Mark Walden visit

Ever wondered where young supervillains go to school?

Mark Walden, creator of the HIVE series of books, is to visit Primary 7 classes on Wednesday 2nd December 2009.

HIVE is the Higher Institute of Villainous Education, training school for the supervillains of the future, home to Otto Malpense and his friends Wing, Laura and Shelby. Follow their adventures as they learn how to outwit every instructor and security guard in the school, not to mention the much easier job of evading the official forces of law and order. With explosions and excitement galore, and the occasional man-eating plant to contend with, life at HIVE is never quite what it seems!

Check out Marks's blog at www.markwalden.net and also www.hivehub.co.uk - which HIVE stream will you belong to?

Royal Mail Book Awards

The Royal Mail Book Awards were announced this week by the Scottish Book Trust. These awards are given to the best book published in Scotland each year. Children all over the country can take part and vote for their favourite book in each category.

The Early Years winner (0 -7) is John Fardell Manfred the Baddie.

The winner for Younger Years (8 -11) is Lari Don First Aid for Fairies and other Fabled Beasts.

You can find out more about the Royal Mail Book Awards at www.scottishbooktrust.com.

Theresa Breslin visit

Primary Five had a wonderful afternoon with award-winning author Theresa Breslin on 3rd November.

Theresa talked about her DreamMaster series of novels and how she built the characters in the stories. The session had lots of audience participation, with dressing up, helping to act out different feelings and looking at book covers in lots of different languages. Book posters were available as highly sought-after prizes.

You can look at Theresa's website at www.theresabreslin.co.uk

The school website has information about theresa's visit to the Senior school and some photographs too at www.hutchesons.org