| July 2008 |
On June 24th, our
Carnegie Shadowing Group held its Carnegie Award
Shadowing Event together with visiting schools, Burntwood and
Graveney and workshops with authors,
Ally Kennen,
Anthony McGowan and
Sarah Singleton.
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Here's what one enthusiastic reviewer thought about Sarah Singleton's visit: On Wednesday 14 May we had an author visit where the Carnegie team was invited. A year 9 class accompanied us. The fascinating author was Sarah Singleton. So far she has written 4 books, because she is also a journalist as well as an author. These are her books: Sacrifice Heretic Century The Amethyst childThis was a really good experience for me as I am into books so much, and it was my first impression of books influencing a gothic theme. Sarah Singleton was a very kind and friendly person to talk to. She had a very gothic appearance, which I thought might be relevant to what she wrote and is planning to write. I really enjoyed it. Also we had a chance to buy books and get an autograph. I bought all four, I hope I enjoy them, as I have never read a book based around a gothic theme. I really enjoyed listening and asking questions and getting extraordinary answers from the one and only Sarah Singleton. I would like to be involved in more author visits. A big thanks to our librarian Ms Coopland, who has organised this event and to Sarah Singleton for coming and telling us a bit about herself. Atiya Rauf 10CH Elliott School
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| posted Feb08 |
Displays Currently the library has displays celebrating Chinese New Year, Love – (complete with pink neon lights), and London.
(Suggestions for displays in the library are always welcome)
DVDs We building up our collection of DVDs in the library and would welcome both donations and recommendations. Any classic films, Shakespeare stuff, documentaries, etc would be great.
Search Star The library catalogue is now available on the network. Initially just on our library computers, though Search Star can be installed on any network computer on request. (Online reservations and borrowing are the next targets.)
Carnegie Shadowing Group Every year we collect keen readers together to join our Carnegie Shadowing Group. This year we’ve already started with reading through the long list of books. Know any enthusiastic readers who’d care to join us?? More details in the library. The Carnegie author event is being held here this year, on Tuesday June 24th, with students from Burntwood and Graveney schools.
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