Workshops and Author Visits
Annually, we celebrate and participate in the following events:
National Poetry Day celebrated each year
World Book Day celebrated each year
Annual Essay Competition
House Debating Competition
Theatre visits
Overnight trip to Stratford-upon-Avon
Book Week
SPELLATHON
Readathon
Annual Book Week, celebrating amongst others:
Annual Book Review Competition
Annual Book Character Day
Annual Book Fair
Annual Book Exchange
Annual Silent Reading Week
Lewis Carroll walk in Guildford
2000
| Garry Kilworth (author visit) | Keith Chatfield (author visit) |
| Ian Whybrow (author visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream
2001
| Pat Moon (author visit) | Alan Durant (author visit) |
| Ben Morris (film animator visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream
2002
| Geraldine McCaughrean (author visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream
2003
| Pippa Goodhart (author visit) |
2004
| Pete Johnson (author visit) | Chris Connaugthon (storyteller) |
| John Foster (author visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: The Tempest
Victorian Ghost Story telling session
2005
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream
2006
| James Riordan (author visit) | Roger Stevens (poet visit) |
| Ian Whybrow (author visit) | Chris Connaughton (storyteller) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Hamlet
2007
| Jamila Gavin (author visit) | John Harris (storyteller) |
| Chris d’Lacey (author visit) | Mark Robson (author visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream
2008
| Julia Golding (author visit) | David Schutte (author visit) |
| Julia Jarman (author visit) | Berlie Doherty (author visit) |
| Kit Wright (poet visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Hamlet
2009
| Kevin Crossley-Holland (author visit) | Korky Paul (poet and illustrator visit) |
| Chris Connaughton (storyteller) | Nick Handel (television author visit) |
(Feb)Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night's Dream
2010
| Chris Wormwell (author/illustrator) | Bruno Vincent(author visit) |
| Tim Bowler (author visit) | Andrew Cope (author visit) |
| Marcus Sedgwick (author visit) |
Theatre of Widdershins - 'The King's got Donkey Ears'
2011
| Brian Moses (poet) | Chris Riddell (author and illustrator visit) |
| G. P. Taylor (author visit) | Intext performance (storyteller) |
| Ali Sparkes (author visit) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night's Dream
Book Fair and book exchange
Character Day
Annual Book Review Competition
West End Theatre in Schools
2012
| Nick Handel (author visit) | Tracey Alexander (author) |
| The Armitages (author visit) | Philip Reeve (author and illustrator visit) |
| Anthony Lishak (author) |
Young Shakespeare Company: Macbeth
Book Fair and book exchange
Character Day
Annual Book Review Competition
A Taste of Dahl theatre performance
2013 (Disrupted by snow!)
| Damien Dibben (author/film maker) | Paul Cookson (poet) |
| Cliff McNish (author) |
Young Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Book Fair and book swap
Character Day
Annual Book Review Competition
House Reading Festival
Older boys and staff reading to younger boys
2014
| Andy Cope (author and illustrator) | Chris Bradford (author) |
| Val Bloom (poet) | Damian Dibben (author) |
| Chris Connaughton (author and storyteller) |
Book Character Day
Bookswap
Travelling Bookshop
Young Shakespeare Company
2015
| David Gatward (author) | Christopher William Hill (author) |
| Sally Crabtree (performance artist and song writing poet) | Nick Toczek (writer and performance poet) |
| David Bedford (author) |
The Young Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Book Swap
Travelling Bookshop
Book Character Day
2016
| Nick Cook | Sonia Leong |
| Chris D'Lacey | Brian Moses |
| Chris Connaughton |
Young Shakespeare Company
Travelling Bookshop
Book Swap
Book Character Day
2017
| Sam Gayton | Stan Cullimore |
| Matt Dickinson | Josh Lacey |
| Chris White | Andrew Lane |
| Nick Handel | A F Harrold |
Young Shakespeare Company
Travelling Bookshop
Book Swap
Book Character Day
2018
| Andy Craven-Griffiths | Chris Connaughton |
| Nicky Singer | Coral Rumble |
Young Shakespeare Company: The Tempest
M and M Productions - Treasure Island
RGS Touring Drama Roadshow
Travelling Bookshop
Book Swap
Book Character Day
