Reading Week 2026

This week, Brentwood School has been the place to be for reading. Our pupils have taken the range of opportunities on offer and participated in different activities that highlight the importance of reading for both learning and overall well being. This tied in very well with Quennell House’s Big Book Swap.

In EYFS, children enjoyed stories read by different staff members. Year 1 were also visited by a storyteller on Monday. Years 2 to 6 classes enjoyed a good book at reading cafés along with snacks, drinks and some extra creature comforts such as blankets and pillows!

Other activities included looking at comics, newspapers, competitions, and some incredible new moving image books in the Library. It was wonderful to have so many book review competition entries with children spreading the word about books that are too good to miss. Winners will be announced next week. The Key Stage 2 Masked Reader competition was a big success with four classes guessing all of our mystery readers.

More than thirty members of staff became ‘lucky listeners’ and really enjoyed hearing children from different year groups read. The children were very enthusiastic to share their reading skills with someone new.

Thank you and well done to everyone involved. Keep on reading…