Pupils Excited And Engaged By Warwickshire Junior Book Award
01 Jul
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This term, our Junior 5 high performance learners took on the challenge of the Warwickshire Schools Library Service’s Junior Book Award. The children had to read four books before attending the award ceremony, which took place on Friday 27 June.
The pupils enjoyed reading the books and especially attending the awards where they had the chance to hear from and meet the authors, ask questions and celebrate all the shortlisted books. They were all delighted to discover that the winning book this year was Bird Boy by Catherine Burton, which Crackley Hall’s pupils had really enjoyed.
At the awards, pupils also enjoyed meeting the current Warwickshire Young Poet Laureate who shared some of her amazing poetry with them all. Then, everyone was pleased that during the ceremony Edward was presented with a prize for his drawings!
The children taking part all agreed that they had had a fantastic time and would really recommend it to other pupils. Meeting the authors and listening to them talking about their books was a real treat.
Over 25 schools took part in the book award challenge this year, exciting and engaging their top readers. The book award was a great opportunity to encourage reading for pleasure and to celebrate the power of stories.