At Holy Trinity, our vision for reading is encompassed in our motto of Learn to Love, Love to Learn. Reading is a navigator and allows young people the opportunity to learn, acquire new understanding, meaning and knowledge and one of our priorities as a school is to ensure that our students love reading and embrace learning through reading.
Please click on the link below to read our full vision.
Reading Vision at HTC
Reading is the best way for students to improve their literacy skills. At Holy Trinity, we are dedicated to promoting the importance and enjoyment of reading across all subjects.
To help students and parents understand and support our reading ethos, we have listed some of our minimum expectations for reading below:
- All students are expected to read for a minimum of 10 minutes
every day. - Students are expected to regularly update their reading books.
This should be done as soon as a book is finished. The LRC is
open to all students before school (from 8am), break and lunch
time, as well as after school (until 4pm). - Students are expected to bring their reading book to school
with them every day.
We have created a suggested reading list below for all KS3 students. It is recommended that every student from Year 7-Year 9 will read at least one book from the list during each half term. Some books have been chosen that specifically link to different subject areas and to enhance their understanding of the curriculum. These have been
indicated on the lists below. All books listed are available to borrow in the LRC and can also be accessed digitally using ‘Sora’- an online library which is free for all students to use. To access Sora, search on your web browser and log in using your school email address.
SUMMER 1 SUGGESTED READING KS3
World Book Day 2024 Winners and Photos!
Spring 2 KS3 Suggested reading- ppt
SPRING 1 SUGGESTED READING KS3
KS3 A GUIDE TO SUPPORTING READING FOR PARENTS OF KS3 STUDENTS AT HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Well done to our Spooky Story winners. We hope you enjoy your prizes! We really have seen exceptionally high quality entries this year. Click the link below to see names of winners and some of the brilliant stories submitted.
Spooky Stories competition ppt
(click here to find out more about Breis)
The results are in! Another fantastic competition at Holy Trinity with some very high quality entries. Well done to all who took part. Please click below to find out more and see a sample of some of our superb entries and winners…
World Poetry Day Winner and Entries (click here)
World Book Day 2023!!
Runners up: Iman Khan (yr10) and Aatifa Ramzan (yr8)- both won books
As is now our long-standing tradition, Mrs Stafford provided a story broken into five sections to be read in each lesson to our pupils. The students really enjoy this aspect (and so did the teachers!) The story this year was a tale of what happens to a very unpleasant boy! Gruesome enough for Years 8-11!
There was also a pop up book shop in the LRC at break time.
Thanks again for all of your enthusiasm and support in making this year’s World Book Day a special celebration throughout school.
We are delighted to have been able to gift all of our year 7 students with a book this Christmas, thanks to our Secret Book Saint scheme. Please see below for more information.
Secret Book Saints at Holy Trinity Catholic School
Spooky Story Competition Winners October 2022
Well done to our spooky story winners- click here for some terrifying stories!
Adisa the Verbaliser visits Holy Trinity on World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day visit from Adisa the Verbaliser
Year 8 student’s article inspired by First News
Share a Story Competition Winners
Birmingham Library Rewards Trip
Winners of our Share-A-Story month competition had a wonderful time at the Library of Birmingham on Friday 8th July. See below for more information
