On Wednesday, we had the author Donna Davis come and visit us in Reception. She talked to us about some of the books she has written and read one of her stories to us. We all found it really interesting to find out about the process she goes through to get her books published. Some children from each class volunteered to help with the explanation of Donna getting an idea for a book, to it ending up on the shelves. The photo below shows some of the helpers acting out the roles of editors, publishers, printers and all the other people who are part of the process.

Every week we have a ‘book of the week’. We read the same story every afternoon for a week so the children become really familiar with the story. We learn lots of new vocabulary from these stories as well as learning about characters and how they are feeling. By the end of the week, the children in Reception have been able to join in with the story and able to tell us about what has happened. The photo with this post shows all the books we have read this half term.