We had a wonderful day in London at the Pupil Library Assistant of the Year finals where we were inspired by all of the wonderful finalists, hearing about the difference they make to their school libraries and the difference their school libraries have made to them. We were so proud of our wonderful Emma […]
Some Year 7 student had the opportunity to go on the Diana Award anti-bullying bus. They discussed issues on bullying and strategies to prevent bullying. It was a pleasure coming to your school! I was thoroughly impressed by the level of engagement from your young people and their openness when discussing bullying. I […]
Thank you to everyone who dressed up, made potatoes, baked and bought cakes. World Book Day was a huge success this year and we raised £540 – our most successful year ever. Our winners were as follows: Best costume; Cameron Scott Allen, Fleur Fradgley. Best potato; pupil – Finn Rooney, staff – Dr Meredith. […]
We were invited by Greenbank Primary School to attend an author event they were holding to celebrate the book “The House with Chicken Legs” written by Sophie Anderson. 9 of our pupils were given copies of the book to keep and spent a lovely morning listening to Sophie talk about writing, her inspiration, her thoughts […]
Over 8ooo entries were received by Young Writers for their latest poetry competition, “Poetry Escape”. 28 of our talented pupils have been chosen to have their work published in an anthology, due for publication early in the new year. Congratulations to: Freya Miao Lilly Trow Tomas Rhodes Demi Akinya Yelina Pendleton Lucy Omar Isabella Tappenden […]
Harry Potter Day was a huge success, with pupils having magical lessons and staff competing to win the costume competition. Congratulations to Mrs Martin whose “Fat Lady” costume was judged most original by our pupil judging panel. The day was concluded with a Harry Potter quiz night, which was attended and enjoyed by many pupils, parents, staff and […]
Pupils chosen for publication! Congratulations to the following pupils who have had their short stories chosen for publication in an anthology entitled “Stranger Sagas”. Matthew Holt Elle Frith Aditi Jha Holly Hughes Rhys Edgerton Hope Spencer Bake Olivia Agate Harry Williams Emma Luu Nancy Gaskell Charlotte McGory Melita Crasta
Another wonderful reward trip to Waterstones for our book club members. After attending all of the meetings and reading all of the set books this year, we all deserved a treat. We spent a relaxing morning in Waterstones and every pupil chose a book which was paid for by the library. For a list of next […]
A huge thank you to everyone who read or sponsored a reader during our Readathon sponsored read. We raised over £800 to provide sick children with books and storytellers! We have been blown away by the generosity of our pupils and their sponsors and by the enthusiasm for reading.
We were so pleased to host Cathy Cassidy’s book launch last week for Sami’s Silver Lining! It was a wonderful day, during our Readathon week, which celebrated reading and books. Holly Hughes and Isabel Blore (year 10) organised and ran our “slipper day” back in May to raise funds to bring Cathy into school but she kindly […]