World Book Day is next Thursday!!
To celebrate, Bloomsbury have teamed up with WBD to run a fantastic competition to win a family trip to Harry potter Studios! Full details and entry form on the website.
Remember, there’s loads more competitions to win books on the WBD website
World Book Day is just around the corner! Celebrated on 3 March, this day celebrates all things booky!
There’s lots of activities and information on the WBD website. Have a look at the competitions available to win some books.
Look out for competitions from the Library soon too!
Thanks to those who entered the competition.
The winner is Cameron in S1 with a simple yet eye-catching logo design. Look out for it appearing on Library literature, website and of course, this blog!
To celebrate National Libraries Week (4-10 October), Mrs Vaughan is asking for anyone who is creative, artistic or with an eye for design to create a logo for the Library for when it opens.
The brief:
Like stories which give you chills? Like writing stories even more?
Then why not enter the North Ayrshire writing competition for Ravenfest 2021. Write a short story in the style of Edgar Allan Poe – murder, mystery, suspense , or all three!
Note:
Thanks to all those who entered the Roald Dahl Day competition.
Hope you had fun doing the quiz! There can be only one winner and that’s Jayden in S1! Well done – your prize will be with you as soon as Mrs Vaughan can get into school.
Look out for the next competition coming soon.
To celebrate Roald Dahl Day on 13 September, why try a quiz about his books and life. The quiz is on Google forms. It’s multiple choice so even if you don’t know the answer, it’s worth a guess!
All correct entries will be entered into a draw. Prize to be won!
Closing date is 21 September.
Young People’s Poetry Competition 2021
In celebration of the work of the Cornish poet Charles Causley, the Young People’s Poetry Competition 2021 aims to encourage and enable young writers to have a go at writing poetry themselves.
This year’s theme is ‘Belonging’. What does ‘Belonging’ mean to you?
• The competition is open to all young people aged between 5 and 18 years old who live anywhere in the UK and is free to enter
• Judged by Patrick Gale and a panel of poetry judges with prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Highly Commended places in each category
• Awards at the North Cornwall Book Festival in September 2021
• Category B – children aged 11 to 16yrs
• Category C – young people aged 16 to 18yrs
Deadline for entries is July 31st 2021.
Further information on the website.
Mrs Vaughan got the names to match the photos this morning for the World Book Day competitions, so here are the winners:
Decorate an egg Competition:
1st – Eve (S1) for the Cinderella egg – fabulous artwork and details
2nd – Rachel (S3) – Harry and Ron at 
Hogwarts – great artwork and even made cups for them to sit in
3rd – Alastair (S2) – Pennywise – very creepy and the hair 
looked alarmingly real!
Reading with pet photo competition:
1st – Reece (S1) – cat looked engrossed in the story!
2nd – Duncan (S2) – fish looked so bright and interested in physics!
3rd – Lucy (S3) – Dove the hen behaved so well and was so attentive to the story!
Foreign Book cover quiz winner – Ellis (S1) – was drawn at random from the correct entries.
Well done everyone who entered – Mrs Vaughan had a brilliant time looking at all the entries and a very difficult time judging the best!
Prizes with you all soon.
Scots leid competition 2021 – lang may yer lum reek
Competition from the First Minister’s Reading Challenge at the Scottish Book Trust to write a play, story, poem or song, or make a video, in the Scots language, inspired by the phrase – lang may yer
lum reek. This means literally in English, ‘Long may your chimney smoke’ – which Scottish people say when wishing others a long and happy life.
Entries should be 500 words or 5 minutes long maximum
Open to all 11-18 year olds
Closing date – 18 August 2021
The winner will be named Young Scots Writer o the Year 2021 and will receive their award at a special ceremony (The Scots Language Awards 2021) in September this year.
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