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11/07/18
Year 7 Waiting for Callback…
Our Year 7 Y band had a wonderful time with authors Perdita and Honor Cargill on Friday 6th July. Perdita is an ex-barrister and Honor is in her final year at Oxford University. This mother and daughter team kept our students captivated by talking about their writing process and how they...
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11/07/18
Fortismere's Favourite book chosen!
The library was packed with family and friends for our Reading Champions evening on Tuesday 3rd July. This event was founded by author S F Said during his time as Fortismere’s Patron of Reading and we were delighted that he came back to be our chairman. All Year...
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11/07/18
S F Said talks about The Way…
140 Year 7 students were treated to a visit from our old Patron of Reading, S F Said, on Tuesday 3rd July. He talked to them about how he came to start writing, the effort it takes (with over 90 rejections and 7 years to get Varjak Paw re-drafted and published) and the joy in winning Awa...
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Year 7 Waiting for Callback…