EVENTS

HOC representative to talk to 3-6th Form boys in the Centenary Hall
1st Form to the Roald Dahl Museum
3rd & 4th Form Story Reading in the Library
Reading in Dorms
Centenary Hall: 3.30–4.15 Junior School Parents’ Reading Information Afternoon

PARENTS' READING INFORMATION AFTERNOON

As part of Book Week 2007, the Junior School parents were invited to join me to learn the ‘Secrets’ of how we teach reading in the Junior School at Caldicott. It was great to have so many of them at this session. The aim of this was to give them an idea of the ways in which the boys are exposed to reading during the day to foster their love of learning and books. They were also given some new strategies to help their sons with learning and reading at home.

Felicity Anderson

IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: SIXTH FORM STORY-WRITING COMPETITION

The choice of titles for the boys are:

The Trap Door

No Admittance!

The Third Door on the Left

CJM has been getting 5M and 5C to write an ending to Saki’s short story ‘The Open Window’ (which are doors really!)

6L and Alpha are writing a story for the Sixth Form Story competition.

CJM also has read to the Third Forms in the Library from an abridged ‘Alice’ and from ‘Winnie the Pooh’.

With JRRF 6P and 6F have continued with their planning for their stories. They have also discussed beginnings to stories (grabbing the reader), saw Alan Gibbons’ short story ‘Tunnel Vision’ and discussed atmosphere and language.

5A have continued with their Readerss Theatre and we have now decided on the names of the characters (see below).

4H have almost finished planning and are getting ready to start their stories.

Characters’ Names

Conor – Kipper Johnson/Emily Rifle
Spoons – Clarissa Johnson or Amy Stein/Jamie Timms
Dantheman – Johnny Naples
Stoppsy – Jesse or Kitty Daniels or Claire Bolan/ Galvin Yakitori
Huge – Mojo Jojo/Alex Rival
Snips – Jim Hutchkin/Fruitella Sweet
Eduardo – Conor Harrison/ Foxy Winegums
JJ – Richard Woodhouse/Emily Smith/Olivia Ellis/ Rory Blake
Ossie – Blake Perchowchow/Sarah Jones
Loganater- Julian/Gabe/Crystal Blake
Ade – Jack Dagger/Will Blake/Buff Ripe
Hasselhoff- Carl Johnson/Roxy Pamela
Funsh – Pikey Nike/Canada Blackmore
Tone – James Carter/ Annie Palmers
Theophilus – Alessandro Prevetez/Mary Harris
Bill – Christopher Brown/Jonathan Blake
Ralphingtons – Kanga Wisefield/Peter Pangrove

After much discussion and choosing the three favourites for boys and girls’ names, it was decided that JJ had made some good choices that were realistic names for characters and that mixing two of them would be best. The choices:

Emily Woodhouse

Rory Ellis had a number of votes, but too many boys didn’t like it and a blind vote then decided on Will Carter

A STORY PLAN - by A Adebayo (12.09)

Good Beginning
Chris is running away from the bullies and hides in a trap door but he falls through it, and from there he tells us the story.

Characters
Chris is a 14 year old teenager who is getting bullied. He has black hair, quite tall, is a pointdexter and is really good at getting out of situations.

Setting
It is in a mysterious, shadowy spooky cave where voices scream at you and it makes your spine chill.

Events
Chris is using the equipment he has to get out of the cave but his escape isn’t easy.

Satisfactory Ending