World Poetry Day

World Poetry Day was marked with visits from two performance poets. Adisa captivated the whole school in assembly and then ran workshops for the Sixth Form whilst Justin Coe entertained the 4th Form and Year 6 from the Prep.

The winning entries from the Poetry Competition will be on display in the library.

Alan Gibbons

Have you ever thought of being a comedian? Where do you get your ideas from for your Horror stories? What's your favourite book of all time?

Just some of the questions posed to Alan Gibbons when he spoke to First Form pupils on 15th March. As well as entertaining everyone with some hilarious stories, Alan spoke about the books he enjoyed when he was younger, how his career took off when he won the Blue Peter Book Award for Shadow of the Minotaur, and how his love of stories and language has led him to write over 50 books of all different genres. Tips on writing along with thoughts on Britain today, made Alan's talk both useful and thought-provoking. A superb speaker who obviously has a huge social conscience and a brilliant sense of humour!

Book Sale

The Book Sale in aid of Book Aid International begins on World Book Day, Thursday 4th March. Book Aid International is a charity that sends books to sub-Saharan Africa and to Palestine. Find out more about the charity's work and how books can change lives at http://www.bookaid.org/.

P.S. Thank you to everyone who supported the Book Sale, raising the grand total of £115.