Carnegie shadowing.

For the last four years, the English department and the Library jointly run a Carnegie reading group for Years 7-9 in the summer term. The group meets once a week at lunchtime to read and discuss the short-listed books. We then have an extended voting session and reach a decision on the book we would like to win the prize. Combined with this, we also look at the Kate Greenaway short listed books and discuss them in an extended session with Year 6 pupils from the Junior department before voting.

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Readathon / Book week

Years 7-9 participate in this sponsored event during the summer term. Activities to celebrate book week are also organised. A visiting poet or author works with the children in school.

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'Poetry Live'

Each year pupils in year 11 visit Cambridge to listen to poets such as Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke and John Agard who recite and speak about their work. This is a wonderful opportunity to ask questions about the poetry studied in the anthology at GCSE.

Theatre visits

During the academic Year 2003/2004, visits were organised to 'Romeo and Juliet', 'His Dark Materials' and 'Othello'. We liaise closely with the Drama Department and support their productions.