Shadowing the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Award

If you plan to “shadow” the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards this year, register on their site by Friday (31st January) to receive a pack containing posters, bookmarks, stickers and activities to help you promote shadowing in your school. 

https://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/shadowing.php

There are usually some great books on the shortlist, which will be announced in March, and shadowing the judging is an excellent way for the pupils to engage with the books. It's also worth checking out the teaching notes and resources on the CKG site about the books.

Robert Burns Resources

The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,
For promis’d joy!

If your best-laid plans for Burns Night have 'gang aft agley', here are some last-minute ideas: 

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/robertburns/: although this archive is no longer being updated, there are some great recordings and videos of the poems being read and sung by a variety of actors and artists available on this site. 

• https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/posters/: the Scottish Poetry Library has a good selection of posters to download and print (including Burns)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ecc4wh:  Liz Lochhead's Authors Live event reading Burns and her own poetry

• https://www.bl.uk/people/robert-burns: links to articles and images of manuscripts and letters

• https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/topics/poetry: if your pupils are inspired by Burns, here are some fantastic poetry resources.

Please let us know about any other resources available.