one of the can inspire young people to be a success that language skills and finding Word A Day apps. and believe in their aspirations. One pleasure in reading are fundamental The are many student, Daniel Pollard, spoke about the in enabling people to realise their versions to choose importance of Mental Health and potential and lead prosperous, from, but we reported about the need for young healthy lives. particularly like this people to talk about their issues. ‘Word of the Day’ available FREE from Students spoke about their visit on News I do hope that you enjoy this edition iTunes. This version provides an Day to interview the manager of BBC and that you will be inspired to explanation of the meaning, tips on how England, Helen Boaden. Helen Parker, consider the importance of language to use it within a sentence and helps you St Lawrence Academy in your own environment. I hope that with the pronunciation. Next time you you will be empowered to establish visit the Learning and Development your own activities or become Centre look out for our Word A Day involved in the continued progression feature. of this initiative.

Peter Thorpe, Assistant Director Education

Read Trailer on the following website: of a wider national event, to help with www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk both of these issues. Visit the Reading Challenge Facebook and twitter pages for the latest Every year, thousands of families all over updates. the country take part in the UK’s biggest reading event for children in libraries, The Big Friendly Read Keeping children entertained and the Summer Reading Challenge, run by Summer Reading stimulated during the long summer the charity The Reading Agency. Challenge 2016 holiday can be an expensive challenge for families. Also, reading for pleasure This year’s Roald Dahl theme is linked to Roald Dahl 100 to mark 100 years For more information visit: can sometimes take a back seat and be www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries difficult to re-engage with on return to since his birth. Each child taking part -learning/libraries/children-and-young- school in September. will be given a colourful collector folder people/summer-reading-challenge/ illustrated by Quentin Blake, and for North Lincolnshire library service offers each book they read they will be given You can also watch the Big Friendly a FREE and fun reading scheme, as part a limited edition collector card.

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Words Count in Schools and Settings

Wow! How fantastic to see that so many schools across North Lincolnshire took part in this year’s World Book Day celebrations, World emphasising their love of books, literacy and reading for pleasure. Book Days A BIG thank you to all the schools who sent in photographs from their World Book Day Celebrations. Here are some of our Celebrations favourites:

We had a wonderful morning at Westcliffe Primary. We had activities in the library, a KS1/KS2 book quiz, fancy dress, story times, a library scavenger hunt and much Winteringham Primary School more. Overall it was a very Westcliffe Primary School successful day!

The children had an amazing day and the standard of dress up was extremely high, with some great costumes and ideas. The children completed a treasure hunt where they had to find book titles. All the children in KS1 and KS2 took part and prizes were given to the best dressed.

Westcliffe Primary School

We organised a competition of staff with their favourite books and the The Vale Academy students had to guess who was behind the books. Not as easy as you think. Other activities included games based on popular books. As you can see from this photo, the competition John Harrison Primary School was hugely popular with our students. Our winner correctly identified 24 out of the 27. Sue Beasley - The Vale Academy

South Ferriby Primary School

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Staff & students We celebrated World Book Day by at Outwood coming to school with our favourite Academy bedtime stories, dressed in our Brumby took pyjamas! Each class studied a poem part in this and then performed it for the rest of year’s World Book Day by dressing up the school in our ‘The Big as their favourite characters. It was Performance’ afternoon assembly. decided that our Year 7 and 8 students could choose to dress up as We spent time reading our favourite their favourite character for the day stories and the day was finished with and it’s safe to say that everyone ‘The Big Bedtime Story’ – all the staff really made the effort. There was lots brought in their favourite children’s of talk about costumes and books books and the children chose which throughout the day. story they wanted to listen to – great Pupils posing in pyjamas with their fun, especially with drinks and Captain Jack Sparrow along with favourite books biscuits too! Woody was at the school gates Some of our other activities included: welcoming students and even Katniss researching popular authors, mini- Everdeen took a break from The book productions, listening to book Hunger Games to visit! extracts and donating books to the school library. All of the characters were the talk of the day, from Where’s Wally to The response was overwhelming and Spongebob Square Pants. over 100 books were gifted.

A great day was had by all who took part, although we’re not sure who enjoyed it the most, the students or the staff…. Pupils poring over their monster book

Outwood Academy Brumby Staff

Outwood Academy Brumby

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Bushfield Road Infant School & In February, an employability carousel event took place in Killingholme Primary School school and the six representatives aspiration project & careers from local businesses and Further convention 2016 Education establishments participated in question and At the start of the Spring Term, Bushfield Infants answer sessions with the children. began a new and exciting Employability & The event was attended by Linda Enterprise project in liaison with the Local Ward and Fiona Wilding (Vice Authority, Killingholme Primary School and local Chair and Chair of Governors, author Addy Farmer. The aim of the project is to respectively), Julie Lane and Sarah Tipler. raise awareness of the range of jobs available to young people, to increase understanding of the skills and personal attributes needed to fulfil these roles successfully and ultimately to raise aspirations of young people and their families. The project has Some of the workshops with author been simplified to meet the needs of our Year 2 pupils, and yet is Addy Farmer have already taken place, still challenging and aspirational. As an Early Years and Infant which will result in a published book provider, we are committed to teaching life skills alongside the entitled, ‘I Want To Be’, planned, curriculum and over the last five years we have developed and written, edited and illustrated by the embedded the teaching of six key enterprise skills. children with the guidance and support of Addy and class teachers. The book will incorporate the key There has already been a huge enterprise skills of teamwork, communication, amount of planning and initiative, creativity, finance and positivity which form part preparation involved in the of our curriculum. project and Julie Lane (Lead Officer: School Improvement, A DVD is also being created, to record the journey from the 16-19) has successfully beginning of the project through to the end product, which accessed funding via Hull will take the form of a published book to be issued to each University to support the child in Year 2. Once completed, there will be a book launch programme and fund the activities. She has also and presentation to celebrate the project, linking with the recruited six representatives from a range of different Local Authority’s ‘Words Count’ initiative. employment backgrounds who joined the event to share their diverse range of experiences with the children. Bushﬁeld Road Infants School

