The Kimberley School Newsletter October 2016 | Page 10

Roald Dahl’s 100th Birthday
was celebrated in the LRC
on Tuesday 13 September.
Hosted by Willie Wonka and
an Oompa Lumpa, students
read stories and created
their own bookmarks and
cards.
National
Poetry
Day

National Poetry Day was
celebrated a day early with
a Lunchtime Poetry Slam in
the LRC. The theme was messages, and
students were asked to write a short ditty
and perform against each other for small
prizes. Here’s a ditty written by one
of our winners, Grace Whittamore.
‘I’m sure a ghost is here to scare, I calm
myself, there is nothing there. But what
if there are evil horse-riders and
an army of advancing spiders?’

LRC

Year 7 and Year 8
students have all taken
a STAR reading test and
are now reading and
quizzing as much as they can. Top 5 Year 7 students
so far this term are: Esther Blount. Jessica Morley,
Felix Orme, Kirsty Collins and Lucy Wilsher. Top 5
Year 8s are: Millie-Anna Hurrell, Ben Heysmond,
Daisy Craven, Lucy Marriott and Maisie Woolis.
Keep Reading and Quizzing!

www.bookbuzz.org.uk
The Kimberley School is
giving all Year 8 students the
opportunity to choose a free book as part of the
Bookbuzz scheme. We eagerly await the arrival
of the books sometime after Half Term. The aim
of Bookbuzz is to inspire excitement about reading
and discovering new books and authors. We hope
all our Year 8s enjoy their Bookbuzz book and that
it encourages them to continue reading.
To find out more about this year’s titles, and other
good books, do visit the Bookbuzz website where
you can also find useful links about reading
and writing.

News

Pastoral
Literacy News:
ERIC is gone, DEAR is here!

During tutor time for the last couple of years,
students have been involved in “ERIC” sessions,
which stands for everyone reads in class.

What is DEAR?

DEAR stands for Drop Everything And Read. It will
be a purposeful reading session taking place during
tutor time.
Everyone will take part in DEAR, including tutors.
Bring in your book and use this time wisely!

Readathon

The Kimberley School is taking part in Readathon,
the UK’s biggest sponsored reading challenge. We
are asking students to take part to help us raise as
much money as possible for UK children’s hospitals.
Students have set themselves a target about how much
they are going to read and have been sponsored to
achieve this target. If everyone aimed to raise at least
£1 in sponsorship, we would raise £1302 as a school…
and we know you can do better than that! Think about
the difference this could make to the lives of children
in UK hospitals around the country. The deadline for
sponsor forms is 18th October, so get reading!

The following students have been selected by their
House Performance Leaders for their outstanding
attitude towards the Readathon campaign:
Ella Foster (Boot) is reading
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Kyla Wilson (Clough) is reading
Maximum Ride Forever by James Patterson
Eloise Stimson (Nightingale) is reading
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Josh Wakelin (Lawrence) is reading
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore