I am launching an exciting new competition this week in the library it is to design, colour and describe a dragon. Let your imagination run wild and create a unique, scary or beautiful dragon. It could have huge scaly wings, razor sharp teeth or dagger like claws. Your design needs to be colourful to have the most impact and of course your dragon needs to have a name. There is also an area on the entry form to write a brief description as well as an area to write statistics about your dragon.
If you would like to enter collect an entry form from the library. Ensure that your name and class is written on your entry and handed to me by the closing date which is 13th June.

Certificates will be presented to every child who has entered the competition. There will be three winners who will receive a prize. Winning dragons will be entered for a national competition run by ScholasticBooks. If one of our designs is the national winner the dragon will be drawn by author and illustrator Cressida Cowell (she has written the series 'How To Train Your Dragon') the artist will also receive £200 of drawing materials and gifts.

Terry Deary

Welcome back to school for the summer term, I hope you all enjoyed the Easter holiday.
This term our focus author is Terry Deary.
He has written the wonderfully successful Horrible Histories series. There are over 100 titles in the collection ranging from Awful Egyptians to Woeful Second World War and everything in between. He has played a huge part in making history popular and appealing to children. The books are informative, entertaining and at times gruesome, something that a great deal of children like.
As well as books Horrible Histories have been turned into very successful theatre shows, exhibitions, comics and computer games. This has made history 'come alive' and included a whole new audience increasing the popularity of the subject.
Next time you are in the Library take a look at our huge selection of books written by Terry Deary.

Terry Deary Facts

• He was born in Sunderland in January 1943.
• He did not like school as he was bullied. He preferred to work in his father's butcher shop when he could.
• He became an actor in 1972.
• He has had many various jobs including theatre director, museum manager, drama teacher, TV presenter and of course author.
• In 1975 he married Jenny, they have one daughter.
• In his spare time he likes to run and raise money for charity.
• He belongs to Derwentside Athletic Club.

For further information have a look at his website www.terry-deary.com

Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who attended the book fair in March. We have raised a very impressive £169 in commission which will be used to buy new books for the Library.
Your support is very much appreciated.

World Book Day 2016

Once again there were a huge amount of entries for the design a bookmark competition. The standard was very high but eventually six winners were chosen. The children have selected their prizes from the book fair. Congratulations to the lucky winners and well done to everyone who took part.

Don't forget to use your book voucher to get one of the specially printed World Book Day books, which you can swap your voucher for, and are available from bookshops, Asda, Sainsburys, Tesco etc. Alternatively use it for a £1 disount off a book of your choice.

World Book Day 2016

Happy World Book Day

Pupils and staff have been transformed today into villains from popular books in celebation of World Book Day. Our focus book of Firebird has been well received with a theatre production on Monday and the firebird itself landing in various places around the school, currently it is in the junior library.


The book fair is opening after school today in the junior hall and will continue on Friday and Monday. Why not have a browse at the selection offered? Don't forget to bring your book voucher with you, in case you want to buy a book, as this will give you a £1 discount.


If you would like to enter the design a bookmark competition the closing date is tomorrow (Friday) lunchtime. Hand in completed entries to either myself or your teacher. Ensure that your name and class is written on the reverse of the bookmark. Winners will be announced on Monday.
Good luck and happy reading.

World Book Day 2016

World book day is 3rd March this year, which is next week.

It's the time of year when we celebrate books and reading for pleasure. Every child will be given a £1 book voucher which can be used to buy one of the books published especially for the event. These special books only cost £1 so effectively the book is free. They are available from book shops and supermarkets until 27th March but you will need to be quick as stock soon disappears.

Titles include: Kipper's Visitor

Supertato To The Rescue

Daisy And The Trouble With Jack

The Great Mouse Plot

Welcome To The World Of Norm

Star Wars: Adventures In Wild Space

Harper And The Sea Of Secrets

The Boy Who Could Do As He Liked

The vouchers can also be used as a £1 discount against any other book with a purchase price of £2.99.

As usual a book fair will be held in school it will arrive on World Book Day itself, 3rd March and will be collected on 9th March. It will be open in the Junior hall daily after school. The voucher can also be used as a discount against any of the books on the shelves.

In conjunction with the book fair a competition will be held to design a book mark. Each child will be given a book mark to decorate and create their designs on. Book marks need to be completed by end of school on Friday 4th March so that judging can take place. One lucky winner will be chosen from each year group they will be able to choose a book from the book fair as their prize.

In addition children and staff can dress up as their favourite villain.

If you would like to find out more information about World Book Day there is a brilliant website to visit:

www.worldbookday.com

Its full of games to play, quizzes to complete, details of new books, short videos featuring various authors talking about their work and much more.
 

Goosebumps

To coincide with the release of the movie Goosebumps, at the cinema, an up to date set of the books written by R.L.Stine have been published. There are sixteen in total. Read them if you dare!!