This site has been created by the Librarian, Mrs A M Robinson, to support the development of the Library Services at The Dixie Grammar School.
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If you have an iPhone or iPad, why not download the World Book Day app – it’s fantastic!
World Book Day Vouchers
All students at The Dixie Grammar School will get their £1.00 voucher today and we are running a second hand Book Sale in the Library at lunchtime. These are books withdrawn from the Library to make way for new ones.
We had a great time during Book Week! Lots of exciting activities took place in the Library at lunchtimes, including a visit from Dave Cryer on World Book Day and a fun competition all week.
On the Monday, we had a film show with a difference: book trailers and author videos. Book trailers are great little videos that tempt you to read a new book. There are also some really awesome videos from authors available. Here is an example:
Love this great video from a school in the USA!
If you want to see the videos we showed, or keep an eye out for new ones – then watch Library Online’s YouTube Channel. Mrs Robinson will “favourite” videos as she finds them.
Four teams from Year 6 entered our first ever Year 6 Book Quiz. Each person who entered will get a prize, with a special prize for the winning team members.
The winning team were:
“Fatkid Pony Tellytubby Commandos”!!!!!!!!!
Year 6 Book Quiz Winners
We tried something different on the Wednesday. After discussions with students to see if they were interested, a Book Swap was planned. Students were encouraged to bring in unwanted books and swap them with their friends – a quick and easy way of finding something new to read. Huge thanks to the staff who helped with this event.
Lesson time: Year 7 met with Dave Cryer during the morning and Year 6 worked with him in the afternoon. Students really enjoyed developing characters and writing their own stories.
Year 6 with Dave Cryer
One student said, “I’ve just written more than I have ever done before!”
Mrs Robinson also wrote her own story! Some students are writing more chapters of their stories at home too.
The Reading Group met with Dave Cryer over lunchtime and had great fun in acting out scenes from Darren Shan’s books!
Reading Group with Dave Cryer
Caught Reading
All week we ran a fun competition – members of staff had been “caught reading” – students had to work out from the photographs who each person was.
The competition answers were:
| Photo No. | Staff Name | Photo No. | Staff Name |
| 1 | Mrs Coussens | 15 | Mrs Hannighan |
| 2 | Mrs Burke | 16 | Mr Kirkwood |
| 3 | Mrs Lambourne | 17 | Mr Burns |
| 4 | Mrs Harland | 18 | Mr Macmillan |
| 5 | Mr Stone | 19 | Mrs Scott |
| 6 | Mrs Knight | 20 | Mrs Plumpton |
| 7 | Mrs Prasher-Malde | 21 | Mrs Maddison |
| 8 | Mrs Perkins | 22 | Mr Roe |
| 9 | Mr Hollingdale | 23 | Mrs Robinson |
| 10 | Mrs Wardle | 24 | Blank |
| 11 | Mr Thirlwell | 25 | Mrs Colby |
| 12 | Miss Daumeyer | 26 | Mr Dalton |
| 13 | Mr Ketchion | 27 | Mr Wood |
| 14 | Mr Madigan | 28 | Mrs Mallard |
Congratulations go to:
Winner: James Trollope
Runners-up: Chloe Sanders and Sophie Phipps
World Book Day 2009
We ran a competition all day. Some members of staff wore a badge with a book title – you hadto find them and write the title down – then find out who wrote the book! Easy!
You can still download the Competition Entry Form here. The closing date is March 13th at 2.00pm.
World Book Day Competition Form
Also, the free £1.00 tokens have been given out during the week.
Have you tried the special World Book Day books? Post your comment here to let us know what you think of them.
Librarian: Mrs A M Robinson
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