October in the Library
The Library, this month, has been home to our Halloween inspired display full of spooky books for students to read. Whether it's a story about a haunted house, or a fantasy book about witches and wizards, the Library has lots of books on offer if you are a fan of all things scary!
Students in Year 8 have been inspired by some classic horror story tropes to come up with their own spooky storyboards. This has taken place during form times with a different tutor group visiting the Library each day. They have enjoyed working in small groups and being creative - they've also come up with some fantastic story ideas, so well done Year 8!
Our very popular Literary Pumpkin competition has returned, with even more entries than last year! Students have decorated their pumpkin to look like a book character or with a design inspired by a book and we've had some brilliant entries again this year. The students have worked hard on their creations and staff have been voting for their favourite; the winner will be announced on Thursday! This competition is also very popular with staff so we run a separate competition, with students able to vote this week for their favourite staff pumpkins. See some of the fantastic entries below from staff and students...which is your favourite?
As well as all the Halloween inspired activities in the Library this month, we were very lucky to be able to be part of a virtual author talk with Michelle Paver, an award-winning author famous for writing books such as 'Wolf Brother' and 'Viper's Daughter'. 7CM were fortunate enough to watch this event live, but other Year 7 classes have been able to watch a recording of the event in their library lessons since. Michelle talked about the extensive research she does before writing her books and it was fascinating to find out about places she has visited such as Alaska. She also answered some questions from different schools and 7CM were very excited when she read out one of the questions they asked about the inspiration behind her writing. It is always great to be able to hear from authors first-hand about their experience with writing books, their journey to becoming an author and inspiration behind their writing. The Library now has some signed copies of some of Michelle's books so if you enjoy her stories, come and check them out!
Our Remembrance Day display will be going up over the next couple of days so make sure you come and have a look after half term!
Miss M Dodds
Discovery Space Manager
