LRE Secondary and Middle School Librarians Network Meetings
The next meetings will take place on February 24th at Huxlow Science College and February 25th at Kingsthorpe College. Agendas will be e-mailed to schools shortly.
Alan Gibbons Author Event
As part of LRE's annual author event, Alan Gibbons, author of The Edge, Scared to Death and the award winning Shadow of the Minotaur, gave a talk to year 7 students at Abbeyfield School. After hearing how he had become a writer, tips on writing and what a pleasure it is to read, his enthusiastic audience bombarded him with questions!
Alan then made his way to LRE's showroom at Booth Meadow House where over eager students, librarians, teachers and parents had made their way on a bitterly cold night. Alan recounted tales from his childhood—of being chased by a vicious poodle, of reading the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe in a wardrobe and discovering the enjoyment of writing. He proudly told us of the day Blue Peter called to say he was up for the Blue Peter Book Award. He won the award beating Philip Pullman, JK Rowling and Michael Morpurgo. Whilst making us laugh Alan also talked passionately about the importance of encouraging reading and the role of the school library. The quote of the night "the school library is the engine of learning" is something we can all agree with.
Find out more about Alan Gibbons
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The Kid's Lit Quiz Central England Heat took place at Oundle School's Great Hall on November 10th. Congratulations to Oundle and King's Cliffe Middle School whose team Forever Oundle won and now qualify for the UK final held at Seven Stories in Newcastle on November 28th.
See how previous year's events went by visiting the LRE Kid's Lit Quiz Page at www.northamptonshire.gov.uk//Reading+Really+Matters/Your+School+Library/KLQ.htm
Find out more about this global children's literature event at www.kidslitquiz.com |
Last Updated: 20th January 2009
