This story is about some girls who want to make a profit by baby sitting younger children but they need more girls to join in! They decide to recruit more girls by asking them to say a bit about themselves.
I liked this book because of the way it is set out as in it has pictures on every page. I also like this book because it is a funny/helpful book about how a girl survives bullies.
I think that you should read this book if you like a short but funny read.
Sponsored Silent Read – Sam’s Fund
A massive thank you to all the Year 7 students who took part in the sponsored silent read last week and to the friends and relatives who sponsored them. Your support is very much appreciated. The students were absolutely brilliant – not a word was uttered all day. Well done to everyone involved. Mrs Berry had a very peaceful day!
“On the 7th March, we carried out a sponsored silent read to raise funds for the Litcham School Sports Pavilion Charity in memory of Sam Alger. Anyone who was participating in it had to get a sponsorship form and find people who were willing to sponsor them to read. Thirty-two Year 7 students took part. They headed straight to the library on March 7th where they read in silence for the whole day, only stopping for break and lunch. After every hour we were allowed a drink and biscuit and then headed off again. Overall I enjoyed the event, although it was quite hard at times, especially for the two hour sessions. I am really glad I did it and hope that we manage to raise lots of money for Sam’s Fund.” Astrid Bucher 7K
“The sponsored read was really good fun. Everyone was so quiet – it was for such a good cause. It was really nice when Mrs Pavey came in to wish us good luck and explain how close we are to meeting the sports pavilion target. It was a great way to read lots of books and we got to quiz on them as well. I loved it. It was a brilliant impact day.” Esme Platt 7K
Author Visit – Helen Moss
On Tuesday 5th March our ‘Author in Residence’ Helen Moss visited the Secondary phase to help celebrate World Book Day and promote a love of reading. In the morning she spoke to the whole of Year 7 in the hall about children’s books, past and present, and about our favourite book characters and stories. She then carried out a creative poetry-writing workshop on the theme of ‘place’, with selected pupils from years 7 and a travel writing workshop with students in Year 8.
“I enjoyed the workshop because Helen was able to explain what we had to do well. I liked it when she read a part of her book to us as it gave us an example of what we were meant to aim for. She showed us different ways of doing travel writing and the sorts of crazy things people do when writing a travel book.” Sarah Fife 8B
“I really enjoyed the travel writing workshop. We had to create a chase scene, whilst describing the surroundings – this was my favourite part. Helen read us a short section of one of her books and also told us about her childhood in Saudi Arabia. I really enjoyed meeting her and found her very encouraging.” Zena Yaxley 8B
“ I enjoyed the poetry workshop with Helen Moss because it gave me the chance to what I like doing, with a friendly atmosphere. Everyone was sharing ideas and it was good to hear all of the poems, even the sad ones! Personally I felt like I could have done it all day and would do it again in a minute, but all good things must come to an end!” Max Bradbury 7K
“ The workshop was based on poetry but we also looked at song lyrics as inspiration which was fun. We wrote our own poems about home or a place we liked to be. I got lots of inspirational tips and hints for writing empathy poems and overall it was a fantastic workshop.” Skye Frier-West 7K