Magical potions, an invisibility cloak, Quidditch pong and pin the nose on Voldemort were just a few of the highlights of ‘Harry Potter Night’ that our students attended at Corby Business Academy.
Award-winning and best-selling American poet and author Kwame Alexander gave an electrifying performance to hundreds of students from our Trust schools and beyond.
Students from Corby Technical School were thrilled to meet noted illustrator Chris Riddell when he visited the area to talk about his latest book.
Year 7 students were set an English Literature homework task to research Shakespeare and produce a creative product in preparation for this terms subject ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. Student’s creative interpretation included reconstructions of the Globe, Shakespeare styled books and colourful A3 posters.
Students at CTS will shadow the judging process of the Carnegie book awards from now until June, when the overall winner of the competition will be announced. The students have started taking part in weekly meetings where they share their thoughts on the shortlisted books and will decide who they think is the worthy winner.
CTS joined secondary schools from across the Trust at CBA for the annual Brooke Weston Trust Big Book Quiz, attended by author Ross Welford.
To celebrate World Book Day, our Year 7 and 8 students took part in a Murder Mystery activity.
A group of students from CTS were invited to take part in a Harry Potter event, organised by CBA, to celebrate the popular franchise.
A group of students from CTS recently joined other Trust schools at CBA to listen to a talk from renowned author Tom Easton.
Yesterday, a group of students listened to talk given by author Louise Jensen. Louise writes physiological thrillers and her first novel ‘The Sister’ quickly reach number 1 in the UK, where it stayed for 5 weeks, knocking JK Rowling off the top spot.
Susin Nelson, Canadian young adult novelist and scriptwriter spoke to students about her career.
Secondary Schools from across the Brooke Weston Trust gathered together at Corby Business Academy to take part in their annual book quiz.