London Fields Primary School

As part of our World Book Day celebration, the Reception children enjoyed a visit to Hackney Library. They explored the children's section and took part in a storytelling session. The visit was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate books and encourage a love of reading for pleasure. 

For World Book Day, our school continued its long-standing tradition of older children reading with the younger classes. This year, Reception welcomed visitors from Year 5, who spent time reading a selection of books with them.

Many of the Year 5 children remembered being in the same Reception classroom themselves just a few years ago. They were pleased to return as more confident readers and share stories with the younger children.

To consolidate their 'People and Communities' theme this half term, the Reception children visited their local Post Office to send a letter home. Along the way, they identified familiar places that are part of their community, including coffee shops, restaurants, the bus stop and buses, the green grocer, the medical centre and the hairdresser.

At the Post Office, they waited sensibly in line, showing confidence in following familiar routines, and used fantastic manners when asking the post office workers to mail their letters home. The rain did not slow them down; they simply put on waterproofs and continued their learning.

This experinece supported their understanding of the world around them, as they built confidence in new environments, practised social interactions and strenghtened their sense of belonging within their community.