Marcus Sedgewick

Hi nina
We did think about a couple of Marcus Sedgewick books for the Power of Reading Years 5/6 list - he's an author that people seem to be talking about quite a lot. One was called Floodlands - which seemed topical in the summer and another set in the South West about a wind farm. Both had strong themes and could be linked to very interesting cross curricular work on the environment - but we didn't really warm to the characters. We felt they weren't strong enough. I'll definitely read My Sword Hand is Singing - it sounds excellent.

Please keep us posted about new books.

Olivia

Putting work and photos in the gallery

Hi Danielle
At the moment you can't put up work and pictures in the gallery yourself - you have to send them to me at olivia.laptop@clpe.co.uk - and then I put them up.

We hope to create the facility for schools to upload their work - but probably not until next year.
Please send photos of work and activities to me and I'll put them up as soon as I can.

Olivia

Posting work!

Hi there!!!
Just a quick question
does anyone know how to put examples of work and pictures onto the gallery???

Danielle (wandsworth)

Message from Wandsworth teachers

Great stuff Tom! What did you do next on There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom?
We're feeling abit shy today but look forward to blogging in the near future.

Wandsworth teachers

My Swordhand is singing

Are you looking for the perfect text to read to your upper KS2 class these dark afternoons? Try
'My swordhand is singing' by Marcus Sedgwick (no relation!) Drawing from the folktales of Eastern Europe, carefully reseached and beautifully written ,Sedgwick's story is full of brooding menace. It makes most vampire legends seems crude and silly. never has the quiet of the forest seemed so threatening. A worthy candidate for the Carnegie medal short list.

Nina Sedgwick, Kilburn

Message from Croydon schools

We had our first network meeting and developed a questionnaire for our children. It will be used to measure the change in children's attitudes and enjoyment of reading at the beginning and end of the project.

Bye!!

Iron Man

My year 4 class have had great fun working through the Iron Man sequence - it has made an appreciable difference already to the enthusiasm for reading and writing of my under achieving boys. One idea that went down well was to create camera phone pictures of the Iron Man's challenge to the Dragon - though some did spend ages designing the phone rather than the picture

nina sedgwick Christ Church kilburn

message from GROUP B

Thanks for your message Group A! Hope you're having as much fun with the Power of Reading as we are.

Love from Group B

POR Group Message

Hello from teachers in Group A - some of us have been working on our literacy environments.

from Group A

Happy Reading!

Have you read The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird or The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo yet? We are looking forward to hearing what you think about these books at our next inset session.
Sue McGonigle

Welcome to the POR Teachers' blog

We're hoping that you'll find time during the next year to blog your thoughts and ideas - about the books you're reading, the books you're sharing with children and developments in your classroom.

We look forward to reading your comments!

Olivia - on behalf of the CLPE team