Many thanks

A huge thank you to Year 7 students who have been raising money for sick children by taking part in Readathon.

It works just like a sponsored swim or walk, but the children read books instead!

Over £280 has been raised by students doing extra reading in their lessons in the Learning Resource Centre, classroom and at home.

Well done to all who took part. You should be very proud of yourselves!

Mrs B

Carnegie Shortlist

Here is another of the Carnegie titles from the competition shortlist.

GAIMAN, NEIL THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
Bloomsbury (Age range 9+)
ISBN: 9780747569015
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, would be a completely normal boy if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. For it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, a danger that has already killed Bod's family.
A fantastic story full of humour, humanity and wonderfully drawn characters. The beginning manages to be horrifying without a single mention of blood, and though episodic in its structure, the story comes together beautifully at the end.