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Creative Writing Competition!

In conjunction with the English Department, The Library is running a creative writing competition based on the theme of ‘The Journey’.

THE PRIZES:

  • ALL SHORT-LISTED ENTRIES PUBLISHED ON THE LIBRARY BLOG.
  • WINNER DISPLAYED ON ‘WALL OF FAME’ ON THE ENGLISH COMPETITION BOARD
  • RUNNER-UP AND WINNER IN EACH CATEGORY
  • ALL ENTRANTS WILL BE INVITED TO SHARE THEIR WORK AT A CELEBRATORY EVENT IN THE LIBRARY

OUTLINE: The competition is split into three categories:

  • Poetry
  • Non-fiction
  • Fiction

THE THEME OF YOUR WRITING IS ‘A JOURNEY’. YOU CAN INTERPRET THIS ANY WAY YOU WANT.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

  • You may enter no more than two categories.
  • Your entry should be typed, font size 12.
  • Your entry should be clearly labelled in the top left hand corner with your name, year group and category for which you want to submit your entry.
  • Your entry must be no longer than 800 words.
  • Post your entry in the post-box in the library.

DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES:

16TH JUNE. No submissions will be accepted after this date.

Good Luck!

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World Book Day!

We had a fantastic day last Friday celebrating World Book Day! Lots of the students got involved in the Fancy Dress competition. The winners were as follows:

Lower School First Place: Luna Lovegood, Lower School Second Place: Cat in the Hat.

Upper School First Place: Tina from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Upper School Second Place: Of Mice and Men.

Thanks to everyone who got dressed up!

The Harry Potter quiz took place at lunchtime and was also a fantastic success. Run by a dedicated team of Harry Potter obsessed prefects, we had 24 teams taking part, including a staff team (who came second-to-last!). The winners were Harry and the Potters with an awesome 54 points out of a possible 60!

The character treasure hunt was also fab – thanks to Tilly for sorting it out. Lots of students got involved and searched for the characters which were located in random locations around school! We definitely missed a trick by putting James Bond in Room 004 instead of Room 007…..

We’re hoping to build on WBD celebrations next year, so let me know if you have any suggestions!

Miss Lees

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World Book Day Prep!

Happy World Book Day everyone! We have been celebrating with various events in the library all week, culminating in the literary fancy dress competition tomorrow and the huge Harry Potter Quiz in the Hall at lunchtime. The prefects have organised a creative writing workshop, a character treasure hunt around school AND a ‘Blind Date with a Book’ display, so it’s been a busy week. More photos to follow of the main events tomorrow!

Blind Date With a Book:

Preparing the golden tickets for the fancy dress competition:

Hopefully we should have some fabulous costumes tomorrow!

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Connell Guides Essay Prize 2016/17

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The Connell Guides essay Prize is open for 2016/17. This year Sixth Formers are being invited to submit essays of between 1200 and 1500 words on the topic:

Who is your favourite villain in literature and why?

Have a look at the website if you are interested in applying – the competition closes on the 28th of February 2017 so you have plenty of time! See Miss Lees in the library if you have any questions.

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BIC Creative Writing Competition

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Click here for information about the BIC #JustWrite 2016 competition. If you are in years 8,9 or 10, BIC would like you to pen a short story of 500 words with the theme ‘waking up in a world without words’.

Entries need to be handwritten and posted to:

BIC’s Creative Writing Competition

C/O Lucre
Broadway Studios
20 Hammersmith Broadway
London
W6 7AF

To be eligible, entries must:

  • Be handwritten
  • Be received by 11.59pm on Monday 06 June
  • Be written by students in years 8, 9 and 10
  • Be no longer than 500 words
  • On a separate piece of paper, include the pupil’s name, age, year, teacher’s name, signature, school and contact details (address, telephone number and email address)

Please see Miss Lees in the library if you need any further information.

Good luck!

Find out more about the Ministry of Stories:

http://ministryofstories.org/

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