Would you like to win a £10 National Book Token for yourself and everyone in your class to spend in any bookshop? If you would you can use your time and skills to create a new design for the Nation Book Token gift card. Let your imagination run wild, there are endless possibilities and try to make your design as eye catching as you can. One design will be chosen and printed weekly for the next seven weeks. Anyone is able to buy a gift card from the National Book Token website, supermarkets, bookshops and WH Smith, therefore many people will be able to see your artwork. The competition is open now until 28th June, all entries need to be submitted online. For all the information you need please visit the National Book Token website



http://www.nationalbooktokens.com​









Good luck.

Mrs Martin

Author of the Term

It's the start of a new term, a new year and a new decade. This term our focus author is David Walliams. He has been described by many people as 'the fastest growing children's author in the UK' as well as 'the new Roald Dahl'. All of his books are available to borrow from the Library. Read on to discover interesting facts about the man himself.

He was born on 20th August 1971. He changed his surname to Walliams when he became an actor.

The public know him for being a TV personality, actor, comedian and more recently an author. He is a judge on Britain’s Got Talent and is famous for his humour on the show. He has written and starred in two TV series where he played a chemistry teacher.

David is a great supporter of Comic Relief and has been made an honorary trustee of the charity. One of his most famous fund raising events was to swim the River Thames which is 140 miles long!! This event alone raised over 2 million pounds.

He began writing children’s books in 2008 his first novel was called The Boy in the Dress. Since then he has written many more books for children aged nine and over as wll as picture books for younger readers. His books have sold over 4 million copies worldwide with five of them being made into films. His most successful book, Gangsta Granny, is currently being adapted for theatre.


If you are a David Walliams fan take look at his website

www.worldofdavidwalliams.com

It’s great fun filled with surprises, information and even a game of scrabble.

Christmas Reading Challenge

Harold Hill Library is running a Christmas reading challenge. It is to read 3 books over the Christmas holiday, if you manage to complete the challenge you will receive a certificate and bookmark. To take part go along to Harold Hill Library and ask a mamber of staff for more details. Please check library opening times over the Christmas period.

Meet the Author

On Thursday 50 year 4 and 5 children had the fantastic opportunity to meet the author Matt Brown at Hilldene Library. He was very funny and the children asked him many questions at the end of the session. It was a memorable and exciting experience for everyone. Matt Brown books will be available to borrow from the school library very shortly.

New Books

The book people are a website based company that sell books at very reasonable prices for both children and adults. They have just launched a fund raising scheme to enable schools to benefit from free books for the library and classrooms. It is really easy for everyone to take advantage of this offer. If you are considering buying any books for yourself or as a gift have a look at their website, put what you would like in your basket. If your purchase is over £10 select our school at the checkout stage and we will receive £1.

Treehouse Collection

There is a new collection of books in the library, The Treehouse Collection. The stories are about two friends, Andy and Terry, who live in a treehouse. The treehouse has many great features which include a giant catapult, a secret underground laboratory, a tank of man-eating sharks and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! The stories are hilarious and are told through a mixture of text and cartoon styles illustrations. If you like diary of a wimpy kid and Tom Gates these could be the next series for you to try.

Summer Reading Challenge

During celebration assembly on Friday I had the pleasure of presenting children with their certificates and medals for successfully completing the summer reading challenge. The participation from our school increased by 25% this year which is fantastic. Overall in Havering 3482 children (or 85%) managed to finish the challenge.