Killingholme Primary School - these skills. With this in mind, our Integral to our Giving our children the skills school and Bushfield Infants were careers project to fly, but with the belief that approached by Julie Lane and the was the the sky is not the limit! Words Count Project, about the hosting of creation of a unique careers book for our inaugural Like so many schools in our local area, children which would be written by our careers we are acutely aware of how brilliant pupils. It was at this point, that our convention. our children are! Consequently, it often pupils were introduced to and began Organised by our comes as a surprise to us that so many work with local author Addy Farmer. headteacher Carol Eaton and supported young people remain unemployed The children have thoroughly enjoyed by the children, Killingholme Primary when they leave education. It occurred working alongside Addy and have School opened its doors and welcomed to us that our children do not lack the played their roles in the design, writing a variety of different professions into aspiration to pursue professions but and illustration of their book. The school to advertise their chosen career instead the knowledge and awareness project has been a resounding success paths. Particularly popular with the of different careers available to them in not only developing the key children were representatives from Blue and the requirements needed to enter employability skills: Teapot Media, RASE vets and the British them. As a result, our school has been • Self management Army. We were overwhelmed by the engaged in promoting different career • Teamwork attendance and we would like to thank paths for our pupils for a number of • Business & Customer Awareness Brigg Primary School, Oasis Academy years, as well as developing the key • Problem solving Immingham, Wootton CE Primary employability skills needed for future • Communication & Literacy School and Sir John Nelthorpe for employment. • Application of Numeracy making the event such a success. It was • Application of Information a fantastic event and the feedback was Enterprise initiatives in our school have Technology overwhelmingly positive from parents, helped support the development of • Children’s writing skills adults and children.

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Harry Potter Book representative from North Lincolnshire Council. A wonderful time was had by all Night Celebrations and it was so lovely to have the whole at Worlaby Primary community involved. We received some School fantastic feedback from the event: On 29 February Elliott (Year 5) said “I started to read the 2016, there was Harry Potter books before but now I am magic in the air at definitely going to carry on,” and Jake Worlaby Academy! (Year 6) said the experience was “amazing!” The children and staff returned to school dressed as a character from the Harry School governor Mrs Kemshell Potter books for a spellbinding night of commented “Worlaby Academy was a witchcraft and wizardry. We all met in magical place to be on February 29. A Harry Potter event saw many the hall where Sarah Tipler (Early Years students, dressed as their favourite Development Officer, North Lincolnshire characters from the books, having a Council) talked to the children and great time making wands and putting parents about the importance of spells on each other, mixing potions, reading. After that we used the sorting making boxes for chocolate frogs and hat to sort the children into different brewing and tasting butterbeer! teams. Then we went to take part in All this whilst learning at the same various activities planned to engage the time.” children and encourage them to read the Harry Potter series. In one classroom we We are encouraging all of our pupils to had Professor Snape and Professor have a love of reading all of the time and Brown making a range of different it is so wonderful to have parents and potions using ingredients such as other members of the community dragon’s blood and womping willow involved. This event follows on from our worms. In the next room a group of successful “Extreme Reading” and “Book children were making wands from Snooze” in the Autumn Term. We are Worlaby Academy’s own womping now busy planning our next event as well as looking forward to installing our willow and once made they used their new library”. The event was finished with wands to cast spells on one another. a Harry Potter reading by candlelight Other activities included chocolate frog from one of our ex-pupils. boxes and butterbeer tasting. The event was well attended by children, parents, Sharon Hatton, Principal Worlaby staff, governors, ex-pupils and a Primary School

Book Club is a Huge Success at Wrawby Primary School

Wrawby Primary School held their first book club session on 12 February – with 4 members of staff and 3 children! Three meetings later the numbers had swelled to 8 children and keep increasing, due to the recommendations of the original members! The children absolutely love their Book club scrapbooks and even come to add bits to them in between sessions! We began with a football focus, at the children’s request, and have since looked at the Gym Stars series, Minecraft, Lego magazines and Dinosaur non-fiction books.

Book club

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Poem for H.M. the Queen’s 90th Birthday Brigg Primary The Rotary Club would like to thank North Lincolnshire Schools for taking School Library part in their recent poetry competition, in commemoration of the Queen’s 90th Birthday. School pupils across the country were asked to write a Opening poem for the Queen. Winning poems from each region have been chosen Brigg Primary School have recently and published into a book of poetry, which has been delivered to the celebrated the launch of their Queen for her milestone birthday. We are delighted to announce that several local tremendous new library. In children‘s poems were picked as winners. September under 1/3 of our Linda MacDonald from the Scunthorpe Rotary Club has children were reading regularly at been visiting local schools to deliver the wonderful home. This was identified as a real news and book token prizes. 2nd prize winner Lauren barrier to progress across all areas Wolstenholme, a year 6 pupil from Wroot Travis and we were also all passionate Primary School, is pictured here receiving her prize about encouraging our children to from Linda MacDonald (Rotary Club) and Chris Cook read for pleasure. Support came (Wroot Travis Primary School Headteacher) from the Local Authority ‘Words Count’ initiative, a grant of £8,000 Reading Counts - Parent infant schools across North from the Foyle Foundation and the Workshops and Training Lincolnshire. During the workshop, hard work and commitment of our for Teaching Assistants information is shared on the staff, volunteers and the local importance of listening to children read community. Our library is now open Reading Counts training for Teaching and why it is vital that they still read to for borrowing books every morning, Assistants in primary and infant schools their children. Information is given on before school and all but one has been delivered these past two different types of reading material and lunchtime. The library hosts a terms. The three part training covers how to engage their children, dedicated homework club one night the importance of reading for pleasure, particularly if they do not enjoy a week, a base for our twice weekly setting up book clubs, school library reading. Furthermore discussions on Adult Education sessions and our ideas and support for struggling or the importance of libraries and the pre-school Imagination Library reluctant readers. Book club and library Imagination Library scheme are raised session. information was also shared and an and the Imagination Library Top Tips online forum was set up for the group are given out as well as Words Count to continue to circulate ideas and merchandise such as 'Read to Me' practice. The TA's have been given the vouchers to encourage parents to share title of Reading Champions. We are books with their children. If you would hoping to deliver this training again like to know more about the parent next year. The Words Count team have reading workshops or Reading Counts also been busy delivering Parent Training please email: Reading Workshops to primary and [email protected]

