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There are many ways to prove a challenge has been completed. Whilst we love a good old book review, we welcome an array of creative responses too.
We will accept: written reviews, photos, audio or visual recordings, and creative responses to the book read. Just bring it into the Library or email it to librarian@pgs.org.uk
Ideas for creative responses:
- art work
- dressing up/acting out scenes
- designing a new book cover
- create a comic strip of your favourite scene
- fan cast the movie version of the book & make a poster
Creativity will make your tree flourish.
Creativity will make your tree flourish.
Year Round - "Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees" - C. Rossetti 🌿
Year Round - "Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees" - C. Rossetti 🌿
Any reviews written on the School Library Catalogue will earn your tree a classic green leaf.
Remember to include: who you read the book with, what was good or not so good about it, what type of reader would like it, and most importantly NO SPOILERS!
Spring 1 - "The darling buds of May" - W. Shakespeare 🌷
Spring 1 - "The darling buds of May" - W. Shakespeare 🌷
In the spirit of spring, the first challenge is about nurturing young new readers.
Pupils will need to evidence themselves reading with, or to, a younger child to earn a spring blossom for their tree.
If you don’t currently have a little person in your life, please contact Ms Hart to discuss volunteering as a reading mentor with younger pupils.
Videos of dramatic reading aloud would be a great way to complete this challenge – maybe even try it with puppets!
Spring 2 - "Deep roots are not reached by the frost." -J. R. R. Tolkien
Spring 2 - "Deep roots are not reached by the frost." -J. R. R. Tolkien
A flourishing tree requires strong deep roots, and this challenge is about finding your families literary roots.
Talk to an adult you admire, this could be a parent, grandparent or even a teacher about their favourite book, maybe their favourite book when they were your age. Then read it!
We would love to see a recording or writeups of your interview to complete this challenge but as always creative responses are encouraged!
Summer 1 - "Give me juicy fruit, ripe and red from the orchard." - W. Whitman 🍎
Summer 1 - "Give me juicy fruit, ripe and red from the orchard." - W. Whitman 🍎
To earn a fruit for your tree, show us something you’ve learnt to create through reading!
This could be a new meal from a recipe book, a hobby you tried because of a favourite character, or a craft you learned from a guide. Whatever reading has inspired you to make, we want to see it!
Don’t forget that non-fiction books are a huge help for this challenge—there is a wonderful array of craft and hobby books available in the Library.
Summer 2 - "Bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”
- C. A. Duffy 🐝
Summer 2 - "Bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.”
- C. A. Duffy 🐝
Reading communities require tending to flourish, and this means busy bees putting in the work. To get a bee to visit and pollinate your tree you will need to use your local library.
Show us you visiting the library; this could be a video tour, photos from a group you attended of most brilliantly volunteering for the Summer Reading Challenge.
Ask in the Library about supporting the Summer Reading Challenge and the rewards that come with it.
Summer Holidays - “The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson 🪷
Summer Holidays - “The earth laughs in flowers.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson 🪷
Finale - “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky." ― Gibran🌲
Finale - “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky." ― Gibran🌲
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