Showing posts with label Book Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book Awards. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Royal Society Young People's Book Prize

This year our library was chosen to judge the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2019.  As a school, we've always enjoyed the books nominated  but it is so exciting this year to be playing an active role and getting feedback from students in order to choose the winning title.

The titles this year strike a great balance between sharing scientific information  and displaying it using beautiful layouts and design.

Ms Campbell's students in Year 6 will spend time reading and reviewing the books. Some Year 7's will look at that them in library lessons if we have time. Students will earn two pupil reward points for each review submitted. Best reviews will feature in the Weekly Buzz. I  can't wait to hear what they students think and to see which book will be chosen as the winner.

Click on book titles below for more information and further resources: 

100 Things to Know About Numbers, Computers and Coding

by Alice James, Eddie Reynolds, Minna Lacey, Rose Hall and Alex Frith, illustrated by Federico Mariani, Parko Polo and Shaw Nielsen
by Steve Mould
by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Lauren Humphrey
by David Stabler, illustrated by Anoosh Syed
by Raman Prinja, illustrated by Chris Wormell
by Anna Claybourne




Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Carnegie Book Club 2018



The Carnegie Shadowing Book Club will take place in the library every Thursday at lunchtime from 6 March 2018. English teacher, Ms Hubner runs book club, aided by Mrs Carvalho, librarian. (Students are welcome to bring their lunch down). We will discuss what we have read and take part in various activities linked to the nominated books.

The Carnegie Book Award is the UK's oldest book award for children's and teenagers fiction.  Every year a shortlist of the greatest fiction from that year is chosen and students, teachers and librarians read the books before the winner is announced, usually around early May.  Books nominated for the Carnegie awards are usually interesting books which will expand your horizons and get you thinking critically about if you are reading and whether it is good or not!

Students will be rewarded for their reading!

Details about previous winning titles are available here

Try out some samples of the books :

Salt of the Sea by Ruta Sepetys  (A firm Ms Hubner favourite!)

One by Sarah Crossan

Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman

Bunker Diaries by Kevin Brooks (Mrs Carvalho was terrified by this book)

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner  (This book is popular with Portland Place students)