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17/03/24

We loved the Pi Day activities on 13.4, thankyou Maths Department.#PiDay pic.twitter.com/u9RdDvwPi0

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17/03/24

Statistics show a direct link between underachievement and absence below 95%.Regular attendance makes better progress, both socially and academically.Regular attenders find school routines, school work and friendships easier to cope with. pic.twitter.com/c4u0SolNrS

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16/03/24

One of the top scorers at the national Maths Feast Competition. 100% for team work. pic.twitter.com/UtMtldqPeY

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16/03/24

Y8 The Brilliant Club Scholars launch. pic.twitter.com/d1CE7RAaD4

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16/03/24

Y10&11 had a great time at the Globe theatre. pic.twitter.com/wEPa8XiVR0

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07/03/24

We are very proud!"Being around teachers and friends in a school environment is the best way for pupils to learn and reach their potential.Time in school keeps children safe and provides access to extracurricular opportunities and pastoral care." pic.twitter.com/wUSuxagBv0

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01/03/24

If you're wondering what happens after 4pm at SFG, we just sit together, have biscuits, do some revision and have a fab time.#TeamSFG pic.twitter.com/CHRxPzWiXi

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11/02/24

English Classes pic.twitter.com/0LhNLeZhZF

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24/01/24

Book fair is back at SFGAnd all half price !💙💛📖📚 pic.twitter.com/WTg7VrFITi

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16/01/24

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11/01/24

Year 10 Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge, building students public speaking skills and confidence.#TeamSFG pic.twitter.com/OBSFVlfifJ

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11/01/24

What's going on in Maths at 8am on a Wednesday morning?Year 9&10 are getting ready for the National UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge.#TeamSFG pic.twitter.com/4DuqfZZFjV

11/01/24

Take a look at what's on before school at SFG, a mixture of activities for all year groups ranging from music to sports to HW to reading and the list goes on:https://t.co/teEUdF0AZd

11/01/24

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Catering Supervisor📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/NMhO2g6hCs

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11/01/24

It snowed a little today... pic.twitter.com/Od8ZWAY3C4

04/01/24

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Catering Supervisor📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/NMhO2g6hCs

16/12/23

🌟 Merry Christmas from Sir Frederick Gibberd College ❄️ pic.twitter.com/IwZhAX9Ul1

15/12/23

🎄 It's our Christmas jumper day, and the Year 7s had some excellent festive wear on display, as did some of our staff! ☃️ pic.twitter.com/LPoZlq3HMe

30/11/23

Online parent meeting with the DfE, Baroness Barran, Robert Halfon MP and BMAT CEO Helena Mills.The meeting tonight (30th November) at 7pm can be viewed here: https://t.co/AvnOGp8PNY

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27/11/23

Year 10&11 Historians visited the Houses of Parliament. We had a great time and learnt a lot. For example, the New Dawn commemorates women’s suffrage. It's colours change with the tide of the Thames. pic.twitter.com/ZX7pq4H7KR

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Reading

We are passionate about books at SFG. Pupils of all ages are expected to read widely and diversely to broaden their horizons and to improve their literacy. All pupils are expected to have a reading book with them at all times.

Research has shown that reading for pleasure makes a huge difference to children’s educational performance. Children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform better in reading tests, but also develop a broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better understanding of other cultures and the world around them. In fact, reading for pleasure is more likely to determine whether a child does well at school than their social or economic background.

We devote time to reading at SFG. Learning to read is about listening and understanding as well as working out what’s printed on the page. Through hearing stories, children are exposed to a wide range of words. This helps them build their own vocabulary and improve their understanding when they listen, which is vital as they start to read.

Research on the impact of reading:

UCL - Children who read books daily score higher in school tests, vast new study states

DFE - Research evidence on reading for pleasure

GL Assessment - The importance of reading to the whole school curriculum


 

Looking for your next page turner? Go to   Book Finder

Discovering Children's Books at the British Library

 

News websites:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk

https://www.independent.co.uk/

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/

https://www.newstatesman.com/uk

Year 6 Summer Reading List

  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  • Boy X by Dan Smith
  • Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
  • Demolition Dad by Phil Earle
  • El Deafo by Cece Bell
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • How to Capture an Invisible Cat by Paul Tobin
  • Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
  • My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish by Mo O’Hara
  • Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • Perijee and Me by Ross Montgomery
  • Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
  • Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
  • She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
  • Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans
  • The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • The Dreamsnatcher by Abi Elphinstone
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis
  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
  • The School For Good and Evil by Soman Chainini
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Year 7 Summer Reading List

  • Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
  • Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  • Skellig by David Almond
  • Stormbreaker (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz
  • The Owl Service by Alan Garner
  • Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
  • The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
  • The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
  • I Know Why The Cages Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Charlie and the Chocolotate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
  • Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • Emma by Jane Austen
  • The Pearl by John Steinbeck
  • Spies by Michael Frayn
  • Noughts and Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
  • Litttle Women by Louisa May Alcott
  • The Coral Island by R M Ballantyne
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles

Year 8 Summer Reading List

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • Gone Series by Michael Grant
  • The Godmother by Carrie Adams
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
  • Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis
  • Looking Glass Girl by Cathy Cassidy
  • The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris
  • The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
  • Looking for Alaska by John Green
  • Love, Aubrey by Suzanna LaFleur
  • Angelic by L P Swalheim
  • Dark Secrets series by Elizabeth Chandler
  • The Host by Stephanie Mayer
  • Confessions of a Murder Suspect series by James Patterson
  • The Selection series by Kiera Cass
  • The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
  • The Hobbit by J R Tolkien
  • Marley and Me by John Grogan

Year 9 Summer Reading List

  • 1984 by George Orwell
  • Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  • The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • The Infernal Devices series and Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
  • When Mr Dog Bites by Brian Conaghan
  • The Universe v. Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
  • Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
  • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
  • The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

Year 10 Summer Reading List

Fiction:

Beloved by Toni Morrison

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

1984 by George Orwell

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

 

Non-fiction:

Young, Gifted and Black by Jamia Wilson

Questions I Am Asked About the Holocaust by Hedi Fried

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Secret Footballer by Anonymous

Unbelievable by Jessica Ennis

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Born a Crime: Stories form a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

 

Year 11 Summer Reading List

Fiction:

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger

The Time Machine by H G Wells

Remembrance by Theresa Breslin

Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Atonement by Ian McEwan

 

Nonfiction:

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Yes She Can by Molly Dillon

Mind Your Head by Juno Dawson

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Flowers in the Gutter: The True Story of The Edelweiss Pirates, Teenagers Who Resisted The Nazis by K. R. Gaddy


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