Gold Reading Quality Mark Award at Night, various competitions, World Book Day, regular Burton Primary visits/links with a local author and illustrator, and our popular Reading Dogs programme. Praised in our report were also Two years ago we began our engagement in a focused our community links through parent workshops, home-school reading project led by Miss Lauren Robertson and I am reading records and phonics logs; as delighted to say that we have now been awarded the Gold well as our teaching of reading Reading Quality Mark. through reciprocal reading and Talk This award recognised the ethos of our school, which for Reading, which are embedded promotes reading as an enjoyable activity. We have invested in all teaching. We are very proud in our home and school libraries; using the pupil voice when to have been awarded the Gold purchasing new books, e-books and magazine subscriptions, Reading Quality Mark in which are then promoted in regular reading assemblies. Our recognition of the reading for pupils are at the heart of our reading programme; with many pleasure ethos we of our older pupils taking on roles such as reading buddies have created and librarians. Pupils are also rewarded with certificates for throughout our school. consistently reading out of school. Mrs Sarah Brown - Among the many areas of our provision which were praised Headteacher, Burton during our inspection was our comprehensive calendar of upon Stather Primary reading events and groups. These include Harry Potter Book School

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Supporting Transition to Melior Academy " I feel better about coming now Year 6 children from Oasis Academy Parkwood, Priory Lane Community School, in September" and "I thought that Willoughby Road Primary Academy and Westcliffe Primary have been working in sound was the fire alarm, now I conjunction with their main feeder secondary school Melior Community Academy to know it just means a lesson change" judge the Kate Greenaway Awards 2016. and "I felt really important choosing a winning book and enjoyed looking The children have visited the school library and met the Librarian and at them all" their Reading Leaders. Pupils have also worked with the Words Count team, and, using the award criteria, compared, contrasted, evaluated and debated which book deserves the award. Each school has chosen a winning book and when the winner is announced on June 20 the winning school will receive the shortlisted books as a prize. The children have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to look around the Library facilities and hear and see all the sights and sounds that they will experience when they start in September.

Local Schools Working in partnership with Local schools working in partnership with Lego® education LEGO Education to Engage Boys in Literacy to engage boys literacy. Ideas varied from using LEGO® to  St Norbert’s® Primary School “We will certainly continue using predict ideas in a novel; filming story-  Oasis Parkwood Primary School the Lego as it’s supporting the boards for creative writing stories;  St Lawrence Academy children to become more talkative discussing abstract concepts in RE;  Grange Academy and inspiring them to identify and devising timeline in History; creating discuss their favourite parts of a  Althorpe & Keadby Primary School population pyramids in Geography and story, sequence stories and create  ASET Team discussing personal or difficult issues imaginative stories of their own.”  Hearing Impaired Service with reticent children. Enderby Road Infant School.  Broughton Primary School Enderby Road Infant School  Teachers have reported increased “I will definitely carry on using the Lego®. It has proved a very useful A pilot project this year has looked to engagement of boys, and girls, as well tool for opening up dialogue on a engage boys in literacy by using LEGO® as high levels of discussion and co- range of undesirable behaviours operative learning and an improvement as a stimulus. 7 schools were involved in and getting children who often the project as well as North Lincolnshire in writing skills. Comments and feedback struggle to cooperate or take turns ASET and the Hearing Impaired Service. since the project started have been to work together as part of a Teachers have used the LEGO® extremely positive. group.” Oasis Parkwood Primary Education ‘StoryStarter’ package to kick- School. start boys’ creativity and boost their reading, writing, speaking and listening For further information on the skills in a fun and engaging way LEGO® literacy project contact in Key Nancy Malkin School Stages 1-4. Improvement Officer, North Lincolnshire Council at The project began with a [email protected] workshop led by the LEGO® company which was an enjoyable and instructive hands-on building experience. Teachers were then given a ‘StoryStarter’ package containing over 1,144 LEGO® bricks, characters and accessories as well as computer software and a curriculum pack.

Teachers then devised a variety of stimulating literacy activities using the package and tried them out with their classes, or with targeted groups of boys.

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Holme Valley Primary School...

...recently performed their annual production involving all members of the school. This year’s production was entitled ‘Pure Imagination’ and the audience was taken on a journey through the novels of Roald Dahl by Willy Wonka of the famous chocolate factory. Each class performed a dance, song or dramatic presentation about the different books, which included Matilda, George’s Marvellous Medicine and The Enormous Crocodile, not forgetting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The production was aimed to promote reading for pleasure and to encourage children to use their imagination. The words of Roald Dahl were used to close the production as Willy Wonka encouraged the children to open up a book as tremendous things were in store for them if they did. Quotes from parents:

The school received some fantastic feedback from the production: “I would like to congratulate the whole school for the excellent school concert - it was yet again amazing Quotes from pupils: and I felt proud to be there.”

