It was the 27^th of October and our hopes were high. We had been practising for weeks and we felt ready. For this was the Book Quiz and today was the day. In the morning we were in Tech and had accomplished great things (we had sawed a piece of wood in two). In my class there were four of us taking part and we all met after second period to make our way to the library. The four of us were first to arrive and we sat down. The others arrived in time and Mrs Agnew briefed us on our game plan. We were to win no matter the cost and crush the opposition. This is absolutely what she told us. After perhaps fifteen minutes we were ready. The group made our way down outside and then onto a bus.

The bus driver took us all the way to Our Lady’s High. We entered through the main entrance and were taken by some Prefects to a big hall. Inside the room were roughly thirty tables each with a team name. We sat down at our desk and the competition began shortly.

The teams trickled in, in the end all desks were full. A man told us the rules and we began shortly. The four in my team made our way through the rounds. We chose the Mythology round to be our double scorer. We, not I, never let it be said it was only me. Dire mistake. I think we fell perhaps ten places that round. We made desperately to recover but couldn’t, so I’ll give you the good news first. We bet the other Airdrie Academy team, we won one of the rounds and got book prizes, we bet more than half of the opposition. However there is bad news. We came fifteenth. I think one sentence sums it up well.

We set out to become champions…. and we didn’t quite make it.

James McManus

On the 27^th of October we went to Our Lady’s High in Cumbernauld, for the Kids Lit Quiz. There were two teams, I was in Team A. I was really excited to go to the book quiz, and the experience was great. We did our very best, but the winners were Douglas Academy, who will now go to compete in the National Finals. To prepare for the quiz we competed against each other. After a long bus ride, we waited in the hall for the other schools to arrive. The quiz was fun and challenging. I would love to go to the quiz again, as it was amazing!

Fatimah Jaffery

This year I took part in The Kids Lit Quiz because I really love books and literacy. It took place on the 27^th of October 2016 at Our Lady’s High in Cumbernauld. Airdrie Academy took 2 teams with us of 4 people and a reserve. There were 32 teams in total at the quiz. I was very excited to take part in the quiz but I had no idea that some of the questions were going to be so hard. To prepare for the quiz I did some practice tests with my team and tried to read as many books as I could. I really just enjoyed being away from school for a while and having fun at the quiz. It was very exciting but sometimes frustrating when you couldn’t answer a question quick enough and another team answered before you. I would definitely do it again as it was loads of fun but sadly next year I will be too old to do it again. If you’re interested in the quiz check out their website at www.kidslitquiz.com

Marcey Bell

We are delighted to have two teams preparing for the Kids Lit Quiz. Everyone has been working really well together and both  Mrs Agnew and Miss Campbell are very impressed with the group’s collective literature knowledge. 

Looking forward to the big day on the 27th October!

Watch this space for more.

Really pleased to see so many enthusiastic readers today at the first meeting of the S1/S2 Book Group. Today we discussed plans for the group going forward. We are hoping to take about 12 pupils to the North Lanarkshire round of the Kids Lit Quiz and we will be preparing for that and forming our teams over the next few weeks. After that we hope to put in place a whole calendar of ideas and fun book related activities that we can do over the school year.  Mrs Agnew and Miss Campbell are also hoping that the group will eventually take over the writing of blog posts for the group so watch this space!