A Love of Reading
At Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School, we are huge reading fans. We focus on opening our chidren's eyes to new books, new authors and experiences; getting ourselves lost in another world.
We are always looking for new books - have a look at our Amazon wishlist:
We welcome donations from anyone throughout the year.
Where is the most unusual place that you have read?
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Book Vending Machine
Oxfordshire Vending donated and installed a book vending machine at our school. As we all know regular reading is key for a child to be a good reader and writer. The children get a reading certificate when they fill in a double page spread of their reading diaries. When this happens their name also goes into a class draw and at the end of every half term a name is drawn from each class. The drawn names are given a token to put into the vending machine to obtain a book.
We really want to thank Oxfordshire Vending aka Aiden's Mummy and Daddy in Foundation along with Granny and Grampy and Nana.
Vending Machine Winners
17.07.25:
Sunflower Class: Elodie
Snowdrop Class: Oscar
Buttercup Class: Flo
Bluebell Class: Archie
Poppy Class: Connor
Orchid Class: Tilly
Forget-me-not Class: Lexie
Book Recommendations
Here are the links to some fantastic book recommendations that your children may enjoy reading.



