Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Kids' Lit Quiz
I am currently testing our Year 8s to find out who is going to represent KEGS in the Regional round of the Kids' Lit Quiz which will be taking place on Tuesday 15th November. I'm hoping to take two teams this year, and I'm sure everyone will wish them the best of luck.
KLQ website
KLQ website
Thursday, May 26, 2011
36582: the journal of a deportee, by Maurice Cordonnier.
Maurice Cordonnier worked for the French Railways, well placed for his other work as a French Resistance saboteur. In April 1944 he was denounced to the Germans and deported to the Neuengamme concentration camp. By some miracle he survived, seeing many of his friends die, and wrote this account of his experiences shortly after his repatriation. This new translation of his book was published this month.
If anyone would like a copy of the book, which sells at £9.99, they can contact me in the library library@kegs.org.uk, or Mrs Hampson in the French department, who is the daughter of Monsieur Cordonnier.
Labels:
Concentration Camps,
French Resistance,
Neuengamme
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Year 7 Champion Readers
Apologies to the many readers who read their own books or borrow from the Public Library - to select the best readers of the year so far I have simply looked at the library records of borrowing.
The champion readers (so far) are:
7H Akshayan
7M David
7S Anurag
7T Anderson
Can it be a coincidence that three of them have names beginning with A? At the end of the year I'll be looking for the Champion of Champions, but this could already be decided - one of the above has already read more than twice Mr Gove's 50 books a year!
Jameel of 7H also deserves a special mention - if he'd been in another form he would also have been a winner, and has also read more than 50 books so far this year.
The champion readers (so far) are:
7H Akshayan
7M David
7S Anurag
7T Anderson
Can it be a coincidence that three of them have names beginning with A? At the end of the year I'll be looking for the Champion of Champions, but this could already be decided - one of the above has already read more than twice Mr Gove's 50 books a year!
Jameel of 7H also deserves a special mention - if he'd been in another form he would also have been a winner, and has also read more than 50 books so far this year.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
KEGS' Lit Quiz - Year 7 round
And the winners are .....
7S
Scores were:
7S 55 points
7T 52.5 points
7H 43 points
7M 32.5 points
7S
Scores were:
7S 55 points
7T 52.5 points
7H 43 points
7M 32.5 points
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Days We'll Remember All Our Lives, by Steve Little
The Library now has copies of Steve Little's new book for sale. If you want to know what life at KEGS was like in the 1960s you need a copy of this book.
Contact Mrs Gray at library@kegs.org.uk for further details.
Contact Mrs Gray at library@kegs.org.uk for further details.
Friday, January 7, 2011
"More Than Just a Life", by Steve Little
Former KEGS student Steve Little has published a book "More Than Just a Life" which is on sale with Amazon for £14.99. He has generously donated a copy to the Library. The story is set in World War 1 and tells of a shell-shocked soldier arrested and court-martialled for desertion.
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