Albemarle had an amazing time meeting the brilliant Jenny Pearson at Barnes Literature Festival yesterday. We're loving reading the books we bought. What a brilliant day! Jenny Pearson BarnesKidsLitFest

As we prepare the final details for #CLiPPA24 this week, we thought we'd hear from another of our shortlisted poets Kᗩᖇᒪ ᑎOᐯᗩ 🕶, one of the contributors to 'My Heart is a Poem' as he reads his poem, 'It's like this'. Enjoy!

Research shows children who read regularly, and who read by choice, do much better on a wide range of outcomes than those who do not. That's why it's vital that no child misses out - and here's how we can work together to make that a reality 👇 booktrust.org.uk/about-us/strat…

'Good Listener' by Stephen Lightbown from the collection 'And I Climbed, And I Climbed' was a firm favourite from our #CLiPPA24 shadowing schools! Just one more day until the winner of CLiPPA 24 is announced. Watch live: youtube.com/@clpe/streams

Key Stage Two had a visit from the incredible author S F Said, who spoke to them about the process he goes through when writing his books. It was reassuring to hear that even such a talented writer has to make many drafts before getting the book they want. SF Said CLPE

Year Five loved the, CLPE, Reflecting Realities unit on Tyger. Today they got to ask the author, S F Said, questions about this intentions when writing the book and were even able to share some of the work they have produced, based around the book. SF Said CLPE

And the #CLiPPA2024 winner is… 'The Final Year' by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton & published by Otter-Barry Books! 🏆🌟 ow.ly/97Hu50SyFe2

While it's not the result we hoped for, congratulations to England and Gareth Southgate on reaching the #EURO2024 final 👏   Your resilience and team spirit have inspired millions.   Let's make sure every child has the opportunity to shine like you have ❤️

We had an amazing caricature artist at our summer fair this afternoon! Look at the happy faces of two children with their drawings!

It’s dress rehearsal time for our Year 6s!

Some of our Year 6s enjoyed taking part in the Wandsworth Tennis Tournament last Friday! One group even managed a second place finish! 🎾

Opportunity for all & support for children's wellbeing, themes in the #KingsSpeech, are central to our mission to get children reading. Research shows reading can support children to overcome disadvantage & experience better mental wellbeing. We must ensure no child misses out.

Various news outlets announced today that councils were closing their libraries – not us! We are proud of all our libraries, and are working hard to ensure our libraries remain the heart of our local communities 💚 Find your local library: wandsworth.gov.uk/leisure-and-cu…

Welcome back! We are so impressed with how brilliantly our children have settled back into school life. We have been doing activities on belonging to support this and, of course, we have our daily storytime. Year Six are reading Jaz Santos vs. the World by Priscilla Mante.

Top tip for encouraging reading for pleasure 📚 Learn from the Inspiration Trust's English Lead, Sophie MacDonald, about her my-turn-your-turn strategy. What's your top tip for reading? Comment below ⬇️ #BookmarkReading #ReadingTips

For the start of this term, our whole school book is the fantastic, 'Speak Up,' by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola. This empowering book demonstrates the difference we can make in the world by using our voices. Dapo Adeola

Key Stage Two are also looking at, How to Change the World,' by Rashmi Sirdeshpande. This engaging non-fiction book shows how inspirational people have brought about positive change in our world. Rashmi Sirdeshpande (Writing!)