Scholastic Book Club Orders

The deadline for ordering books from the current C2C catalogue (Autumn 2010) is Friday 1 October.

You can order online at: www.clubs.scholastic.co.uk and select The King's School, Grantham. If you join our school order your books are delivered free to the Library and we will notify you when they arrive. Every order helps us to get free books for the School Library so please take a look at the catalogue or browse online.

Film Club: Toy Story (PG)

King's Film Club
Thursday 30 September and Friday 1 October
12:35-13:30
Library
Members only - membership forms are available from the Library

Toy Story
"Old-fashioned cowboy toy Woody is threatened by the arrival in his owner's bedroom of the flashy, hi-tech Buzz Lightyear, who doesn't realise that he is just a plastic plaything and not an actual space-travelling hero. At the time of its release, this film was hailed as a pioneering moment in computer animation, but what makes the film work is the way that the technological wonders are there to support a great piece of character-driven storytelling." www.filmclub.org.uk

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Set in France in the years before and during the First World War, this book gives a moving and powerful account of life in the Flanders trenches and the emotional effects of the war. 
Available in the School Library Upper School Fiction section  (Year 11+) and well worth reading.

Love Reading?

It's proven that confident readers perform better in school. So I'm trying a new website to help encourage pupils to love reading. 

Lovereading4schools.co.uk (a website enthusiastically endorsed by Children's Laureate Jacqueline Wilson) has expertly created reading lists for schools. Uniquely, pupils and parents can download free opening extracts of the books to find out what a book is like. All the books are available to buy with a 25% discount on the RRP. For every £100 spent by parents we will be given a £5 book voucher to help our school library, benefiting your son even further.

Click below / go to the web address below to go to our online reading lists.

http://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/viewschool/4901/favourite

You will be asked to register as a parent and create your own account. It's free, and very important as it enables us to be sent our free book vouchers for the school library. All you need is an email address and a password that you can remember. Once you have registered you will need to login each time you visit the school reading lists. After registration you will be sent to the schools book page and there just click on any of the book lists to see the books in those lists. Finally, please remember to bookmark our school's page to make it easier for you next time you visit the site.

European Awareness Week

We are celebrating European Awareness this week in school, so here are Jamie, Josh and Alex getting into the French spirit! 

We are holding Europe themed quizzes every lunchtime so do come along and join us.

What do I read next?

So you've just finished reading a really enthralling book and you're at a loss to know what to read next ... have a look at this website for inspiration.

http://bookseer.com

What book comes next?

Ever wondered what book comes next in a series?

Have a look at this website ... http://www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk/

Book Group

Do you really enjoy reading? Would you like to chat about the books that you have read to like-minded people? We are starting a new Book Group that will meet in the Library during a lunchtime once a month. If you are interested in coming along then come and see one of the Librarians or look out for the posters in the Library.

Film Club: Mr Bean's Holiday

Film Club is kicking off this term with a screening of Mr Bean's Holiday (PG).

"Everyone's favourite rubber-faced innocent wins a holiday to the south of France in a raffle and sets off for the sun. But of course, in the world of Mr Bean things never go according to plan - and soon he is tangling with seafood, accidentally "kidnapping" a small boy, tussling with a egotistical film director, and finally embarking on a mad dash to Cannes with a beautiful French actress. This madcap comedy pays tribute to Jacques Tati's "Monsieur Hulot's Holiday", creating a pleasantly sweet film that even Bean-haters will warm to." www.filmclub.org

When: Wed 15 and Thur 16 September 12:35-13:35

Where: Library

Film Club membership forms are available from the Library.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school!

Did you read a good book over the holidays or watch a gripping film? Let me have a review and I'll post it on the blog.

We have lots of thing happening in the library in the next few weeks - Film Club, European Awareness Week, a new Book Group, National Schools Film Week ... watch this space for further details.

Mrs D