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If you enjoy reading for pleasure, why not join our group and be part of the judging process for the Carnegie Award Shadowers’ Choice? Every year, the eight books selected...
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If you enjoy reading for pleasure, why not join our group and be part of the judging process for the Carnegie Award Shadowers’ Choice? Every year, the eight books selected...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Last Thursday was World Book Day and in what is becoming a popular BMS tradition, students were challenged to produce a book-themed cake. Whilst we had fewer entries than last...
Posted by Teresa Turton
With the increasing use of Chromebooks and laptops, we are lucky to have access to a wide collection of ebooks and audio books, including study guides and set texts, in addition...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Some of our most enthusiastic readers took on a challenge when they undertook to read the seven books chosen as finalists for this year’s Carnegie Medal. The Yoto Carnegies...
Posted by Teresa Turton
If you noticed a ‘buzz’ around school on Monday, it was because we were delighted to welcome author Chris Bradford to talk to Year 7 & 8 students about his books. As an...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Last Tuesday, I was privileged to take 60 Year 7 students to the Warner Bros Studios for the day in acknowledgement of their sustained efforts in library studies throughout the...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Once again Bushey Meads students excelled in the World Book Day Bake-Off 2023. Tasked with creating one or more cakes, large or small, to celebrate books, our students produced...
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Next Thursday, March 2nd is World Book Day and once again Bushey Meads students will be celebrating throughout the day in a variety of ways, including our ever-popular book-themed...
Posted by Teresa Turton
Very often, in library studies lessons, I recommend books to students, occasionally, they suggest a book for me to read – some I enjoy more than others but, either way, it...
Posted by Teresa Turton
The Yoto Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. Every spring, reading groups in...
Posted by Teresa Turton
If you enjoy reading for pleasure, why not join our group and be part of the judging process for the Carnegie Award Shadowers’ Choice?
Every year, the eight books selected as the best new books for young people are revealed and schools across the country enlist the help of students to read them and vote for their favourites. The scheme runs between March and June. Whilst the official Carnegie Award winner is chosen by a panel of librarians, there is another award for the one chosen by the shadowers themselves. After all, who is the best judge of what makes an exceptional reading experience for young people – adults or students?
Students who have taken part in the past say it exposed them to great books that they might not otherwise have picked up and therefore expanded their range of reading.
The scheme is open to students from all years; we have copies of all the books in the LRC as well as in ebook format on Sora. So, simply see me to sign up and make your vote count.
Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment that was published in 1857. Upon publication it immediately outsold any of Dickens’s previous books. The story is set around...