Hadleigh High School Library

Reading Week is Back!

Mr Martin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:20:33 +0000

Following on from a fantastic reading week last year, we will be having another one this year and have already organised a number of authors and other VIPs to come into school, including:

Mark Robson (Author of the ‘Imperial’ trilogy & ‘Dragon Orb’ series)
Catherine Robinson (Author of ‘Tin Grin’ and ‘Fat Chance’)
Crispin Thomas (An ‘Sports Performance’ Poet)
Alan Meggs (An actor, who has substancial experience of working in the theatre, and directing plays)
Ken Oliver (A local illustrator of children’s books)

More news will follow … and for later on in the year we have a special ‘surprise’ author who has been booked for November!

Happy World Book Day 2010

Mr Martin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:05 +0000

What comes next…?

Mr Martin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:29:20 +0000

Do you love reading books in a series? If so, download ‘Great books to read in Sequence’ so you know which title follows! (See Mr Martin if you don’t know the password!)

Calling All Year 7s!

Mr Martin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:40:46 +0000

Mr Martin, the school Librarian, will be talking to you shortly about the FREE book you can choose to keep! For a sneak preview of the books you can choose from take a look at the ‘Booked Up’ website.

Its that time of year again…

Mr Martin — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:54:15 +0000

How fitting it is that during Reading Week, we have just had our first meeting to start shadowing the books shortlisted for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway book award. See our shadowing page to keep up to date with the latest debate!

Praise from Andy!

Mr Martin — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:41:15 +0000

Andy Briggs has written a rather glowing review on the Trapped by Monsters website about his visit to the school on Monday, here’s an extract below:

“Sometimes promo events just go really well. It’s the combination of a great audience, who are attentive and excited in equal measure, a prepared author (once he or she has escaped from the dark dank monster caves), and a well organized maestro to put it all together. And today I got lucky, the planets were aligned – and Hadleigh High School in Suffolk are my new heroes!

I had the whole Year 7, 8 and 9 – all of whom were superb. They got into the spirit of the event and bought lots of books, which is always nice! Three cheers goes to the School Librarian, Mr Martin, who organized everything perfectly and looked after his escapee author with food and plenty of coffee – which is always welcome!”

“The Boy in the Dress” by David Walliams

Mr Martin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:01:20 +0000

Take a look a David talking about his debut novel!

Reading Week is Coming….

Mr Martin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:38:14 +0000

A number of events will be happening in school the week beginning 11th May… Not least visits from the these authors….

Andy Briggs (Hero.com/Villain.net Series)

Sarah Singleton (“Heretic”, “Century”)
Sarwat Chadda (Debut novel, ‘The Kiss of Death” published on May 4th)

and Barrie Appleby, illustrator for ‘The Dandy’ and ‘Beano’

Plus a whole host of surprises!!

World Book Day – 5th March

Mr Martin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:53:10 +0000

Author Booked for February…

Mr Martin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:56:55 +0000

DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER SOPHIE’S VISIT TO HADLEIGH HIGH HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR. IN THE MEANTIME, DON’T FORGET YOU CAN BORROW ANY OF HER EXCELLENT BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY!

Sophie McKenzie will be visiting the school on 3rd February and will be talking to students in Yrs 7, 8 & 9… Books are available to borrow from the library now, so get reading and be prepared to ask Sophie lots of questions !!! If you are already a fan of Jacqueline Wilson, Jean Ure or Hilary McKay – Sophie McKenzie will shortly be a favourite too!

To find out more about Sophie McKenzie, be sure to check out her website and to see a video of her talking about her book click here