Kilmarnock Academy won a prize draw after our staff and pupils provided feedback on our trip to the Edinburgh Book Festival in August. Our prize? A great selection of books for our school library. Here’s a photo of all our brand new books:
Category Archives: Events
Spring Read 2017
This annual Spring Read Book Festival has been organised by school librarians since 2007. This years’ programme of events will be as exciting as ever with visits from three different authors – Barry Hutchison, Debi Gliori and Kirsty Logan.
These events are joint funded by the East Ayrshire Secondary Schools and Creative Scotland’s Live Literature programme, which is managed by the Scottish Book Trust. The scheme exists to bring Scottish-based fiction writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers and their work to every corner of Scottish society including schools, libraries, writers groups, additional support needs organisations, community groups and literary organisations.
By holding these events, we aim to introduce our pupils to new authors, encourage them to read more widely and inspire them to write. The visits promote literacy and also provide the opportunity for tie-in work in the classroom. All East Ayrshire Secondary Schools are invited to take part!
Monday 20th February
Kirsty Logan
Grange Academy – 14:00 – 15:00
Suitable for S4 – S6 pupils. www.kirstylogan.com
Wednesday 22nd February
Barry Hutchison
Kilmarnock Academy – morning visit (time tbc) and Stewarton Academy – afternoon visit (time tbc)
Suitable for S1 – S2 pupils. www.barryhutchison.com
Tuesday 7th March
Debi Gliori
St Joseph’s Academy 11:30 – 12:30 and Auchinleck Academy 14:00 – 15:00 (time tbc)
Suitable for S1 – S2 pupils. Debi is an author and illustrator so this event will be of particular interest to art & design pupils. www.debiglioribooks.com
See Miss Black for more details.
Book Week Scotland 21st – 27th November
Last week we celebrated Book Week Scotland. There was a Scholastic book fair in the library and a scrambled letters book quiz. We also asked pupils and staff to post answers to book-related questions on our wall.
Here are some of our answers:
What’s the best book you have ever read?
Who is your favourite baddie from a book?
Light Yagami from Deathnote by Tsugumi Ohba
Lord Loss from the Demonata series by Darren Shan
Voldemort from the Harry Potter series by JK Rowking
Miss Trunchbull from Matilda by Roald Dahl
President Snow from The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Lord Vile from the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
Delphine from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Which book character would you like to hang out with for a day?
Gale from The Hunger Games
Katniss from The Hunger Games
Tips, Lily and Adie from The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Hermione from Harry Potter
Light Yagami from Deathnote
Penny from Girl Online
The Sorting Hat from Harry Potter
Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter
What book are you reading right now?
S1 author visit
Click here to visit the school blog and read about our recent trip to see children’s author Danny Weston. Our S1 pupils entered a scary story competition run by the librarian to win a place on the trip.
World Book Day
Our S1 and S2 pupils have been taking part in the first round of the Readers’ Cup Quiz this week to celebrate World Book Day. For those who make it through – the interclass round will be held in April.
Members of our S1 book club visited Glasgow to see the ceremony for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards this week. Pupils also had the chance to buy books and get them signed by the authors.
The winners of the design-a-bookmark competition have been chosen – thanks to everyone who entered!
Spring Read 2016
S2 – We’ll be taking a group to see Cathy Forde who will be visiting Grange Academy on Tuesday 15th March.
S1 – Ross MacKenzie will be visiting Kilmarnock Academy on Thursday 17th March.
See Miss Black for more information.
Harry Potter Book Night
Harry Potter Book Night is on Thursday 4th February. It’s a chance for fans of Harry Potter to celebrate the books and share them with other people who might not have read them yet.
This year, Bloomsbury publishers are running a competition for pupils to win a Harry Potter event for their school. There are also 25 sets of Harry Potter books to be given away. All you have to do is create your own magic spell. Collect an entry form from the library.
Book Week Scotland
Happy Book Week!
Our Guess the Character competition is running all week. Pupils can collect an entry form from the library. Hand completed forms back in by the end of the day on Friday.
Have a look at classroom doors round the school to find out what books your teachers are currently reading.
English classes will be invited to our half-price Scholastic book fair over the next few days. Pupils can also visit at break and lunch.
Book Week Scotland
Book Week Scotland will be celebrated across the country from 23rd – 29th November this year. The library will be running a Guess the Character quiz, asking staff to be Reading Role Models and holding a half-price Scholastic book fair. Watch this space for more information!
Readers’ Cup Success!
The team from K.A. won the Readers’ Cup Quiz today at Stewarton Academy. The competition has been running since 2005 and this is the first time Kilmarnock Academy has won the trophy! With a fantastic score of 47/50 we beat teams from Auchinleck, Grange, Stewarton and St. Joseph’s. Congratulations to our team members and a huge thank you to our reserves and supporters who came along with us on the day 🙂 Also, a special mention to the S2 book club who made us a team banner for our table.
Staff and pupils at K.A. can visit the library’s Glow pages for more information and for photos.
