Book Week is Coming!

This year we´re not settling for Book Day – we want a whole Book Week!  Yes, that´s right, all next week, 31^st March to the 4^th April, there will be tons of book-related fun for you to participate in and enjoy.  Here are just a few examples of what you have to look forward to next week when Swans School goes bonkers for books:

The Big Book Week Book Swap

Got shelves of books at home you´ve already read?  Desperate for something new to read?  Then the Big Book Swap is for you!  Simply bring a book into school you no longer want and swap it for a book token in the library. Keep your book token safe and then bring it along to the Big Book Swap next Wednesday (April 2) and exchange it for your choice of book.  The library is issuing tokens for books from now until Friday so don´t delay, clear off those bookshelves today!

The Great Swans School Novel

As we all know, novels normally take months or years to write.  But that´s because they are usually only written by one person.  So what about a novel that is written by 370 people?  Throughout Book Week in the library, students are invited to add to the Great Swans School novel.  You may make as many contributions as you like, either in groups or individually, so the fate of our central character is entirely in your hands!  Our masterpiece will be kept in the library for us and all future generations to enjoy.

Who Wants to be a Millionnaire?

How many Swans students have got what it takes to complete the Who Wants to be a Millionaire million word challenge?  Collect your millionaire card from the library and every time you return a library book that you have read you will have the word count added to your total.  Students that reach a million words will receive a special certificate and a prize, as well as a HUGE sense of pride and all the other fabulous benefits that go along with having developed a fruitful reading habit.  You´ll be surprised how quickly you reach your target, although obviously this challenge will continue far beyond Book Week.

The Book Week Spelling Bee

The English department will also be holding their annual Book Week Spelling Bee, the grand final of which will take place during assembly on the last day of term.  It promises to be a real nail-biter, with the fabulous prize of a Kindle up for grabs, and the library is pleased to report having seen many students furiously revising the spellings of the set texts in anticipation of the heats.  Good luck to everyone taking part!

Book Trailers

Produce, direct and star in your own trailer for a book?  No problem for the talented students of Key Stage Three, who have all been working very hard on their book trailers for the past several weeks.  The best ones will be selected by the English department to be shown in the final assembly and we are all excited to see the results.

And Much Much More…

There will also be fun activities during registration periods, in which we will talk about the books that have changed our lives, and test our knowledge of our favourite fiction and non-fiction.

So come to school all next week ready to go loco for literature!