Wokingham Borough schools talk books
St Crispin’s School in Wokingham hosted this year’s Carnegie Conference on June 20. The event shadows the CLIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards, awards for children’s literature and the best children’s book illustrations.
The conference provided a forum for student book groups from St Crispin’s, The Forest, Ryeish Green, Luckley Oakfield, and Emmbrook to meet and discuss the short-listed books for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards.
Wokingham Students exchanged views about the merits of each book in small groups and then went on to present their views to the whole forum. As well as book readings, the students used PowerPoint presentations and mini-drama productions to champion their favourite book. Each group went on to promote the book they enjoyed the most and the students then voted for the book they felt most deserved to win.
The conference gave Wokingham students from the different school book groups a chance to mix, get to know each other and share ideas about books and book group activities that they enjoy. The day was so successful that the librarians, who organised the day, hope the event will encourage further fun and activities between school book groups in the local area.
A national celebration, the Carnegie Conference is in its fifteenth year and many schools across the country take part. It seemed the ideal way to encourage reading for fun. The idea has proved increasingly popular and registrations have grown year on year.
Sue Squires, librarian at St Crispin’s School, said: “The Carnegie Conference provided students from local schools with an opportunity to work together, as well as providing a forum for them to discuss and vote for the best books on the two shortlists.”
Cllr Norman Jorgensen, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, said: “It is good to see such a scheme being developed in our schools especially as we are celebrating the National Year of Reading. Reading groups in schools support young people’s enjoyment of reading and development of literacy skills. I hope that many more schools will develop school book clubs.”
The conference provided a forum for student book groups from St Crispin’s, The Forest, Ryeish Green, Luckley Oakfield, and Emmbrook to meet and discuss the short-listed books for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards.
Wokingham Students exchanged views about the merits of each book in small groups and then went on to present their views to the whole forum. As well as book readings, the students used PowerPoint presentations and mini-drama productions to champion their favourite book. Each group went on to promote the book they enjoyed the most and the students then voted for the book they felt most deserved to win.
The conference gave Wokingham students from the different school book groups a chance to mix, get to know each other and share ideas about books and book group activities that they enjoy. The day was so successful that the librarians, who organised the day, hope the event will encourage further fun and activities between school book groups in the local area.
A national celebration, the Carnegie Conference is in its fifteenth year and many schools across the country take part. It seemed the ideal way to encourage reading for fun. The idea has proved increasingly popular and registrations have grown year on year.
Sue Squires, librarian at St Crispin’s School, said: “The Carnegie Conference provided students from local schools with an opportunity to work together, as well as providing a forum for them to discuss and vote for the best books on the two shortlists.”
Cllr Norman Jorgensen, executive member for Wokingham children’s services, said: “It is good to see such a scheme being developed in our schools especially as we are celebrating the National Year of Reading. Reading groups in schools support young people’s enjoyment of reading and development of literacy skills. I hope that many more schools will develop school book clubs.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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