“I loved performing in front of the “Thank you to all the staff for all parents, it felt fantastic!” your hard work and efforts in making this year's concert so enjoyable and “The best part was the finale unforgettable. I can see what a huge when we all sing together.” buzz the children get from it.”

“I really like it when we can “I am incredibly proud to see my watch what the other classes child taking part in such an amazing have done.” performance. The children of Holme Valley are clearly a credit to “My favourite part is learning all themselves, their parents and the the dance moves and songs with staff.” my class.”

“I enjoyed taking part in my last concert at Holme Valley. I loved it The children had a fantastic time exploring Words Count when I finally learned all my words the books for their presentation and the in the and could perform it to all the production was enjoyed by our parents — Community parents.” Claire Robinson, Holme Valley Primary Words Count becomes an associate member of the Scunthorpe Rotary Club Westcliffe primary school had a visit of Brazil. The use of puppets and music from the author and storyteller Miles during the workshops helped the The Scunthorpe Rotary Club and Words Salter. The whole school enjoyed a very children in developing and producing Count team members have been working special interactive assembly where some fantastic writing - which the closely together over the past few years Miles used some pupils to help tell the children absolutely loved. to inspire people to improve their literacy story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. levels. The successful partnership has The visit was very inspiring for our provided a number of inspiring events After this he set about leading children as we continue to encourage and initiatives across North Lincolnshire. workshops with the Keystage 2 every child to get into reading. Miles children around the themes of healthy Salter’s book Howl is now a top living with the year 3/4s and Brazil borrowed book in our school library. with the year 5/6s.

The children enjoyed hearing about how authors work, listening to songs and assisted in helping Miles tell a fairytale. During the workshops each year group produced some fantastic poetry about fruit and higher up Rotary Club volunteers are pictured here the school children produced supporting reading and the Imagination individual stories around the topic Library Sessions at Gunness and Burringham Children’s centre.

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‘Full Fathom Five’ Music and Literacy Outreach Project with the RPO

The Music Hub’s Showcase event “Full Fathom Five,” a music and literacy project with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, was a resounding success (Monday 25 April at the Baths Hall).

across North Lincolnshire The children and teachers from Leys Farm, Oasis Parkwood, Priory Lane We have recently been successful in a masterclasses, an author visit and and Westcliffe primary school really £21,500 bid to Arts Council England much more. These are part of North engaged in the whole 4 month for the Shake Shakespeare project, Lincolnshire’s 400 celebrations, which project and their understanding and which will include a launch event, have already included a fantastic project use of the language in the play was creative coding workshops, theatre with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. astounding. During a series of workshops with RPO musicians and Shake Shakespeare: Creative Coding a composer the children created song lyrics (which included quotes) which Workshops they then used as inspiration for instrumental composition. This As part of the ‘Shake Shakespeare’ project led by North Lincolnshire Libraries, local exciting work involved the children schools and communities have been invited to work with the artist Genetic Moo. and RPO musicians exploring a variety Exploring themes in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, students will use of instrumental sounds and effects. creative coding to turn themselves into fairies and forest creatures! The animation The final performance saw the and coding workshops will use Shakespeare’s work as inspiration for fluttering or children, (some of whom had never stuttering creatures. Students will learn how to move objects around the screen, visited the Baths Hall before) perform make smooth swirling effects and place graphical shapes across the screen using their pieces alongside the Royal processing open source software, which can then be used in the classroom or at Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a home. The students work will be combined together with artworks by Genetic Moo delight to see the concentration and in an interactive exhibition which will tour North Lincolnshire later this year. For enormous pride on their faces as more information contact Arts Development Officer Chelsey Everatt on they performed to parents, friends [email protected] 01724 297277. and VIP audience. Pupil Comments: Drama students from North Lindsey "I am so proud, I got all my playing College right... and my Dad came!" "I sing our school's song everywhere. Drama students from North Lindsey It was amazing!" College recently visited Brigg Primary School to deliver a workshop at the Primary head teacher: end of a fortnight of work on Shakespeare for Y3. The students “Many thanks. It was so good for all our children, but especially those helped to teach the Y3’s how to 'disadvantaged' children, to see and develop characterisation, project hear the instruments and to be able their voice, remember some key to contribute so creatively. It has lines from Shakespeare and add been such a valuable experience” emotion when on the stage. Y3 pupils treated the students Audience member after the to some extracts from their play performance: “What a fantastic Shakespeare Rocks, which they had performance! I'm sure that this will performed to family and friends the live on in the memories of all those night before. young people for a very long time!“

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Fire Fighter Safe and Well Programme “North Lincolnshire Council worked in successful partnership with Amelia Owen from the Fire Service to create Humberside Fire and Rescue Service a series of four workshops for has been working with North families to learn about safety in the Lincolnshire Council to engage with home, road safety and basic first-aid. six families. These workshops The families also enjoyed a station educated the families on different tour and engaged in a range of aspects of safety and were based in exciting activities to promote the Scunthorpe fire station. learning, such as word searches, Fire safety in the home: This quizzes and a 'Letter Treasure Hunt' presentation and activities taught This course was thoroughly enjoyed families the importance of having by all families and we are already working smoke alarms and testing planning two more for the Summer them on a weekly basis, making sure Term!” the families had an escape plan in place and that the whole family knew Sarah Johnson: Adult Services, North what to do in the event of a fire in the Lincolnshire Council home.

