National Book Tokens have a special competition for World Book Day where you can win :
a set of 12 World Book Day books and a 12-month Bookily card loaded with £7.99 per month, giving the choice of a new book every month.
To enter click here
Showing posts with label Competition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Competition. Show all posts
500 Words
From the BBC Radio 2 website: "Six years ago, Chris Evans had a dream: to get children excited about reading and writing. All children, no matter what their ability. 500 Words is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have written a story for us; that’s over 215 MILLION words!
It’s very simple. Pupils write an original story on any subject or theme in 500 Words or fewer and submit it online. If they win, their story will be read live on the radio by a superstar celebrity…like Sir Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Bonneville or Sherlock himself – Benedict Cumberbatch. Each year, 10 million Radio 2 listeners hear, read and love these stories.
Winners will rub shoulders with the world’s biggest celebrities and massive pop-stars performing at the final. Plus in 2016, 500 Words is delighted to welcome back real-life royalty to the competition: Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, who returns in 2016 to support the competition as our Honorary Judge! She'll be reading and debating the top 50 stories of the competition with our amazing author panel: Malorie Blackman, Charlie Higson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Francesca Simon.
AND in the year of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, our final will be live from the home of British story-telling,Shakespeare's Globe, on the 27th May.
Entry to this competition is open to persons who will be aged between 5 and 13 years on the 27th May 2016 who are full time residents of the UK
The competition is open from the 18th January 2016 and closes for entries at 7pm on the 25th February, so it’s perfect teaching for Spring term."
For more information visit the website
World Book Day
There are lots of events happening around the school for World Book Day for both staff and students.In the Library there are competitions for students and lots of books on display.
School staff selected the book that they would read if stranded on a desert island - some of these books are now on display at the Library entrance.
"Books are friends forever..not just for World Book Day" is the title on the display board with a selection of books to match the type of friend you may be looking for including scary, funny, sporty, gifted and nasty!!
School staff selected the book that they would read if stranded on a desert island - some of these books are now on display at the Library entrance.
"Books are friends forever..not just for World Book Day" is the title on the display board with a selection of books to match the type of friend you may be looking for including scary, funny, sporty, gifted and nasty!!
Book Week Scotland
This year Book Week Scotland runs from the 24th to the 30th November, as well as lots of events run by West Lothian public libraries there is also a lot happening in the School Library.
Add your pledge to the BWS Pledge Wall - you pledge to do something book related for the whole week. Ideas for pledges include:
My family will sit down and read together for Book Week Scotland 2014
•I will read something Scottish for Book Week Scotland 2014
•I will alphabetise my bookshelves for Book Week Scotland
2014
•I will colour-code my bookcase for Book Week Scotland 2014
(send me your pictures for the Library Blog!)
•I will go to a Book Week Scotland event for Book Week
Scotland 2014
•I hate [SCI-FI, ROMANCE, NON-FICTION, etc] but I’m going to
read ……………. for Book Week Scotland 2014.
Why not vote for your favourite character in a Scottish book? There will be a box to place your votes in on the Library Issue Desk. Characters you could vote for include: Harry Potter or Hermione Granger(Harry Potter): Norm (World of Norm); Kyle (Invisible fiends); Adam or Salim (Crusade); David Balfour (Kidnapped) - the list could go on.
There will aslo be displays and competitions in the Library during the week.
For lots more information about Book Week Scotland visit the Scottish Book Trust website
Write 500 words
Chris Evans has launched the '500 words' competition for young people aged 13 or under. If you enjoy writing short stories why not enter the competition. Entires must be submitted by 26th February and your short story should be no more than 500 words. Click information to visit the website for all the details.
Short story competition
You may have heard about this on the radio or seen the posters in the Library, but if not here are the details!
Radio two DJ Chris Evans is running a short story writing competition for young people aged 13 and under. All you have to do is write a story 500 words long and submit it via the website before 7pm on 22nd February. The judges are: Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Charlie Higson, Richard Hammond and, of course, Chris Evans. The first prize-winner receives the height of Chris Evans in books AND 500 books for the school library!! Now, that is A LOT of books.
Want to take part? Then click on the link for all the details: competition details.
Radio two DJ Chris Evans is running a short story writing competition for young people aged 13 and under. All you have to do is write a story 500 words long and submit it via the website before 7pm on 22nd February. The judges are: Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Charlie Higson, Richard Hammond and, of course, Chris Evans. The first prize-winner receives the height of Chris Evans in books AND 500 books for the school library!! Now, that is A LOT of books.
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