Presentation Evening - 6th March

Things are going well with the Book Award here at the Weald - we have a great theme which the students have come up with (which remains top secret for now!) so are looking forward to our presentation evening on Thursday 6 March - World Book Day.  

As usual we have a great introduction to the evening and hopefully each of the primary schools will have some sort of presentation too.  We will be holding the event in the School Hall again as numbers have increased to bursting point for the LRC!  There will be space for your displays too.

Can you please let us know what you have planned for the evening (a 5-10 minute slot) and also if you require any display boards/computing facilities.  Don't forget there is a large screen so if you have a memory stick you will be okay.    

We try to limit the numbers to immediate family only please - there is a glass of wine/juice at the start. This year there will also be some special nibbles!!  

Looking forward to hearing from you all - it is sure to be another great evening.

2014 Nominee Chris Bradford Visits the Weald

Chris Bradford is a true believer in ‘practising what you preach’ – this made his visit to The Weald a much anticipated event.  Since one of the titles in his award winning Young Samurai series has been nominated for The Weald Book Award he was invited to come and talk to Year 7 participants and pupils from Year 6 feeder primary schools.  

He explained that he trained in iaido (samurai swordmanship), karate, ninjutsu and earned his black belt in Zen Kyu Shin Taijutsu.  Previously he had trained in judo, muay thai and kickboxing.  He wore full Samurai robes and wielded his very own Samurai sword.  Students were invited to discover the skills needed to become a young samurai at Samurai School and treated to an authentic samurai sword display and a dynamic all-kicking, all-punching book reading.

His best-selling books are published in over 20 languages and have garnered more than 25 children’s book award nominations.   Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior was deemed one of Puffin’s 70 Best Ever Books, alongside Treasure Island and Robin Hood.