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Calderdale Children's Book of the Year Awards 2010
Congratulations to Heather Dutton, Rhiannon Edgell, Elliot Holmes and George Seabourne, all from 8XD, who represented the school at the Calderdale Children's Book of the Year Awards at the Central Library on Wednesday, 7 July. The four, who have all attended Calder High's Book Group, had previously read "Thirteen Treasures" by Michelle Harrison, "Bloodchild" by Tim Bowler, "Savannah Gray" by Cliff McNish, "Time Riders " by Alex Scarrow, and "Missing, Believed Crazy" by Terence Blackler .They had also written reviews on all five books.

The day was outstanding - we discussed their work with Michelle Harrison and Cliff McNish, voted for the winning book and had a delicious lunch. Finally, prizewinning reviews were rewarded with copies of the books and everyone who'd submitted reviews for Calder High won a prize! The winning book was finally revealed to be "Time Riders."

As usual, all four of our students were an absolute credit to us - well done!

Book Club returns next term, at lunchtime on a day to be announced - all will be welcome!

Mrs A Todd

Shortlisted books:

13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison	Bloodchild by Tim Bowler	The Kiss of Death by Marcus Sedgwick	Missing believed crazy by Terence Blacker	Time Riders by Alex Scarrow

Year 6 Reading Challenge 2010

57 pupils from eleven local primary schools took part in this year’s Year 6 Reading Challenge run by Calder High School. Since the introduction of wikis as part of the More Able Pupils programme three years ago, the number of primary school pupils participating in the reading project has doubled. Sally Cowey, Assistant Head Teacher who co-ordinates the programme with Jane Holt from Midgley School, said: “It has gone from strength to strength in the last few years. The wiki allows pupils to work in mixed project teams and upload their comments and reviews of books and films on to a protected website. Pupils are able to edit their project group pages and can participate in online discussions on the wiki forum. In addition to encouraging reading skills, the project also provides some training in the use of web based learning tools.”

This year’s Challenge required pupils to read two books by the same author, Neil Gaiman: “The Graveyard Book” and “Coraline”. They were also asked to watch the first 15 minutes of the film “Coraline” and to then compare the opening of the film with the first chapter of the book. Calder High’s Librarian and LRC Manager, Marina Hoffmann, thanked all the primary schools for their support. She said, “Colden School in particular did exceptionally well. Every one of their group uploaded good quality reviews and comparisons to the wiki on time - a 100% achievement.” She also thanked the Calder VI students who helped mentor the project groups.

For the Reading Challenge there were winners and runners-up in three categories:

Review of “The Graveyard Book”
Winner: Lugh Corbett-Martin, Old Town
Runner up: Bertie Yates, Old Town

“Coraline” Comparison essay
Winner: Molly Stansfield, Old Town
Runner up: Anna Rose, Riverside

Drawings (pupils were asked to create a drawing of their favourite scene)
Winner: Django Claughan, Old Town
Joint runners up:Max Williamson, Scout Road and Elanor Ludlam, Hebden Royd

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Box Tops for Books
The LRC is collecting tokens from special packs of Nestlé cereals. The scheme runs from 1 September to 31 March each year. Each token is worth 20p towards a book. For more information visit the website: Box Tops for Books.

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