Annabel Pitcher visits the Library May 18 th 2015

Thanks to Annabel for being such a fantastic guest. 

 Best known to our Year 8 students as the writer of their class reader My sister lives on the mantelpiece (MSLOTM),the award winning writer Annabel Pitcher came to talk to students both from Arthur Terry and our partner schools: Coleshill,  Brookvale and Four Oaks. Students were intrigued to discover that her best selling book MSLOTM was written on boats and trains and in small remote villages as Annabel travelled through South America during a gap year after university. An opportunity to question Annabel about the characters and ideas in the novel revealed that the initial idea for the novel came after she had watched a film about 9/11 and the families of those who had died in the plane targeting the Pentagon. Finally, before she left we were all thrilled to hear  about her new novel involving a goldfish!

World Book day 2015

World Book Day 2015

WORLDBOOKDAY.COM

The BIGGEST, HAPPIEST,BOOKIEST CELEBRATION OF BOOKS AND READING IS BACK! 

Watch out for the £1 Book tokens.

They can be swapped for one of ten exclusive book day books, or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more,  between 2-29th Match.  

Here are some of the brilliant WBD books you can get. 

 

Year 7 make sure you swap your token in

participating stores or use it to get  £1 off any book from the Scholastic Book club. Just bring the order form you were given in lessons together with your money to the Library.

PARTICIPATING
BOOKSELLERS

Many independent bookshops, high street chains (WHSmiths, Waterstones, Tesco and Asda) all over the UK will be exchanging books for vouchers.
WORLD BOOK DAY TEEN FEST A FREE online festival for teenagers featuring authors, competitions and games.
Tutors Look out for the Shelfie (yes not a spelling mistake) activity on the Tutor Time site to help celebrate WBD.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Award winning author to visit the Library

Annabel Pitcher to visit the school. 

Award winning author Annabel Pitcher is to visit the school on Monday May 18th to talk to Year 8 students about her work and in particular her book My sister lives on the mantelpiece. This story has been making students both laugh and cry as it's unusual plot revolves around a young boy whose sister has been killed in a terrorist bomb. Perhaps not the obvious subject for a fiction book?

Annabel's novel was specially selected to be given away as part of World Book Night - an annual event to promote reading to all. Excitingly, she took part in a live talk along with the author David Almond to celebrate the event  in London that was streamed to over 2,000 schools. Check out the web site link at:  www.childrensauthorslive.com to see Annabel in action or visit her blog @ http://www.annabelpitcher.com/about.html



Date for the diary - Annabel Pitcher to visit Arthur Terry

 

 

 

GA10 Read On!

 

Mr Zarifeh's tutor group are leading the way by one day a week choosing to read

as a class.

 

We suggested they read The Weight of Water by Susan Crossan. The story revolves around Kasienka and her mum,  who armed with a suitcase and a bin liner of clothes heads  for England to start a new life. This is a startlingly original book that deals with some big issues in a totally non-sentimental way. It's  provoked some heated debate in the form.

Tutor Time Reading