Wisbech Reads
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2023 Theme - Refugees
Stories come to life
The children meet Binh a little girl who has moved to the UK from South Korea as a refugee. The children follow the story told through film and participate in several activities including designing their own pot to plant their special seed.
Literacy Festival
A day of fun in the cultural quarter of Wisbech. The children take part in three activities including an author activity, a visit to the library and a visit to the Wisbech & Fenland Museum.
Each child also receives a book written by the author and a Discover Arts Award.
This years festival is 10th - 14th July.
Poetry Festival
The festival opens early March with an online poet event. During the month of March the Wisbech Reads team visit primary schools offering three activities:
- Lyric writing
- Listening to poetry
- Choosing poetry
Poems written are included in the Wisbech Reads book of poetry which is launched on World Poetry Day in October.
Young Reporter
Children are set a challenge to write a news report about a climate crisis. The 20Twenty team work with the children to be confident to become TV reporters and film them using green screen technology.
Young Author / Illustrator
In pairs the children create and write a story. Working with a professional book illustrator their stories come to life with images that they create.
Books can be printed if costs are covered.
The Big Read & Write
This is an online author event which will take place in June. Prior to meeting the author the children will work on a scheme of work created by the author based on one of their books.
Take Action
The class is split into teams. Each team represents a country. The teams research a climate issue in their county and develop an IA prototype using LEGO that could help solve the issue. They present their ideas to the rest of the class and the class vote on which prototype they all have to build. Using LEGO Spike and coding with scratch.
Cases of Curiositydd
The cases of curiosity is a loan box scheme from Wisbech & Fenland Museum. The scheme enables schools to use and handle accessioned museum objects in the classroom.
The ‘boxes’ are heavy duty carry cases containing topic-linked objects. Many of the cases come with an accompanying box of relevant fiction and non-fiction texts that support use of the case across the curriculum, with a focus on English.
Wisbech Reads schools are eligible to use the boxes for free. Loans are typically for 4 weeks, but shorter and longer loan times can be agreed. Thanks to funding from Historic England who are funding the delivery to and from schools.
There are 6 themes:
Cases of Curiosity: Rocks and Fossils
Science topic box with accompanying fiction and non-fiction texts. Includes a full class set of rock specimens for use in permeability and scratch test investigations.
Suitable for KS2
Cases of Curiosity: Prehistory
History topic box supporting the Stone Age to the Iron Age with accompanying fiction and non-fiction texts.
Suitable for KS2
Cases of Curiosity: Roman Life
History topic box with accompanying fiction and non-fiction texts. This box contains a mixture or real and replica objects.
Suitable for KS2
Cases of Curiosity: Victorian Domestic Life
History topic box with accompanying fiction and non-fiction texts.
Suitable for KS2
Cases of Curiosity: Toys and Games
History topic box with accompanying fiction and non-fiction texts. This box contains a mixture of real and replica objects.
Suitable for KS1
Cases of Curiosity: Fen Life
Topic box with links to both History and Geography containing objects and photographs linked to farming and life in the fens.
Suitable for KS2
