Reading at Elthorne
At Elthorne, we are striving to create a vibrant reading community which embraces and engages all members of of our school community including our students, staff, parents, carers and families.
Best-selling author Lisa Williamson to visit EPHS on Wednesday 24th April
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We are delighted to welcome Lisa Williamson to EPHS on Wednesday 24th April. Her acclaimed debut novel THE ART OF BEING NORMAL was the 2016 Waterstones Children’s Book of The Year and won the 2016 Ealing Teen Read award, voted for by students across the borough. Students at EPHS now have an opportunity to meet Lisa in person and hear her talk about writing, acting and more! She will be giving a series of workshops and talks to Years 7-10 and will be signing books in the library at lunchtime.
About The Art of Being Normal
Two outsiders. Two secrets.
David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth.
On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal - to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in Year 11 is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long…
Philip Pullman has called Lisa Williamson’s The Art of Being Normal ‘a life-changing and life-saving book,’ and this is just one of the reasons it was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award and the Carnegie Medal and why it became the best-selling young adult debut of 2015.
About Paper Avalanche
When it comes to flying under the radar, Ro Snow is the expert.
No friends. No boys. No parties. And strictly NO VISITORS.
It may be lonely but at least this way the truth remains where it should - hidden. Then Tanvi Shah, the girl who almost died, comes tumbling back into her life and Ro finds herself losing control of her carefully constructed lies. Because if Ro's walls come crumbling down, who's going to take care of Bonnie...
Bonnie. Never Mum or Mummy or Mother. Just Bonnie.
About the author
Lisa was born in Nottingham in 1980. She spent most of her childhood drawing, daydreaming and making up stories in her head (but never getting round to writing them down). As a teenager she was bitten by the acting bug and at 19 moved to London to study drama at university.
Following graduation, Lisa adopted the stage name of Lisa Cassidy and spent several happy and chaotic years occasionally getting paid to pretend to be other people. Between acting roles she worked as an office temp and started making up stories all over again, only this time she had a go at writing them down.
Lisa lives in Walthamstow, where she is lucky enough to split her time between writing and acting. In her spare time she reads a lot of books, continues to daydream and eats way too much ice cream.
About The Art of Being Normal
Two outsiders. Two secrets.
David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think he’s gay. The school bully thinks he’s a freak. Only his two best friends know the real truth.
On the first day at his new school Leo Denton has one goal - to be invisible. Attracting the attention of the most beautiful girl in Year 11 is definitely not part of that plan. When Leo stands up for David in a fight, an unlikely friendship forms. But things are about to get messy. Because at Eden Park School secrets have a funny habit of not staying secret for long…
Philip Pullman has called Lisa Williamson’s The Art of Being Normal ‘a life-changing and life-saving book,’ and this is just one of the reasons it was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award and the Carnegie Medal and why it became the best-selling young adult debut of 2015.
About Paper Avalanche
When it comes to flying under the radar, Ro Snow is the expert.
No friends. No boys. No parties. And strictly NO VISITORS.
It may be lonely but at least this way the truth remains where it should - hidden. Then Tanvi Shah, the girl who almost died, comes tumbling back into her life and Ro finds herself losing control of her carefully constructed lies. Because if Ro's walls come crumbling down, who's going to take care of Bonnie...
Bonnie. Never Mum or Mummy or Mother. Just Bonnie.
About the author
Lisa was born in Nottingham in 1980. She spent most of her childhood drawing, daydreaming and making up stories in her head (but never getting round to writing them down). As a teenager she was bitten by the acting bug and at 19 moved to London to study drama at university.
Following graduation, Lisa adopted the stage name of Lisa Cassidy and spent several happy and chaotic years occasionally getting paid to pretend to be other people. Between acting roles she worked as an office temp and started making up stories all over again, only this time she had a go at writing them down.
Lisa lives in Walthamstow, where she is lucky enough to split her time between writing and acting. In her spare time she reads a lot of books, continues to daydream and eats way too much ice cream.
Elthorne Year 8 and 9 Students Attend Launch of Ealing Teen Read 2019
On Wednesday 7th November, 20 Elthorne students attended the launch of this year’s Ealing Teen Read, a book award voted for by Year 8 and 9 students from Ealing schools and organised by the Hounslow School Library Service.