A station tour: A Firefighter from White Watch showed the families around the station and the fire Comments children and families engines, demonstrating equipment "We really loved the fire station tour and what it is used for. The children and all of the three sessions we were able to sit in the fire engine and attended. We learned about fire have a go at using the hose. with someone who is choking, what safety, road safety and how to do Road safety: The service educated to do if you suspect someone is having CPR." - Louise and Zac. families on how important it is to wear a heart attack and how to manage a "We enjoyed the whole course, it was seatbelts and have correctly fitted child serious bleed - Amelia Owen, Public very informative for adults but done seats. They informed them what Safety Advocate. on a child's level. I have talked to my happens to your body if you’re involved family about fire escapes at home in a car collision, before discussing with The fire fighter safe and well programme has also taken place in and told them not to jump out of a the families how to stay safe as a window. We really loved looking pedestrian. Barton-upon-Humber and will continue to take place in further fire stations around the fire station, we learned HeartStart: This session taught the across North Lincolnshire in the near how heavy the fire fighting clothes families skills for life. How to put future. For more information please were and about what the tools are someone in the recovery position, how contact Sarah Johnson on 01724 used for. More families need to do to do CPR and used an AED, dealing 862217. this." - Sharon, Alysia and Cee-Jay.

Brigg’s Big Secret... Hannah expanded her repertoire and celebrating local talent began painting other animals. Since then Wrendale Designs have won three prestigious Henries awards and export The Words Count their wonderful goods all over the world. team, and schools in Brigg are delighted Brigg’s Big Secret week is very much a to be working in partnership with the very celebration of Hannah’s wonderful work talented local author and illustrator with a particular focus on her recently Hannah Dale during the first week of July. published story Mr Hare’s Big Secret. Hannah will be visiting the local schools Hannah Dale began Wrendale Designs during the week and they will be hosting on a crowded kitchen table in Melton a wide selection of activities and lessons Ross, Lincolnshire. Inspired by the glorious focused around the book. Lincolnshire countryside and the outdoor life Hannah started to paint hares. “I just Kirsty Mead from the Rhubarb Theatre love their expressive faces and wonderful Company will be bringing the story to life personalities and I'm pleased to say that for local pre-school children through a other people agreed and they were an number of interactive story-telling immediate success.” Spurred on by this, performance sessions.

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Normanby Book Club There are a few reasons why I come The Normanby Book Club meet once per month on Wednesday afternoons at 1pm to the Normanby Book Group. Firstly, in the Stableyard Café at Normanby Hall Country park. The next book club meeting I enjoy reading (and nowadays I have will take place on 20 July. a bit more time to enjoy books and reading for pleasure.) I also enjoy the Each month the group selects a book to read which is loaned free of charge by North discussion and hearing the views of Lincolnshire Library Service. The following month the group will meet to discuss the the group. I like the fact that the book in the friendly environment of the Stableyard Café. The chosen book title is shared group choose the books, which on-line on the Normanby Hall website book club page, so that group members can keep means I am reading things I may not up with what they are reading even if they aren't able to attend all the sessions. necessarily have chosen. It’s always www.normanbyhall.co.uk/normanby-book-club/# good to meet new people and the setting is also very nice. The full reading list is also available via the website. If you Bernadette, Normanby Hall Book would like to join the Normanby Club Member Book Club, please email [email protected]

Do you want to improve your Maths/and or English skills and gain a qualification North Lincolnshire Council Adult Community Learning offer FREE courses in maths and English for people over the age of 19 who do not have a GCSE at 'C' grade or above. If you are interested please ring Ashby Link on 01724 862217 where our customer service staff can provide further information and book you in for an initial interview to determine the most appropriate class to meet your needs.

North Lincolnshire Music Hub Tiny Tots introduce fun, interactive Music music sessions for children A fun session with music, songs, rhymes and movement for pre-school children aged 18 The North Lincolnshire Music Hub offer a number of music months to 3 years and their parent or carer. sessions from their Music Centre. All of the music sessions Saturdays 9.45am to 10.15am (term time only) are run by Elizabeth Brierley who has much experience of singing, sharing music, movement, songs and rhymes with children of all ages. The activities are based on traditional rhymes, songs and games and Tots Session focus on the development of A fun session with music, songs, rhymes and movement language, communication, for pre-school children aged 4 years to 7 years and their listening and the foundations parent or carer. of music. We use a wide range Saturdays 9.30am to 10.15am (term time only) of good quality resources £5 per child per half term such as puppets, scarves, musical instruments and much more! NEW ‘Wings’ Group All music sessions are held at: A fun musical activities group for children aged 7-11 years with opportunities to enjoy learning to play The Music Centre, Frederick Gough School, Grange Lane Ukulele, Recorder and Percussion South, Scunthorpe, DN16 3NG For more details please Saturdays 11.30am to 12.15pm (term time only) email: [email protected] or telephone £10 per child per half term 01724 297956

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Brigg Live Arts Festival 2016 The Words Count and Imagination Library team were delighted to be asked to attend the Brigg Live Arts Festival on Saturday 7 May 2016. The event provided a wide range of live arts throughout the day including musicians, craft stalls, storytelling, drama workshops, singing sessions and much more. For us it was a fantastic opportunity to promote the Imagination Library and Words Count and gather feedback from parents and children about the quality of the Imagination Library books. We had lots of visitors young and old to the stall, who enjoyed decorating our Imagination Library train and sharing some of our favourite stories on the nearby bench.

'Brigg Live Arts were delighted to see so many young people enjoying themselves at Brigg Live Arts Fest. The organisation wants to support the development of literacy and language skills, which in turn helps children grow up with imaginative minds, creative skills and an appreciation of the Arts'.

