Bookweek+2011

= Book Week 2011 ** 7-11 March  = = ﻿With a host of activities we celebrated our reading community! = = = Book Fair Always a huge success at Dulwich College. This year again record sales proved that reading is a core interest for our students and parents. SBT Shanghai, Starkids Beijing and Blue Fountain Books were all impressed with the enthusiasm of our students and the wide reading interests of all.

Across the Story Bridge Reading Challenge Our lower school students read themselves around the world with their reading passports in hand, collecting stamps for every story they read, thus creating a fabulous passport of stories, by building bridges to the world through reading and learning about other countries and cultures. Lottie Williams in Year 7 ran away with the prize for most eclectic widely read passport. She will choose 3 ebooks from Amazon and be allowed to use the Library Kindle for two weeks. Congratulations!

Dulwich TV Our own 'TV' channel, with amazing programmes on it, created by our students in their classrooms and outside. The Year 10 students created book trailers and completely astonished the audience with the level of professionality, variety and appeal of their videos. All videos and much more are now available on Dulwich TV. Link: []

Spelling Bee The Student Council is organising The Spelling Bee, a popular quiz event in our Senior School. Date: Wednesday 16 March.

Earn points for your House! The teachers will 'dress up' as a book title was a success and the winning house is Wing! Josephine Kyle Laris in Year 7 won the prize for best completed quiz sheet.

Senior Students reading to Junior School Senior students spent time entertaining the students in Junior School by reading stories to them. A great exercise for them and a lovely treat for the younger students.

Visiting Authors
Benjamin Zephaniah A HUGE NAME in Britain, this most versatile, out-of-the-ordinary performance poet is coming to Dulwich College for an exclusive visit. He has written many collection of poems, and several novels as well. Some titles will be for sale at the Book Fair, so secure yourself a copy and get it signed by the man himself.

Jan Latta A wildlife photographer first, an author of animals books too, Jan Latta is coming to Dulwich College, from Australia, to tell our Year 7 students about her work, her love of animals and her life. She will illustrate the presentation with her unique photos of wildlife that she has encountered on all her travels.