Author Patrice Lawrence kicked off this year’s award with a hugely entertaining talk about her inspirations and her journey to becoming a writer. Students from schools across the borough then listened to the shortlist announcement and found out which six books are nominated for this year’s award. Participating students will now read the books and meet regularly to discuss them in a reading group.
You can find out more about this year’s shortlisted books here.
On Wednesday 7th November, 20 Elthorne students attended the launch of this year’s Ealing Teen Read, a book award voted for by Year 8 and 9 students from Ealing schools and organised by the Hounslow School Library Service.
Author Patrice Lawrence kicked off this year’s award with a hugely entertaining talk about her inspirations and her journey to becoming a writer. Students from schools across the borough then listened to the shortlist announcement and found out which six books are nominated for this year’s award. Participating students will now read the books and meet regularly to discuss them in a reading group.
You can find out more about this year’s shortlisted books here.
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Whole School Summer Read
Thank you to EVERYONE who read After The Fire over the summer! We were thrilled with the response to the book and were delighted so many of you read it and passed it on! We have really enjoyed hearing what students and staff thought of it this term and would really appreciate it if you would fill in our survey here. It will take no more than five minutes of your time but will be extremely useful to get your feedback as we plan our next Whole School Read.
Thank you to EVERYONE who read After The Fire over the summer! We were thrilled with the response to the book and were delighted so many of you read it and passed it on! We have really enjoyed hearing what students and staff thought of it this term and would really appreciate it if you would fill in our survey here. It will take no more than five minutes of your time but will be extremely useful to get your feedback as we plan our next Whole School Read.
Patron of Reading
We are delighted that Faye Bird has agreed to become our new Patron of Reading. Faye is an author who has published two successful books for children and young adults so far. She is currently writing a third novel for Usborne.
We are delighted that Faye Bird has agreed to become our new Patron of Reading. Faye is an author who has published two successful books for children and young adults so far. She is currently writing a third novel for Usborne.
Faye has previously visited us in school as part of our World Book Day celebrations and has led creative-writing workshops with our Year 11 English students in preparation for their English Language GCSE. She is very excited about her role as our Patron of Reading and is looking forward to shaping an ongoing and meaningful partnership with us over the next two years to promote all aspects of reading and creative writing.
So what is Patron of Reading?
The Patron of Reading scheme is a grassroots initiative which over 200 schools in the UK now participate in. Our Patron will be our school’s special designated author with whom we will form a long-term personal attachment in order to increase the profile of reading for pleasure with pupils, parents and staff.
Our Patron will help us build on the initiatives already in place to create and positively influence a reading culture within our school.
We have already seen the positive impact an author visit can have when they visit our school and a tangible increase in enthusiasm for and engagement with reading among our young people as they have an opportunity to meet a favourite author or discover a new one. The way authors convey their passion for their work can fundamentally alter a young person’s relationship to books and ignite (or re-ignite) a love of reading.
We hope that Faye’s presence in and around school will increase this enthusiasm and generate lots of discussion about and interest in reading.
We are planning a host of exciting activities and events including three summer competitions.
If you would like to find out more about our new Patron of Reading or would like to get in contact with Faye, visit her website here. She would love to hear from you!
The Patron of Reading scheme is a grassroots initiative which over 200 schools in the UK now participate in. Our Patron will be our school’s special designated author with whom we will form a long-term personal attachment in order to increase the profile of reading for pleasure with pupils, parents and staff.
Our Patron will help us build on the initiatives already in place to create and positively influence a reading culture within our school.
We have already seen the positive impact an author visit can have when they visit our school and a tangible increase in enthusiasm for and engagement with reading among our young people as they have an opportunity to meet a favourite author or discover a new one. The way authors convey their passion for their work can fundamentally alter a young person’s relationship to books and ignite (or re-ignite) a love of reading.
We hope that Faye’s presence in and around school will increase this enthusiasm and generate lots of discussion about and interest in reading.
We are planning a host of exciting activities and events including three summer competitions.
If you would like to find out more about our new Patron of Reading or would like to get in contact with Faye, visit her website here. She would love to hear from you!
