Catherine MacPhail at Spring Read 2008

On Wednesday JHA was host to an author event featuring the excellent Catherine MacPhail, with guests from Loudoun Academy and Stewarton Academy. Catherine's talk was superb, engaging the pupils in the creative process and providing her fans with insight into her well-known books.

I will be ordering additional copies of most of her novels due to great demand. Pictures of the event can be seen here.

Thanks to pupils and staff from Stewarton and Loudoun for being perfect guests. And thanks too to East Ayrshire School Librarians for organising the Spring Read events along with Pat Standen at East Ayrshire Libraries!

Readers' Cup 2nd Round Winners!

The 2nd round of the Readers' Cup took place P4 & P5 on Thursday 6th March (World Book Day). With guest quizmasters, prizes and sweets, this was an enjoyable event to liven up a dreich Thursday afternoon.

Congratulations to those who made it through to the final JHA team:

S1 - 1st place: Alan Reynold (1G); Joint 2nd place: Ryan Steel (1G) and John Priest (1B)

S2 - Joint 1st place: Lewis Moue (2R) and Matthew Griffen (2W)

There are more pics of the quiz at the side of the page.

Thanks also to Mr McGraw and Mr Chatham for being excellent Guest Quizmasters - both clearly watched Bamber Gascoigne when they were kids!