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April 2022

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  • World Book Day 2022

    Published 13/04/22

    Our World Book Day competition ‘Read a Book in an Unusual Place’ gathered many entries, people in cupboards, in waste paper baskets, in the pet food supermarket aisle, on a tandem, in a helicopter and the inevitable toilet picture. We also had a few entries from pet cats and rabbits.

    The winner was one of our students from year 8 who climbed a tree in his local park and read a World Book Day book, he won a World Book Day T-shirt, a World Book Day badge, books and chocolate.

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  • Young Writers Festival at the University of Cambridge

    Published 13/04/22

    As part of the First Story scheme, our students recently took a trip to the University of Cambridge for the Young Writers Festival. 

    First Story is a year-long creative writing course. We have a writer in residence who guides our students through various writing tasks culminating in an anthology at the end of the year. 

    The event was hosted by the poet Khadijah Ibrahim, who introduced a publisher, Habiba Desai and a lecturer, Dr. Phil Knox. Each speaker talked about the importance of writing.

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  • Our nomination for the best STEM book​​​​​​​

    Published 05/04/22

    Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the very best science books for those under 14. They’re all accessible books about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, excellent for capturing the imagination. 

    The competition itself is unique in that the winner is selected by judging panels made up of young people at schools across the country.

    We couldn’t wait to explore the shortlisted books! A group of our students have read all these superb titles and presented their favourite.

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