Preparations ongoing

This years event is indeed going to be a blast I think - 5 stories doing the rounds each day, 1 comic and also a video story possibly. Some fantastic authors have signed up this year - Robert Muchamore, Mark Robson and Melvin Burgess to name but a few. Please check out the ning we have set up for further details
www.writepath.ning.com

I can't wait until October it's going to be such fun!

Write Path 2009!

I have received some excellent news during the Easter holidays - the Write Path has been shortlisted for a Times Educational Supplement Schools Award in the Outstanding Literacy Initative category! There will be an awards ceremony in June when the winners will be announced but I am so pleased and proud to have even made it onto the shortlist. I am starting to think about this years event now - it will be a week long celebration this year as so many schools/libraries want to be involved. I think I will have to draw the line at 25 overseas schools and 25 British schools/libraries. I will of course contact all of last years entrants but if you were not involved and want to be please contact me on the Write Path email:
writepath2008@yahoo.co.uk

So looking forward to it - had such fun last October!

The winner!!

All the voting has now been completed and one clear winner has emerged. Every school was voted for however, we no 'nil point' scenarios and the quality of writing was fantastic across the board. I know my students enjoyed the day so very much and this seems to be true of all the participants so I'm very happy about that. Here's to next year!!!!!!!!

Shame I can't attach a drum roll to this..............................guess you all want to know who won.....................should I tell you?.......................maybe........................"Ladies and Gentlemen the winner of this years Wicked Writers award is .............................

The American International School, Saigon!!! "

Congratulations!!!
I will be sending your medals etc. out to you as soon as I can. Mr McDonald you must be a very proud man! But please do praise all the students that took part in other schools and say thank you and well done once more from me.

Beverley Humphrey

Voting

Voting is nearly finished now - just a few more to come in then I will be collating them tomorrow. At the moment nothing is final - I have an idea who might win but it's not conclusive! The medals that the students in the winning school will receive are here and they are lovely, I hope they will be appreciated. The trophy has also been received - my DT department are going to tweak it a lttle for me and the winning schools name will be engraved on it but I'm hoping everything will be sent out before Christmas. Of course the library in the top school will also be sent a signed book from each of our authors - the trophy will need to be returned next year but not the books of course!

We are re modelling the website for next year so I will make sure everyone is kept informed - I hope this years participants will want to do so next year also and we are going to make it possible to express interest via the website.

Watch this space for results!!

Stories online

The completed stories went online last night after a certain amount of blood sweat and tears to get them edited and finished - I must thank Nikki and Craig who helped me so much, beyond the call of duty and I owe them one! Our school made the front page of our local newspaper which was wonderful and I've been recieving articles from colleagues all over the place. There's a lovely video of students in Louisiana which brought tears to my eyes I was so proud to see their students obviously having a great time with the stories. The finished stories are fantastic and I can't wait to see who will win the Wicked Writers trophy - but then with the calibre of our students we're all in 'winning' schools in my opinion! Good luck everyone.

11a.m. 7th October

The stories have just arrived 'home'!! Thanks to all the students and Margaret at Lord Lawson at ending in such style - now it's up to my friendly English teachers to pull them all together - an unenviable task!

Thank you so much for taking part with such enthusiasm and skill everyone - I feel very lucky to have 'met' such wonderful practitioners and pupils and I am so looking forward to building on the links we have forged.

Here's to next year - bigger and better of course!!!

Bev
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8.59a.m. 7th October

Our tall tales are now at their second to last resting place with Lord Lawson - have fun with them and thank you so much for taking part! I have seen several of the students from here that were involved this morning and they are still full of the experience which is wonderful.

Bev