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Providing our children with opportunities to experience rich, varied and enjoyable approaches to Literacy is important to us here in St. Laurence’s. As a cornerstone of our curriculum, as well as explicit teaching, we aim to integrate playful and engaging Oral Language, Reading and Writing experiences into our everyday practice. Have a look at some of our current initiatives outlined below.
Author Visits
We love welcoming authors to St. Laurence’s. Recently we welcomed Lucy Kennedy and John Patrick Green to our school.
Lucy Kennedy
Lucy Kennedy, author of The Friendship Fairies series of books, visited our 2nd class children recently. She spoke to the children about her love of books, how she gets her ideas for writing and what it’s like to be an author. Lucy also read from one of her books and then the children asked her lots of interesting questions. All of Lucy’s Friendship Fairies books are now in the class libraries for the children to enjoy!
John Patrick Green
Our 3rd class children enjoyed reading the new Agents of SUIT book during May and June. They were delighted when the book’s author, John Patrick Green, was able to visit our school and share his love of graphic novels with the children. John spoke to the children about his school years, how he began drawing comic-book characters and how he developed the storylines for his InvestiGators and Agents of SUIT series of books. The children were excited to ask John questions and they enjoyed getting their books signed!
Reading with Dogs
In recent years we have been lucky enough to become involved with the Burns’ ‘Reading with Dogs’ project. A fully trained volunteer and their dog come into the school each week to read with a selection of our children. The project aims to promote enjoyment of reading and has been really lovely for all of those involved, due in no small part to our amazing volunteer Paula and her dog Molly. Molly has been a very popular member of our school community and many children have benefitted from her presence in our school. In June 2025 the time came for Molly to retire from the ‘Reading with Dogs’ project. We were all sad to see her leave but we hope to welcome a new dog to St. Laurence’s in the coming months.
World Book Day
World Book Day is a charity initiative which aims to provide every child with a book of their own. In St. Laurence’s we encourage our children to engage with the magic of reading by dressing up and participating in fun activities for the day!
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