World Book Day - Thursday 1st March To celebrate World Book day we are inviting all staff and students to dress up as a Book Character on 1st March. There will be prizes for the best outfits. During the week the library will be holding a...
The Library is getting ready for Valentine's Day by running Take a Blind Date with a Book challenge! The idea is simple: you pick a wrapped book, based on the cryptic description on the wrapper, borrow it from the library desk and give it a go. You...
Ellie Silvester (7JAD) is our first Double Word Millionaire. She has has passed 34 quizzes and has read 2,081,609 words since September . Ellie was closely followed by Christopher Mellody (7NC) who became our second Double Word Millionaire. Christopher has passed 33...
Students in Year 7 and 8 who have achieved their Accelerated Reader targets this term were rewarded on Friday 15th December with a special Dickensian themed Christmas party after our focus on A Christmas Carol which students watched being performed last week. A special mention...
Helen Smith, the Librarian at Eckington School, produces a guide to Christmas TV every year, linking films to books. A fantastic opportunity to promote reading! In this guide, there are plenty to choose from...
On Thursday 9th November Mrs Best and Mrs Dennis (our librarians) took our top 30 Accelerated Reader target achievers to the Central Cinema in Torquay to see “Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The long haul”. These fantastic students from years 7 and 8 have...