Roberta Fulford, Chairperson, Brigg Live Arts Children’s Day There was a fabulous turnout at the Children’s Day Party held at Sheffield “We received a book this morning Park in Scunthorpe on Saturday 4 June. and have been reading it already. Staff from the Imagination Library and I always read with my children.” Word Count team were available “We name the animals in the pictures throughout the event to talk to families. in Polish and in English. During the day 17 more families Our daughter knows both words.” registered for the Imagination Library “We have 6 children who all free book gifting scheme and 4 families love the books.” notified us of their change of address. Kirsty Mead from the Rhubarb Theatre “My sons favourite book is the did a wonderful job of retelling stories Spot one with the lift the throughout the day. flaps.”

Lots of delightful comments about the “My favourite book is Ouch In Imagination Library books were noted My Pouch!” during the day such as:

The Imagination Library and Words Count teams having been busy out and about across North Lincolnshire and further afield spreading the word about the importance of reading and reading for pleasure on future life outcomes.

Museum sees Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it to busiest night on the museum for the event, you haven’t missed out completely. There will be DUDLEY’S record plenty more free fun at their family garden fete on Saturday 23 July from North Lincolnshire Museum’s Superhero 10am to 3.30pm, celebrating fashion DEN NOW Night on Friday 13 May proved popular during the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. It with the local caped crusaders as nearly will be a fun packed day boasting an OPEN 1,200 swooped in for the Museums at assortment of activities and events. Night event. Come along for lots of family fun, play North Lincolnshire Museum’s During the three hour event at the traditional games and take part in craft new under 5’s room ‘Dudley’s museum on Oswald Road, a whopping activities. Admission is FREE. Den’ was officially opened on 1,194 visitors flew through the doors in Friday 1 July 2016. their finest costumes to join in the free You can find out more superhero themed fun including mask- information about future events making and a super power trail around at the museum by liking North the venue. Lincolnshire Museum on The fantastic night turned out to the Facebook. busiest event in the museum’s history.

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Emma Thackray, Regional Director for the Dollywood Foundation said: "It is a pleasure to work with North Lincolnshire, we have been amazed at the council's commitment to the scheme and to making sure that as Imagination many children and families as possible Library Update get to experience the joy of reading and sharing books and stories. In North Lincolnshire Council officers joined North Lincolnshire more than 86% of leading academics, practitioners and children are enrolled in the politicians in Nottingham on Thursday Imagination Library, which is a 9 June for the Imagination Library fantastic achievement and one of the Conference 2016. Speakers and Wordsworth meeting author Nick highest levels of enrolment we have, participants at the event examined Sharratt not just here in the UK but recent research demonstrating the internationally. North Lincolnshire positive effects of monthly Imagination provide invaluable input to the book Library book gifting upon reading in the North Lincolnshire's Imagination Library selection process and make sure that home and school readiness. Dr Frank is a partnership between the council and feedback from families plays a key Ridzi of the Centre for Urban and the Dollywood Foundation, the charity role in choosing our UK books for the Regional Applied Research in New York set up by Dolly Parton in honour of her coming year. We are excited to be shared evidence showing that almost father, a hardworking man unable to part of North Lincolnshire's vision for 29% more children who had been read or write. The charity and council consistently enrolled in Imagination work together to post a free book to a Words Count and share the council's Library were likely to be ready for school child's home every month until the age goal of helping children to love books compared with those who had not of 5. Dolly Parton said: "The Imagination and love reading for life" participated in the scheme. Library is one of the most important Emma Thackray ways I know to improve the educational opportunities for children in our communities. I want kids to love books, The Imagination Library FREE book to have an emotional connection – even gifting scheme is available for all children a reverence for books. I am most proud under 5 years old who live in North of the fact that every child in the Lincolnshire. To register your child visit: Imagination Library does not have to www.northlincs.gov.uk/imagination- grow up without books in their home.” library

North Lincolnshire officers also play an important role in the annual Imagination Library UK Book Selection Committee, which this year was held on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 June. Every year the Book Selection Committee and Sue Hollingsworth from the Penguin Random House come together Scunthorpe Rotary Club promoting to select the 60 books that make up the ‘A Bagful of Stars’ and supporting North Lincolnshire ’s Imagination next year's Imagination Library. The Library Scheme at the UK committee is made up of experts in early conference. childhood reading and literacy. North Lincolnshire's Head of Library Services, North Lincolnshire Council’s Sandra Colin Brabazon, and Early Years Officer, Simmons and Ailsa Leggott presented at Ailsa Leggott, are part of the panel and the conference and spoke to delegates use their knowledge and experience of about the success of the Imagination working with North Library and Words Count in North Lincolnshire families to help Lincolnshire. Since 2013 more than FREE 11,000 children have benefitted from a select the monthly Imagination Library book. 70% books. book gifting of 4-5 year olds in North Lincolnshire scheme achieved a 'good level of development' at the end of Reception compared to 53% in 2013 and 66% nationally.

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Help us to improve the under If you would like to have your say about how Normanby Hall Country Park could be improved please complete their online 5’s facilities at Normanby Hall survey which is available via the internet using this link: Country Park www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/79YPGV

Over the next two years Normanby Hall Completing the survey is giving you the opportunity to tell us Country Park will be working hard to your thoughts and ideas about how we can make Normanby improve the facilities for families visiting better for families with young children. with children under 5.

Central Park Summer Booknic

Despite the chilly weather over 40 families turned out for the summer booknic held in Central Park, Scunthorpe during half term. Families came along with their picnics and listened to and joined in with lots of stories including Shark in the Park, Polar Bear, Polar Bear and Goldilocks and the three bears. One of Goldilocks bears even made an appearance during the event to greet families and join in the free fun.

