Nursery: Bedtime Reading Scheme and 105 books to read before you leave Broadford

What is the Bedtime Reading Scheme?

The Bedtime Reading scheme will be introduced to the nursery as a way to promote early reading and positive bedtime routines. Through promoting a love for story books from an early age your child's language will develop along with their vocabulary. 

Each Friday your child will be sent home with two picture books and a small reading log book in a zipped plastic wallet. It is important that you return the books in the zipped wallet by the following Wednesday to give us time to swap over all the books. We will keep a record of the books your child sends home but it will be helpful for you to write the names of the books your child has read in the red reading log for your own reference. 

What is the 105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford scheme?

105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford!

At Broadford, we aim to encourage a love of reading. By providing our pupils with quality texts and introducing them to strong characters, we can broaden their perspectives on the world around them as they are taken to far off lands from the comfort of their own chair!

With this in mind, we have created a new reading reward system that sees our children reading quality over quantity. 3 quality stories have been chosen for our 2-3 year olds and 5 books have been chosen for our 3-4 year olds to include in their reading across the academic year. All the titles are listed in their brand new trackers. As they read their way through the tracker they will be rewarded with certificates and prizes.

Nursery trackers are below. These will be kept in school, a copy will be sent home for your reference and a poster displayed in Nursery for you to refer to also. Once you have shared one of the stories with your child make a note in their reading record and we will sign it off on their tracker. 

On completion of their tracker, your child will be awarded with a certificate.

If your child continues their education at Broadford they will be given a new tracker with a variety of new books to read each year.

When does this start?

The Bedtime Reading scheme will start on Friday 4th December. You can return the first set of books by Wednesday 9th December to receive the second set on Friday 11th December.

How can I return the books?

You may wish to simply return the zipped wallet to nursery at drop off time. If you would like your child to carry their books in a school bag this is fine. Please ensure the bag is clearly labelled with their name on.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask. you can contact us on eyfs@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Kind regards,

The Nursery Team