Happy reading! Yr 9s helping our Yr 7s in our Reading Buddies session. Comfortable and focused students. Fabulous work! “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” ― Anna Quindlen (author) Dr Patricia Thompson Kibworth Mead Academy

Many thanks to Kev F Comic Artist for coming into KMA to do his fabulous comic workshops. He was a definite hit with our students and this is some of what they produced. All had their caricature done to take home with them along with a group effort comic Kibworth Mead Academy Dr Patricia Thompson

I even had my caricature done! Thanks Kev F Comic Artist Kibworth Mead Academy Dr Patricia Thompson

Our Reading Rampagers have been busy talking to authors this week. Thank you to Anna James Anna James and @hibbanoorkhan1. Our students are definitely inspired Reading Rampage Dr Patricia Thompson

More fabulous author talks in our library with our Reading Rampagers. Thank you Emma Read Emma Read | The Housetrap out now | she/her and Simon Fox simon fox for giving our students an insight into being an author, they loved it! Dr Patricia Thompson Reading Rampage

Two of our Reading Rampage mentors have made this amazing trailer for a book we are all reading, The House Trap by Emma Read | The Housetrap out now | she/her . Well done! Dr Patricia Thompson Reading Rampage @MidlandsCLS

KMA are looking forward to our virtual ReadingRampage author talks in the next few weeks with SJ Wills Helen Rutter Jeffrey Boakye Simon James Green #exciting Dr Patricia Thompson

They are coming thick and fast...another of Reading Rampagers has produced this fabulous trailer for The House Trap by Emma Read | The Housetrap out now | she/her Chicken House . Fabulous work! Dr Patricia Thompson Reading Rampage @MidlandsCLS #brilliant

The Piano in the Station by Helen Rutter is another popular choice for our Reading Rampagers! Here is another trailer by 2 of our students hoping to inspire more readers. Well done, fabulous work! Reading Rampage @MidlandsCLS Dr Patricia Thompson

3 of our students took a different approach to portray Piano at the Station by Helen Rutter. They had a fun afternoon making musical themed cakes and a booklet of the process! Fabulous work ! Reading Rampage @MidlandsCLS Dr Patricia Thompson

We hosted 2 virtual author talks in our library this week with Jeffrey Boakye and Helen Rutter as part of our Reading Rampage programme . They were brilliant! Our students were completely engaged with both authors and interacted with them very well. @MidlandsCLS Dr Patricia Thompson

We are celebrating Pride month and our most read books; Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Updates. With the help, resources and 'gold dust' goodies from our very own local bookshop Kibworth Books, here is our library display Kibworth Mead Academy Dr Patricia Thompson

My boys wearing their The Mead Educational Trust neckerchiefs from our PL day! Kibworth Mead Academy Dr Patricia Thompson #dogslookingdapper

Very exciting day ahead. We have a VIP author visiting us Dan Freedman to talk to our year 7s. Looking forward to meeting you! He is best known for his hugely popular series of Jamie Johnson football novels/TV series Kibworth Mead Academy

Whether it is cheering on our #NCrquiz2025 teams or diving into stories in class, reading is a passion we all share Kibworth Mead Academy . Good luck from the whole of our school to our 2 teams taking part in the National Literacy Trust ALCS tomorrow. Good Luck!

Really excited to welcome multi award winning author Tamsin Winter into our school tomorrow, in collaboration with Kibworth Books to give our young people a talk on her latest book ‘I Dare You’ Kibworth Mead Academy #teentalks