One of the best ways to support your learning is also one of the most fun - reading.  Scroll down to the bottom of this page for lots of links that will support you with your reading at home.

Self-isolating Reading Challenges

If you are self-isolating, why not have a go at one of these reading challenges? Share your work with us via home.learning@westendprimary.org.uk

• Book Bingo - can you get a line or even a full house with books you have read before?
• Write a book review of your favourite book. Who would you recommend it to? Why?
• Design a new front cover for your class' current novel. Think about what you should include on the cover.
• Turn your favourite story into a comic book strip.

Draw a character from your class' current novel and label their characteristics.

Bedtime stories

During lockdown, your wonderful West End teachers read some bedtime stories. 

We have left these below so you can continue to enjoy them. Which is your favourite bedtime story? Why? 

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• Letters and sounds for home and school - phonics video lessons

• Read Write Inc guide for parents - practice sheets for each sound

• Borrowbox - Leeds Libraries' digital and audio collection

• British Library - Discovering Children's Books

• Recommendations for books based on age, topic or genre

• Literacy Shed - free reading resources

• Theatre stories for children

• Poetry By Heart - Children's section

• Children's poetry - audio collection of poems

• Children's Poetry Archive