Reading Mentors
Our Reading Mentors 2025-2026
Meet the Reading Mentors....
The new Reading Mentors are:
Year 1 - Lena
Year 2 - Aiza
Year 3 - Ahmad
Year 4 - Kanisiri and David
Year 5 - Seteminire and Oliver
Year 6 - Julia and Daksha
Our priorities this year will include:
- Record reading percentages weekly.
- Ensure the reading room is being used for full impact.
- Hello Yellow Day - children to organise books to share with their class to discuss mental health and well-being.
- Promote Reading for Pleasure.
- Reading dens - to continue to monitor the effectiveness of our classroom reading dens.
- World Book Day - children to design and create something for the children to share.
- The Reading Well - create a space in our atrium area for reading for pleasure.
- Pupil voice
- Empathy Day
Our first meeting - Thursday 9th October
Meeting Minutes - Tuesday 9th December
Meeting Minutes-Friday 30th January 2026
Meeting Minutes-Wednesday 4th March 2026
Photos of the Reading Mentors meeting about World Book Day 2026
Photos of the Reading Mentors designing posters for World Book Day 2026
Empathy Day 2026
Empathy Day is on Thursday 11th June.
The Reading Mentors will be gathering a collection of resources for the whole school to take part in.
Empathy grows as you read!
Thursday 4th June
The Reading Mentors had a meeting with Mrs Duryea today to discuss our actions for Empathy Day. They are excited to share with the rest of the school ways we can ‘Jump into Someone Else’s Story’
Next week at HWPS, we will be taking part in various tasks to develop our empathy skills.
Photos to follow.