Competitions

Secondary graphic novel competition

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Renaissance Place and Raintree are challenging secondary school students to annotate and illustrate one of the following scenes/chapters in a graphic novel style consisting of no more than 12 panels:

  • Ulysses by James Joyce, Episode 12 “Cyclops”
  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Chapter XVI
  • The Tempest by William Shakespeare, Act I, Scene I
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Act II, Part II
Fantastic prizes are available to be won courtesy of Raintree Publishers, including an Amazon Kindle for the winning student, £100 worth of books for the winning school and a set of Shakespeare and classic graphic novels – such as Macbeth and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow .
Entries should be submitted to Mrs Üstün by 25th March 2013.

 

Announcements, Online resources

AR BookFinder

Now you can find out if the book you’re reading at home has an Accelerated Reader quiz. 

Just click on the icon above and get searching.  You can use Advanced Search to search for books by level or topic.  Create your own book list and take it to the library to see if we’ve got any of the books on the shelves.  If we don’t have it in our library, I can add it to our wishlist!

Announcements, Scholastic book club

Book bargains!

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Hello!  I’ve just set up our Scholastic Book Club school group order online. This means you can now order all the books in your Book Clubs leaflet and many more at http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/harlaw-academy and, what’s more, you’ll be able to have your books delivered to school for FREE!

You need to order your books by Friday 15th February 2013. After that date, I’ll confirm that all orders are in and the books will be delivered to school for me to distribute. For every £1 you spend 20p goes back to our school to spend on much-needed books for our library!

Take a look at what’s on offer here http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/harlaw-academy – there are some great bargains with books costing as little as £1.99!  You can also pay with cash or by cheque (made payable to Harlaw Academy).

Best wishes

Mrs A Üstun

Announcements, Competitions

Inspired? Get Writing!

Enjoy writing but need a little bit of inspiration and a goal to get started?

Why not enter this year’s Inspired? Get writing competition?  The National Galleries of Scotland are challenging you to explore their collection of drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, photography or installation for some inspiration.  You can write in prose or poetry.  Closing date for entries is Friday 18 January 2013.  Get writing!!

Announcements

Literacy Survey

This year our school is taking part in the National Literacy Trust‘s annual survey.

Please take the time to complete the survey by clicking on the logo or address below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Harlaw

Completing the questions should take no more than 25 minutes.  It’s completely anonymous.

Your answers will help us gain a better understanding of what you think about literacy – your own skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and technology use, as well as the importance of these skills to your later life.

The deadline for survey completion is Friday the 14th of December.

Competitions

Morris Gleitzman short story writing competition

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Could you write a short story that author Morris Gleitzman thinks is a winner?

The fabulously funny author of books including Two Weeks With the Queen, Misery Guts and the trilogy Once, Then and Now is going to be the judge in The Guardian’s summer short story competition.

There are two age categories: 7-11 and 12-14, and your story must start with this sentence:

Dad was flabbergasted when I told him the news…

And then it’s down to you how it continues and finishes!

Your story must be no more than 500 words and must be all your own work.  The closing date for entries is Sunday the 1st of July, so get writing now!!

Click here for more information and details of how to enter!

Announcements

Collect vouchers when you shop!

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We’re collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kids and Tesco for Schools and Clubs vouchers.  They’re a great way to get equipment and resources for our school.  Ask your family, friends and neighbours to collect too.  Post your vouchers in the special collection boxes at the school reception or hand them in to me in the library. 

See how many Tesco vouchers we’ve collected so far on our page at   https://www.tescoforschoolsandclubs.co.uk/promote/50869

Get collecting now!!

Scholastic book club

The Hunger Games for only £2.99!!

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AND free books for our school!

You've seen the film, now read the book!

Yes, it’s Scholastic Cover2Cover time again.  I’ve just set up our school group order online. This means you can now order all the books in your Book Clubs leaflet and many more at http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/harlaw-academy and, what’s more, you’ll be able to have your books delivered to school for FREE!

You need to order your books by Monday 14th May 2012. After that date, I’ll confirm that all orders are in and the books will be delivered to school for me to hand out to pupils. For every £1 you spend 20p goes back to our school to spend on much-needed books for our library!

Take a look at what’s on offer here http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/harlaw-academy– there are some great bargains with books costing as little as £1.99!

Kind regards

Mrs A Üstun

Careers information

Apprenticeship deadlines!

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The Opito apprenticeship programme  http://www.opito.com<http://www.opito.com/> has a closing date of 20/4/12 and Schlumberger has a closing date of 27/4/12.

Engineering opportunities with EXPRO , a Helicopter Engineer with Bristows, plumbing and engineering with the NHS and an IT vacancy are currently  advertised on http://www.apprenticeshipsinscotland.com<http://www.apprenticeshipsinscotland.com/>. Look at this regularly for more info and closing dates.

If you need to see your Careers Adviser ask your Guidance teacher or e mail me helen.elliot@sds.co.uk<mailto:helen.elliot@sds.co.uk> or call into the Careers Office on Union Street  tel 285200.

Thanks
Helen Elliot
Careers Adviser

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