The Magical The Magical World of Fingley is a relocation, personal responsibilities - in storybook world that’s brought to life in a fun and simple way. World of Fingley a series of time-travelling adventure ® books featuring the world’s new The books have been written for reading character bear - DODL. His name means - age 7+ although they can be read to Doing Ordinary Deeds Lovingly younger children too and include: Tom’s encouraging children to grow into Time-Tunnel Quest, Lucy’s Fingley responsible citizens of the future. Discovery, Sam’s Future Awaits, Aziza’s Bubble Adventure. Traditional Children’s Stories that DODL bear has knowledge of every are Fun - Magical - Educational - child and adult in the universe and he To learn more about The Magical World Inspirational also knows of any life challenges that are of Fingley or how to stock our books or presenting themselves, so these stories to book a workshop/presentation in your Written by Daisa Morgan a Lincolnshire have valuable life lessons woven school or library please contact: based children’s author, assisted by Jade seamlessly throughout them covering www.fingley.com or email: Smith, Creative Director. elements such as bullying, grief, [email protected] Tel: 01652 661881.

Words dedicated reading area within your place of work and you would like to Count Welcomes adopt your very own Words Count Wordsworth Bear, please contact [email protected] Wordsworth We are delighted to announce the at the Hay safe arrival of our very own Words Festival with Count teddy bear called Wordsworth. local teacher Wordsworth has been distributed Hannah Grimley to book clubs and reading groups across North Lincolnshire. We hope Wordsworth that photographs of Wordsworth enjoying his ﬁrst reading with his new pals will be holiday to Poland sent to us regularly, so that we can with local share his reading journey within childminder Heather this newsletter. If you hold a regular Nuttall book club, reading session or have a

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Reading Ahead: The Six Book Challenge North Lindsey www.northlincs.gov.uk/schools-libraries-learning/libraries/books-and-more/readingahead-the-six-book-challenge/ College Summer Fair www.readingahead.org.uk The fair took place on Saturday One in six people of working age find reading difficult. However, research shows that 11 June, both the Words Count and those who read for pleasure have improved employment opportunities, higher life Imagination Library teams attended. satisfaction, better health and stronger vocabulary skills.

North Lincolnshire library service has been working with Adult Community Learning Parents comments on the books (ACL) to support local learners and help them establish regular reading habits as a • Bailey gets really excited when his gateway to greater life opportunities, with ‘Reading Ahead: The Six Book Challenge’. books come in the post. He asks “will it come today Mummy?” Reading Ahead: The Six Book Challenge (formerly known as ‘The Six Book Challenge’) is an adult reading scheme designed to encourage and inspire people who want to • Both my boys love to read and have stories read to them at bedtime. improve both their literacy skills and their life chances. It is completely FREE of charge Reading has given them extended to enrol. Anyone can register to take part at any one of our fifteen static libraries and learning about social norms and one mobile library, although many participants do so with the support of their ACL imagination. Fantastic books tutor and peer group. ☺ Loves Hairy McClairy ☺ Nationally, over 150,000 people aged 16 and above have registered for the • My daughter loves getting her programme over the last decade through public libraries, adult learning, colleges, books, family time reading. prisons and workplaces. • Both my girls loves getting their In North Lincolnshire, well over 100 people registered to take part in this year’s books through the post and we scheme, which began in January, pledging to read six books over a four month always read them straight away. period, and receiving branded freebies such as stationery, wristbands and a book bag along the way. Many have already completed in advance of this year’s scheme ending • Both children love the books and it in June. They will be presented with their certificates of achievement by bestselling encourages them to continue author Lynda Page at the Central Library in a ceremony scheduled for Friday 1 July. reading, Leah 7 and Ellie 4.

North Lincolnshire library service and Adult Community Learning have delivered the • The children absolutely love the scheme in partnership since 2007, and every year the feedback has been books. My daughter’s favourite is overwhelmingly positive. In recent years, demand for the scheme from a range of ‘Mine’. classes and settings, including English as a Second Language (ESOL) and Children’s • We love ‘Bog Baby’ and the whole Centres, has increased. Participants are proud of their personal achievements, and Imagination Library, thank you. many appreciate the structure of having an objective to aim for, especially when fitting reading around work, study and family commitments. Comments this year so • My two-year old son loves receiving far include: the books and they have been a good selection.

Comments this year so far: • Absolutely fabulous books, a joy to read and my boy loves them. ‘It gave me a reason to read’ • We love the books arriving in the post! Exciting We love the ‘My class discussed the books and ☺ that is what I enjoyed. It also made range/variety that we get. Thank me read during term time.’ you.

‘It encouraged me to read more and • He loves the Julia Donaldson it has encouraged me to sit and relax books. for an hour.’

Reading Ahead will start again in January 2017. For more information about next year’s scheme please contact Emma Prideaux or Lynda Conlon at [email protected] The children enjoyed 01724 860161 drawing pictures of their favourite books.

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The Publishers Association For further information, the latest tips How you can www.publishers.org.uk are calling and event details, sign up to become a become a on all book-lovers to become a reading ambassador visit the following Reading Ambassador. Below, we've website. www.publishers.org.uk/ reading listed ten top tips to help you to help campaigns/reading-for- others love reading for pleasure as pleasure/become-a-reading- ambassador much as you do. ambassador

