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Mr Dilly is back and on fire! Heroes and Villains kept our students entertained. What a great opportunity for Natalia in Year 7 and Wiktor and Valentin in Year 8 to pose questions to authors live. Ana Sampson's top tip to be a writer: READ!

Year 8 are learning about nutrients and a healthy diet in science. It was lovely to hear Laila read and discuss a book called Lunch: Healthy Choices. 🥗📚

✏️ AHOY, ME HEARTIES! In this brand new episode of #DrawWithRob we're drawing a Jolly Roger pirate's flag 🏴‍☠️ to celebrate #TalkLikeAPirateDay! So grab some paper and a pen and let's do this! Remember to share your pictures using the #DrawWithRob hashtag. GOOD LUCK and YO HO HO!

Today is #NationalFitnessDay!🏃 🗣️'Just doing one small thing a day to exercise is better than nothing at all' No matter how much you do, physical activity is good for your body & mind. 📽️Rob, a physiotherapist in Yorkshire, explains how you can get moving!👇 @FitnessDayUK

Meet Little Amal this weekend! 🤍 The internationally acclaimed 12-foot puppet continues her Yorkshire journey in Pearson Park on Sunday 22 September. More info 👉 bit.ly/4d6nP20

‘Here is storytelling in which people confront the world in all its instability and complexity.’ We are delighted to reveal the #BookerPrize2024 shortlist. Huge congratulations to all six authors. ➡️ Discover the shortlist: thebookerprizes.com/bp2024

An incredible start to school! Demi and Jenson, in Year 7, were presented with these beautiful Arts Award certificates in assembly today. They took part in the James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award and gained the certificates for completing their Book Award diaries correctly.

Very pleased to finally be able to say - it's Publication Day! Black History for Every Day of the Year - written with my siblings Yinka and Kemi Olusoga. 366 stories of people achievements, inventions and events. Out now.

On #InternationalChocolateDay let's celebrate the #Hull confectionery firm Needlers - THE Chocolate Makers as they're described on the side of this van in 1918. Our blog at tinyurl.com/5n87es38 @Hull_Museums @hull_libraries

It’s here! Today’s the day! Happy #RoaldDahlDay, dear friends. However you’re celebrating, have a most marvellous time.

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It's National Read A Book Day! A day dedicated to promoting the love of reading & a good reminder of the many benefits of reading, including mental stimulation, stress reduction, and improved focus and concentration. What's your favourite book? #Nationalreadabookday #Books

Congratulations to all our amazing readers this year! We had two word millionaires in Year 7, two in Year 8 and three in Year 9. Year 7 read 10,651,630 words, Year 8 read 12,607,187 words and Year 9 read 6,638,486 words. Our students have read a whopping 29,897,303 words. 📚

Publishers have submitted their books for consideration of the 2024 #NeroBookAwards, so let's celebrate our inaugural year one last time! We are giving one lucky winner the FULL SIXTEEN shortlisted 2023 Nero Book Awards books as well as some Caffè Nero goodies! 🥳🥳

We ended Book Club this year with Hansel, Tolu, Wofai, Pierre, Chloe and Chimamanda playing Scrabble Scramble. Chloe, in Year 9, won the coveted custard creams!

Well that was an entertaining way to end a Friday afternoon! Tyler, Andra, Jamie and Oliwia from Y7 and 8 were joined virtually by the author Frances Moloney and her, kindly donated and autographed, book The Mystery of the Missing Mum. Frances told us about her story inspiration.

Jennifer, in Year 8, said she wanted to show me something. Her mum had picked up this beautiful book in a charity shop. What a find! She said she found Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est interesting and liked John McCrae's In Flanders Fields. #inspiringpupils #poetrylovers #WW1

Mr Dilly and Kieran talked about The Legend of Podkin One-Ear and the rabbits taking over. Patrisia, Y9, exclaimed, "That sounds like Animal Farm." Kieran gave world building tips and explained most fantasy worlds are based on history. Number 8 in the series comes out in October.

Laila, Ameira, Oliwia and Jamie, in Year 7 and 8, listened to three more chapters of The Mystery of the Missing Mum. We have even more questions for the author! Can't wait to see her virtually on Friday. 📚