Reading for Pleasure

Reading for Pleasure

At Lionel Primary School, we know that children who read will do well at school and beyond. We aim to develop a positive attitude towards reading and to foster a love of books through our enthusiastic reading culture.

We encourage children to read not only at school, but outside of the school gates too: at home, in the park, on holiday.

Keep Reading!

We really urge you to encourage your child to keep up with all the brilliant reading they have been doing while at school.

Visit the Lionel Library

One of the easiest and best ways to do this is to visit our wonderful school library, the beating heart of our school.

Opened by author Ross Montgomery in June 2023, Lionel Library has a fantastic range of books for your child to read to themselves or to share with you. From picture books to novels, from graphic novels to poetry, from Science books to History and Geography books Art books, Sport biographies and much much more; we really do have something for everyone!

Children visit the library with their class every two weeks, but we encourage you to visit with your child in between class visits, either before school , from 8.40-8.55 am, or after school, from 3.30-4.00 pm, when our brilliant Librarian, Ms Prychidko, is there to make recommendations.

Access to the Lionel Library for families is from the playground.

Reading at Home

At Lionel, we are proud to be part of the Power of Reading project from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). This project uses high quality texts to deliver all aspects of the English curriculum. The texts engage children at every stage of their learning journey and help to nurture a love of reading from Early Years all the way through to Year 6 and beyond. Below is a leaflet published by the CLPE that explores ways you can further support your child's reading and writing at home.

Below are links to articles, book lists, online stories and activities, to help enthuse and encourage your children to read, read, read! This list is not exhaustive and once you start searching, you will find many, many more resources out there. The key is to select wisely and recommend an appropriate and appealing taster menu to young readers.

Booklists

The CLPE website has a section entitled Corebooks online. This is free to use and is an excellent place to begin looking for high quality texts for your child - from fiction to poetry to non-fiction titles. Just follow the link below:

Hounslow Get Reading

Follow the links below for books recommendations put together by Hounslow Education Services reading expert, Charlotte Raby.

If you are looking for further inspiration, below is a selection of further lists from Books for Topics. This also includes the 'Branching Out' series, which is particularly useful if you're keen to get your child off a particular author!

Books for Topics

This brilliant site has lists of books for all ages and interests. Many of the lists above come from this site and you can find many more on the website. Follow this link:

Buying Books

Oxfam Bookshop 1, The Green, Ealing

This bookshop has a large collection of children’s books in great quality for around £1.99 a book.

The Alligator’s Mouth George Street, Richmond-upon-Thames

We love this bookshop, where the experienced staff will always send you off with a book your child will love!