A visit from author Janis Mackay

30th March 2015Mrs K Shutler

IMG_2255On Thursday afternoon, students in Years 5 and 6 were treated to an hour of interactive fun with Scottish author, Janis Mackay.

Janis used her story telling and acting skills to transport the students to their own imaginary worlds and inspire them to write time travel adventures of their very own.

Our students were keen to get their hands on signed copies of her latest series, the first of which – The Accidental Time Traveller – won the Scottish Children’s Book Award for younger readers. This series is full of funny misunderstandings and gripping action, perfect for children up to 11 years reading in the yellow band (book level 4 – 4.9)

Janis is currently visiting schools in the region as part of the forthcoming Hexham Book Festival

Click here to see an example of the exciting events on offer.

World Book Day

25th February 2015J Edwards

world-book-dayWorld Book Day will be celebrated across all schools on Thursday the 5th of March. Children may come into school dressed as a character from their favourite book. If you would like some ideas, children are studying the following books in English this term:

Year 6: The Hobbit

Year 7: The Machine Gunners

Year 8: Dickens

There will be up to 8 prizes in each year group.  We do hope that the children will enjoy dressing up and we’ll show some photos in the next newsletter.

Please note: Year 5 will be participating in ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ workshops that day. As Friday the 6th of March is a non-uniform day for Comic Relief, there will be no charge for World Book Day.