30 March 2007
Happy Easter
Two items from the Library have been posted home in the end of term mailing to Year 7 & Year 8 parents. The first is Reading Suggestions, my termly list of reading ideas and book news (look for the golden paper). Also in the mailing is a letter about Shadowing the Carnegie Medal, an exciting reading initiative which I run in the summer term. A group of us at OLCSS will be ‘shadowing’ the prestigious Carnegie Medal, along with many other school reading groups around the country.
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) awards the Carnegie Medal annually for an outstanding fiction book written the previous year for young people. A shortlist will be announced on 20 April, and I hope that the shadowing group, with students from Years 7-8, will read as many of the titles as they can, between then and 22 June, when the winner will be announced. There will be copies of the books available in school, although many shadowers in previous years have liked to buy some of the books.
You can find out all about the shadowing scheme at the CILIP Carnegie website, where the 70th Anniversary of the Carnegie Medal is being celebrated. There is a Living Archive featuring past winners, and also those of the Kate Greenaway Medal, which is awarded for an outstanding picture book. There is much to explore on this website. Adults too can join in the anniversary celebrations by nominating your favourite winning titles of all time. The Top 10 for both awards will also be announced on 20 April.
You can still still see the archive of our reviews from last year: click on ‘Shadowing Site’, at the top, then ‘Reading Groups’ to find OLCSS, or click here. It may even inspire you to read some of the titles or past winners.
If you want to see the list of nominations for the current shortlist, then click here.
Happy reading!
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) awards the Carnegie Medal annually for an outstanding fiction book written the previous year for young people. A shortlist will be announced on 20 April, and I hope that the shadowing group, with students from Years 7-8, will read as many of the titles as they can, between then and 22 June, when the winner will be announced. There will be copies of the books available in school, although many shadowers in previous years have liked to buy some of the books.
You can find out all about the shadowing scheme at the CILIP Carnegie website, where the 70th Anniversary of the Carnegie Medal is being celebrated. There is a Living Archive featuring past winners, and also those of the Kate Greenaway Medal, which is awarded for an outstanding picture book. There is much to explore on this website. Adults too can join in the anniversary celebrations by nominating your favourite winning titles of all time. The Top 10 for both awards will also be announced on 20 April.
You can still still see the archive of our reviews from last year: click on ‘Shadowing Site’, at the top, then ‘Reading Groups’ to find OLCSS, or click here. It may even inspire you to read some of the titles or past winners.
If you want to see the list of nominations for the current shortlist, then click here.
Happy reading!
# posted by BH @ 9:12 am 