Write or Draw Every Day Encourage your friends and Be the Cilla Black of Books Host a blind date book colleagues, particularly teenagers to write or draw session at any club, group or coffee morning – it makes a regularly and reinvigorate their reading experiences. Try great icebreaker and is a great way to get people reading something like NaNoWriMo (National November Writing and talking. Simply ask people to wrap up and bring Month) or Chris Riddell's Doodle-a-Day to get started. along a book they’ve loved, and swap with someone Kick it off by setting yourself a challenge and sharing the else. results on social media. Visit the wonderful Seven Stories in Gateshead to explore the UK's rich heritage of writing and illustration. Start a Book Group Set up a book group in a community area or with your friends to share your love of reading with others. Start off easy with a popular, Volunteer at Your Local Library Many library accessible book that everyone's talking about. The services rely on the contribution of well-read and Reading Agency's Reading Groups for Everyone is a great passionate volunteers. Why not get involved and help way to tap into a nationwide network of book groups, visitors to the library have access to knowledge and and can help you get started. literature? Search online or visit your local library to find out how you can help. Share your Thoughts Shout about reading! Share your favourite book and thoughts about what you're Get Involved with a Reading for Pleasure reading -- Tweet, blog, and share with friends to get the Charity These top tips are just the start! The Publishers conversation started. Start up a Wordpress site (easy to Association have got a wealth of information about how use), where you talk about your favourite book and you can get involved with Reading for Pleasure charities. encourage friends to comment, or (for the tech savvy), Such as www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk, join the legions of BookTubers and review your favourites www.booktrust.org.uk, www.literacytrust.org.uk, online by video, uploading to YouTube and sharing with www.readingagency.org.uk, friends. See BooksandQuills' YouTube channel for www.readingmatters.org.uk, www.readongeton.org.uk, inspiration... www.readathon.org.uk, www.readwell.org.uk, clpe.org.uk and many more…. Set up a Book Corner Putting books in front of people is one of the best ways Help people who struggle with reading to get them reading. Set up a book corner in your Volunteer to help children, young people or adults with workplace or a community centre. You don't need much their reading -- you can change a person's life. The a comfortable chair, or cushions, a bookshelf, a coffee Reading Agency has programmes galore for you to get table, and of course... books. It'll be easiest to use a pre- involved with: create a World Book Night Celebration existing area and supply them with books. Books which event in April; introduce reluctant adult readers to Quick you have read and enjoyed, or picked up from the charity Reads; or become a Beanstalk Reading Helper. shops. Put a sign up telling people to feel free to pick up and read, or to swap a book of their choice.

Read With Your Child Reading with your child or a child close to you not only sets them up to enjoy reading Get your school involved Make sure your local for pleasure for life, but has been proven to help them school takes knows all about the fabulous resources and achieve better results in ALL subjects. Booktrust has events available to them. Get your kids dressed-up and some great pointers on how to read with your child, such involved with World Book Day, start a sponsored as finding a quiet place and encouraging them to pick Readathon, make your local school aware of the fabulous the book, while Fathers Reading Every Day is a scheme to Power of Reading lists…. There’s so much out there to encourage fathers to read with their children. do.

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Scunthorpe Reading school days, what motivated him to Programme findings become an author, how he has improved include: Stars his writing and what he likes to read, 140 pupils from 10 North Lincolnshire was very inspiring. schools have successfully completed the 7 out of 10 say that they are now Scunthorpe Reading Stars programme Students on the programme have also proud to be a reader over the course of the academic year and accessed a series of literacy lessons we are delighted to mark their which have taken place at the School. Reading confidence has increased achievements with an “end of season” Teachers, librarians or teaching assistants from 43% before to 89% graduation celebration. have worked with the children over the Nearly two thirds of participants year in planned sessions using football- say that the link to football and Scunthorpe United Reading Stars is a themed resources from the project. They footballers made them want to reading programme that captures the have had the opportunity to explore read more motivational power of football to inspire different types of reading such as cliff- young people to read more and to hanger stories or newspaper reports and Two thirds say that as a result of improve their literacy skills. were given reading challenges and taking part they have a favourite games to do. Staff at Study Parks have been working author with The National Literacy Trust, local The Reading Stars programme has schools, libraries and North Lincolnshire enabled so many students to see how Most importantly, it is a programme that Council for 12 months to design and reading can be fun; it also doesn’t deliver an exciting programme of work shows reading to be a fun activity, by matter what you are reading as long as introducing pupils and students to texts to support and encourage students to you are! read more. they enjoy and can relate to, through the All of the students here today have influential medium of famous I am thrilled to report that the pupils completed so many of the reading footballers. invited to take part in the programme activities and challenges that they have really took to the scheme and were a The following quotes are just a sample of all successfully graduated and been what our pupils have to say about the pleasure to work with, putting in a lot of invited to attend this celebration event. effort and really enjoying the football- reading stars programme: themed books and activities. A highlight Pictured are some of the graduates “Attending the Reading Stars group has for many of the students taking part in alongside former Scunthorpe United made me think differently about reading the programme was the club author day Manager, Brian Laws, Education Officer because I now think reading is fun. they attended at Glanford Park with Sandra Simmons and Scunthorpe United I read more now than I ever did, and author Tom Palmer. This fantastic mascot Scunny Bunny who presented the activities we do are fun and opportunity was very inspiring for the the young people with their certificates interesting.” participants, to hear from Tom about his during the official graduation ceremony. “I have enjoyed the fact that we have an option on what to read, like football annuals and magazines.”

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North Lincolnshire Council Arts Development and he is devastated Illyria Theatre Company are delighted to bring two to find out about special free performances to the area. The award- his father's secret winning Illyria are one of the country’s longest passion for established open air theatre companies and their pheasant- physical and imaginative productions have received poaching in the widespread acclaim. Bring a chair, a picnic and a estate of the friend! nasty, greedy Victor Hazell, the Illyria Theatre Company present: Danny the Champion of the local wealthy World landowner. One Winterton Showground - Thursday 21 July - 6.30pm night, Danny awakes to find his Running time (approx): 1hr 50mins (including 20 minute father has not returned from a night of poaching. Fearing that interval) Family fun for all ages 5+. his father may be in danger, Danny sets off to rescue him. Soon Danny and his devoted father live in a caravan and operate the Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible village's local petrol station and garage. When Danny turns nine and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell.

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