{"id":2138,"date":"2023-12-14T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2023-12-14T11:46:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T11:46:51","slug":"reading-realm-tis-the-season-for-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"Reading Realm &#8211; \u2018Tis the season for reading!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Access thousands of free e-books and audiobooks on <a href=\"https:\/\/soraapp.com\/welcome\">Sora<\/a> using just your child\u2019s school email and password. <a href=\"https:\/\/soraapp.com\/welcome\">https:\/\/soraapp.com\/welcome<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an exciting development, pupils can now also access hundreds of magazines on Sora, from sports, music, and craft magazines to educational and news magazines \u2013 there is something for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable magazines include <em>National Geographic<\/em>, <em>Science Focus,<\/em> <em>New Scientist, BBC History<\/em>, <em>The Week Junior, Minecraft World<\/em> and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-1024x360.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-1024x360.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-1536x540.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-604x212.png 604w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1.png 1699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The evidence is clear: reading for pleasure improves academic outcomes as well as builds important life skills like empathy, analytical thinking, problem solving, and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reading also aids sleep, self-esteem, and research shows that just 6 minutes of reading can reduce stress and anxiety by 68% &#8211; that\u2019s more than listening to music or watching TV! (Read for Good)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some more good news is that we have scheduled in another Scholastic Book Fair to coincide with World Book Day in early March. This means pupils will be able to use World Book Day tokens from major bookshops and supermarkets at the Fair. More details coming in the new year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, our Y7 Reading Ambassadors had fun sharing their favourite reads when they met last week. Perhaps the resulting book recommendation could help out with those last minute Christmas gift ideas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-191x270.jpg 191w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-Books-p1-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-191x270.jpg 191w, https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12-books-p2-scaled.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Christmas and happy reading!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miss Jacobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access thousands of free e-books and audiobooks on Sora using just your child\u2019s school email and password. https:\/\/soraapp.com\/welcome In an exciting development, pupils can now also access hundreds of magazines on Sora, from sports, music, and craft magazines to educational and news magazines \u2013 there is something for everyone. Notable magazines include National Geographic, Science Focus, New Scientist, BBC History, The Week Junior, Minecraft World and many more. The evidence is clear: reading for pleasure improves academic outcomes as well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=2138\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}