The Kimberley School Newsletter April 2015 | Page 10

Rob Lloyd Jones with The Kimberley School Students’ Red Nose Day in the LRC with an Oompa Lumpa and Willy Wonka Year 8: Year 7: Congratulations to 3 more Word Millionaires - Abi Langton, Katie Walker and Samuel Bowley. Well done to Elizabeth O’Donnell and Bethany Howard who have read more than 2 million words and Ella Foster for reading almost 4 million words! In addition to the names above, our TOP TEN Year 7 readers and quizzers this term are EloiseMarie Bamford, Hannah Whitt, Nesha Landa, Ewan Dyche, Taya Kilner, Samuel Bowley, Sebastian Meikle, Molly Dineen, Georgia Flinton and Joseph Kingsland. Congratulations to Amelia Parr and Georgia Morgan who are now Word Millionaires. In addition, our TOP TEN Year 8 readers and quizzers this term are Harry Holmes, Edward Hibbert, Jack Lamb, Ryan Wigg, Ryan Beaumont, Adam Rounce, Isabelle Jervis, Scarlet Chaplin, Aleigha Glover and James Clarke. We are delighted that this year’s winning book is Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones and the runner up is The Last Wild by Piers Torday. Students who have read these books, recently met both of these authors. On Wednesday 4 February, The Kimberley School LRC Reading and Writing Club (RAW Club) also runs at the same time and in the same place; all KS3 students are welcome. hosted an author visit by Rob Lloyd Jones. 25 KS3 students listened to him, along with groups of students from Ellis Guilford, Nottingham Girls’ High School and the White Hills Park Federation. On Wednesday 25 February, nine of our students met Piers Torday, author of ‘The Lost Wild’, at Ellis Guilford School. We all enjoyed hearing the authors’ stories and many students have been inspired to write more themselves. During the summer term, keen readers will be shadowing the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards. Check the website for information about the shortlisted books. www.ckg.org.uk WS NE GCSE English Revision Extra-Curricular Sixth Form boys have started a Creative Writing Club, for boys in Years 7 and 8. It runs every Thursday in the LRC, 3:15 - 4pm. Pupils are currently working on fantasy writing. The Kimberley School students’ meeting Piers Torday at Ellis Guilford School The English Faculty recommend the following sites to help Year 11 and Year 10 students with their revision for the English and English language paper: www.mrbruff.com www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/gcse/english www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse The department are selling revision guides for the exam at a cost of £3.00. See your English teacher for further details. English News