Trust schools attend Carnegie shadowing event at BWA
Six Trust schools attended the Carnegie Shadowing event at Brooke Weston Academy where students met to discuss this year's shortlisted titles and vote for their favourites.
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Six Trust schools attended the Carnegie Shadowing event at Brooke Weston Academy where students met to discuss this year's shortlisted titles and vote for their favourites.
Author Eve Ainsworth spoke to students at both Corby Business Academy and Brooke Weston Academy about how her experiences as a teenager informs her writing and made her passionate about exploring emotional issues and difficult situations.
The Brooke Weston Book Busters reading group came second in a national video competition posing as characters from the Carnegie shortlisted books.
Well done to our students who took part in the Big Book Quiz against peers from other Trust schools.
Well done to Year 7 student Adrian Leal Fernandez who has won this year’s Bookbuzz review competition for his review of ‘Bus Stop Baby’.
Year 7 and Year 9 students, who between them have volunteered more than 80 hours in the Brooke Weston Academy library, have been presented with certificates of achievement and a book of their choice.
There is still time for students to visit the annual Book Fair in the library which runs from Wednesday 20 to Monday 25 February, featuring the latest books, posters and stationery.
Author Christopher Edge spoke to Year 7 and 8 students about his books and led writing workshops encouraging them to write their own compelling first lines.
Christmas came early to Brooke Weston Academy as all students in Year 7 received a free book from the Library as part of the Bookbuzz programme.
There was high tension as Brooke Weston Academy students held a live draw to pick their teams for this year’s hotly-contested football Premier League reading challenge.
A purple double decker bus, filled with inspirational books of all genres visited Brooke Weston Academy allowing students access to an astonishing 4,000 books on board.
Keen readers from Years 7 and 9 have been recruited to help in the library, shelving books and learning a range of new skills.
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