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“The talented winning pupils proved themselves to be real Harry Potter aficionados!”
The beautifully illustrated Harry Potter book
Fun and games in the Library We’ve been busy quizzing in the Library this year, which began with the release of a beautifully illustrated copy of Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling, prompting us to offer it up as a quiz prize. This particular quiz was probably the most popular we’ve ever had, with pupils from all years taking part, so we decided to award a senior and a junior winner. The talented winning pupils were Fiona Chung (3JEK) and Emma Blackett (4JP) who proved themselves to be real Harry Potter aficionados! To celebrate World Book Day this year we held our annual Design a Bookmark competition. The designs were fabulous as always and it was a difficult decision, but our winners were as follows:
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Senior • First: Ashleigh Stonier (4CRW) and Emma Blackett (4JP) – a joint effort with Ashleigh’s artwork and Emma’s quotation choices • Second: Mehreen Kazmi (4LCW) • Third: Akshayah Balamurali (4LCW) Junior • First Prize: Harinija Vicnakumaar (ShJMG) • Second Prize: Fateha Ahmed (ShLJM) • Third Prize: Maya Koria (ShPN)
Our worthy winners were presented with a beautiful certificate, designed by the equally creative Mrs Tracy Mair (Reprographics), which featured their winning bookmark and a Waterstones gift voucher. The fabulous bookmark entries have been printed by Mrs Mair and are available to all pupils to pick up from the Library reception desk. It will be very rewarding for the winning pupils to see their
bookmarks in print and being used by their peers. In addition to the bookmark competition, we ran a Bumper Book Quiz. We were very impressed by the Shell quiz team ‘Clever Cats’ who completed the quiz during our World Book Day Library celebrations. Clever Cats, also known as Abarna Sivanesan (ShLSG), Fateha Ahmed (ShLJM) and Anna George (ShLJM), were each presented with a certificate and gift voucher. The quiz was a challenging one covering broadranging questions on a large number of books. They tracked down the featured books in the Library for clues and, with the added ingredients of team work, skill and enthusiasm, their efforts certainly paid off!