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Carnegie Shadowing Prize Ceremony Held at GMS

 

On the afternoon of Friday 17th June a group of Great Marlow students hosted a book themed tea for students from Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School. Students from both schools had read the eight shortlisted books and met weekly at their respective schools to discuss their likes and dislikes.

The real Carnegie Prize is announced on Monday 20th June but Marlow’s combined shadowing groups voted for the book they felt was the most worthy winner. In addition to this, posters were created to promote and champion group favourites.  These were judged by Mrs Wilson based on the criterion, ‘the poster most likely to make me want to read the book’. The standards of presentation and persuasion on the posters was very high indeed, but even more impressive was the way in which students collaborated.

A joint vote on Marlow’s favoured Carnegie book showed the author Patrick Ness to be the outright winner with The Rest of Us Just Live Here.  Ness has won the prize twice already; to see if he makes it a hat trick, check the website on Monday.

At the end of the afternoon the students left with a slice of ‘Carnegie Cake’, new friends and different perspectives on their spring reading.

Carnegie shadowing poster creation 2016

 

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