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T T o o p t e n m u s t - rr e a dt e r e d s !
o cultivate a positive attitude in students towards reading, our school has organized various
activities. From a book fair and BookCrossing to Battle of the Books and the authors’ talks,
we want to build a strong school-wide reading culture that targets all students.
• Author’s talk – Mr. Jack Cheng
Mr. Jack Cheng shared with us his writing journey and how he came to write his middle grade
smash-hit See you in the Cosmos. It’s about a tale of family which goes in between worlds and
all that lies beyond. He even talks about his way of meditation! How interesting!
• Author’s workshop – Ms. Kate Beasley
We were very lucky to have In Miss Beasley’s lesson, Miss Beasley’s lesson was a
a special guest come to our I had an unforgettable really good opportunity to
English lesson and deliver a experience. We learnt to learn more about writing.
‘descriptive writing workshop’. write stories step by step, By using the five senses, we
Kate Beasley, a professional and use what we hear, can make the readers feel
author, is the writer of ‘Gertie’s see, taste, smell and feel like they are in the story
Lean to Greatness’ and ‘Lions & to make our writing more by making it more vivid. By
Liars’. I found it very interesting descriptive. We made making the writing more
and had a lot of fun. our own funny stories in specific, the readers and
Agnes Wong, 1A (29) groups and then went out get more information and
to present. It was very fun! understand the story better.
• BBBB Chloe Mak, 1A (20) Hannah Young, 1A (34)
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20 – 21 November, 2018, bringing students • BookCrossing
and teachers together to celebrate reading!
Our first BookCrossing
activity was organized in
April with over 200 books
released “into the wild” for
students to take and read.
Happy reading!
• Monthly Book Promotion
• Battle of the Books The monthly book promotion gave
Congratulations to our team of 12 ‘bookworms’, who students a chance to share their
won third prize in the ‘Hong Kong Battle of the Books’ passion for the joy of living a bookish
competition. In this live school-on-school battle, the life!
students demonstrated their abilities, knowledge and
understanding of the books they had read. Not only did
they gain knowledge, but also enjoyment from reading
quality books.
quality books.
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