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Friday, 16 December 2016

AR points - Elgar wins the day

 
Congratulations to forms 7E and 8E for coming top of this term's AR points tables. 7E  topped their league table by a convincing margin, over 1000 AR points, from nearest rivals 7R. It was a much tighter affair in Year 8, with only 107 AR points separating first and second place. All students who scored 60% or above in an AR quiz this term have contributed to their form's points total, so a great team effort by all our readers. The winning forms will each receive a chocolatey reward! We start again from scratch in January so there is all to play for next term.

Fantastic quizzing everyone....and keeeeep reading!
 

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Beaumont readers keep quizzing 'til Christmas


Only ten days left until the Christmas hols and it looks as though Year 7 and 8 readers are going to keep quizzing right up until the end of term! 71 students earned a star for scoring 100% on AR book quizzes last week. All of those stars will go into the prize draws in the days ahead. The following students received silver and gold stars:

Silver
7A Milly Oliver
7E Madeleine Wilding
7L Seth Baskerville and Jachym Tolar
7R Isabelle Glover and Eve Worsley
8E Isabel Baker
8L Helen Ross
8R Ben Whitehouse

Gold
7E Hannah Robinson. This is Hannah's 4th gold star of the term!

Congratulations to all those students who passed a quiz last week and added points to their form's total. Here are the latest standings:


Thursday, 8 December 2016

Telling it straight - Isabel H (8N) reviews 'Counting by 7s'


 
And it’s back! Another Beaumont whole school read! And this year it’s Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Would you enjoy a heart-warming tale about a child's new, yet confusing life?
Do you understand, or want to understand the beauty of the world around you?

Do you have little obsessions in everyday life - such as counting by 7s?

If you can say yes to at least one of these questions, then Counting by 7s is the book for you!

Willow Chance is a genius -there’s no doubt about it. But why can her standard school not see that?

This book is all about Willow trying not to let life get on top of her. Her parents have died, she’s been made to see a counsellor for reasons absurd, she’s living in a garage behind a nail bar and just can’t possibly face school.

This compelling tale has something in it for everyone! There is no doubt you’ll feel Willow’s pain as she struggles through grief but you will also experience rejoiced emotions as things begin to look up.
Not only can you take this book as an enjoyable read. In doing so, you’ll be earning your form house points. And that’s not it! You can then go on to enter plenty of competitions through school related to the book….. There are some excellent prizes up for grabs too!

Isabel Holsborough 8N

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

A galaxy of stars in the library


Year 7 and 8 students earned 78 AR stars with their quizzing last week...great reading! Well done to all students who took a book quiz and added points to their form's total. The following students were awarded silver and gold stars last week:

Silver
7A Ella Neal
7E Lauren Pollard, Lilia Prowse, Hannah Robinson
7L Molly Sandford Smith
7N Shane Laskey
7S Aqeel Hassan
8L Chris Joseph

Gold 
8S Daisy Porter

Here are the latest AR league tables. How is your form doing?


Thursday, 1 December 2016

AR stars - business as usual




You may have noticed that the AR board in the library has been replaced by our festive Christmas display. Worry not, we have collected up all the stars from the board and they will be put into the prize draws that take place in the last week of term. A star will be picked from each form and the lucky winner will receive a chocolatey prize! In the meantime, we are still awarding stars to all students who score 100% on their AR quizzes and these will also be included in the draws. Congratulations to the following students who have earned silver and gold stars this week:

Silver
7E Sophie Austin, Neve Bowman, Ben Davis, Sam Flury
7L Ewan Begley-Aird
7S Evie Clark
8E Kate Evans
8N Jamie Godfrey, Megan Johnston, Jack Raffo

Gold
7E Hannah Robinson
7R Rosie Tembras
8E Thomas Cross

We will also continue to update the AR league tables. Here are the latest standings: