Red House Book Award 2014

The shortlist for the 2014 Children's Red House Book Award has been published.

Anne Cassidy - Killing Rachel
Rose's mother and Joshua's father have disappeared. Police inquiries have gone nowhere and the case, it seems, is closed: Rose and Joshua have been told that the police believe their parents are dead. But Rose and Joshua still hold out hope that they are alive.

 

 

Eoin Colfer - Warp The Reluctant Assassin

W.A.R.P The Reluctant Assassin tells the story of Riley, a Victorian boy accused of murder who has suddenly been transported into the 21st century... Pulled into the covert Witness Anonymous Relocation Program, Riley teams up with young FBI Agent Chevie Savano and the pair are forced to flee from the terrifying assassin Albert Garrick, a man who will stop at nothing until he's hunted Riley down.

 

 

 

Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave

The 1st wave took out half a million people, the 2nd put that number to shame. Rick Yancey's frightening dystopia is now anticipating its 5th hit and no one knows what to expect.

 

 

 

Borrow the books from the Library and decide which title you think should win?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtis Jobling visits the Library

 

The illustrator and animator Curtis Jobling came to school to talk to the Year 8 students about his latest book in his Wereworld series.  Curtis is well known as a production designer of Bob the Builder and Raa Raa.  He showed clips of his animation work and amazed everyone with his drawings.
Come into the Library and borrow his books.

World Book Day & Climate Week

Recycle a book at the      

Big Book Swap

In the Library

On World Book Day    

Thursday 7^th March     

Choose a book from home that you've read and enjoyed since you came to Beaumont.
Get permission from home to give the book away. (This is important!)
Bring the book to the Library.
Choose a different book to take home.

Fairtrade Fortnight 25 February - 10 March 2013

 

 

What is Fairtrade?

Fairtrade is about better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.

 

Come to the Library and find out more about Fairtrade.

 

 

 

 

Red House Book Award 2013

2013 Winners

Beaumont students attempt world record

On Wednesday 6 February Beaumont Library was the scene for an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record.  Sixty year 7 and 8 students joined thousands of students in over 100 other schools across the UK taking part in "Parallel Universes", a story writing workshop attempting to set a new Guiness World Record for the most people writing a story on one day.

Award-winning author Matt Haig, the recently appointed writer-in-residence for Booktrust, had written the start of a story.  The students in each school then took over writing the story, taking it in turns to add a sentence or two so that the finished article contained contributions from each of them.

Public Speaking

January is public speaking month for years 7 to 10.

Remember the Library is where you will find all you need for your research.

    


How To Be Persuasive - tips from the English-Speaking Union

• Know what you want to say. Good logical reasons why you're right, backed up with evidence or illustration, are the heart of any speech.
• Know who you're speaking to. The target of any speech is the audience, so you have to consider what will get them interested and what will persuade them.
• Good public speaking is about being genuine and credible. Use your own voice.
• Know where your speech is going. The best ideas are forgettable without a structure - beginning, middle, end; logical progression.