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January 2017

  • Mr Chambers launches Young Game Designers competition in London on behalf of BAFTA

    Published 31/01/17

    IT teacher Ray Chambers was invited to attend the BETT education show to launch the 2017 Young Game Designers competition on behalf of BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

    Ray who previously won the Young Game Designers for mentoring students in coding was asked by BAFTA to assist them with the content of this years YGD and launched the competition nationally with The Gadget Show’s Jason Bradbury.

    BAFTA is the leading British charity that supports, promotes and develops the film, television and games industry. YGD gives an insight into the gaming world as well the chance to win once-in-a-lifetime experiences with top game makers through their annual competition.

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  • Year 10 students enjoy an afternoon with author

    Published 25/01/17

    Students from Year 10 were invited to attend an afternoon with author Sara Barnard together with two other schools from the Trust at Corby Business Academy.

    Sara is a talented British author who has written a number of successful books aimed at young adult readers. Her debut novel, ‘Beautiful Broken Things’ explores the complexity of teenage friendships and features some challenging themes. She has been writing since a young age and gets her love of words from her dad, who made sure she always had a book to read when she was growing up.

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  • Library Book Fair Competition

    Published 24/01/17

    This week sees the launch of a competition for all students in Years 7, 8 and 9 to design a book cover and be in with the chance of winning a book of their choice from those available at the Book Fair in February.

    Students can design a cover for a book they have read or an imaginary book made up by themselves. The cover should be colourful, intriguing and eye catching and include information about the book, title and author’s name on the spine.

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  • Harry Potter competition

    Published 23/01/17

    Students are invited to enter a national Harry Potter competition to invent their own magical Professor and be in with the chance of winning a class trip to Warner Bros. Studios in London, where they will have the opportunity to explore original sets from the Harry Potter movies.

    The winner, together with 25 runners-up will also receive a hardback box set of the seven Harry Potter books and Harry Potter themed goody bags.

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January 2017

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