Category: News

The Bodnant Library Bus

The Bodnant Library Bus

Itā€™s great to be able to announce some good news about libraries! We are Reading Champions at Bodnant Community School in Prestatyn, North Wales and some months ago we mentioned to the Head teacher about an amazing library bus weā€™d come across in Hampshire. After looking into costs we realised that to get something similar for Bodnant was going to […]

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TOP SECRET!

TOP SECRET!

Yes we know that the website hasnā€™t been updated for some time! Itā€™s because we have not only been on the road (see our travels section) but weā€™ve been RIDICULOUSLY busy working on a brand new TOP SECRET project. Weā€™ve spent several weeks working on this exciting project and weĀ can finally now reveal what it is! (Roll of drums) We […]

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China (again)

China (again)

This term we have spent five weeks visiting schools in China and Vietnam and what a time we had!   We headed out to Beijing to see our good friends at the Western Academy of Beijing and the Beijing City International School for a fantastic fortnight. Thanks for asking us back, John and Glenn!       During our time […]

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Good Morning, Vietnam!

Good Morning, Vietnam!

We had a fantastic time in Vietnam. We visited 5 schools in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi over three weeks. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit – keep an eye on the site and we’ll tell you more about it very soon!

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On Our Travels

On Our Travels

We have a very busy Autumn term! We begin with a trip back to see all our mates in Beijing with visits to WAB and BCIS. Then we have a couple of weeks visiting schools in Wales, Norfolk and Berkshire before we head out back East (and we donā€™t mean Norwich) with a 3 week visit to Vietnam. On our […]

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Mad Myths

Mad Myths

Many people love our Mad Myths series and were disappointed when they went out of print (and so were we!) But now they are once again available to read as e books on the kindle store. So if you have a kindle or a kindle app on your computer / tablet or phone, what are you waiting for? Head over […]

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Leicester Record Breakers

Leicester Record Breakers

We had a great day at Leicester Racecourse with Whatever It takes and the SDSA ā€“ a brilliant Leicester based organisation that gets kids reading, whatever it takes! Three hundred students from several Leicester schools took part in an amazing day that involved record breaking challenges. Not only could they choose 6 books to read over the summer, but they […]

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Summer Visits

Summer Visits

Once again we were very busy during the summer term, visiting over 30 schools and talking to THOUSANDS of staff and students! We began the term with an iHero show at Glebelands Junior School in Leicester, before heading to our old friends at St Thomas More School in Willenhall. Then it was a quick nip down the M1 to Milton […]

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Facebook!

Facebook!

We have finally got around to sorting out a Facebook page (yes we know we should have done this ages ago, but weā€™ve been busy!). Weā€™ll be using it to announce some interesting news and deals for you over the next few months! Have a look and if you like it then like us!!!

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Congratulations!

Congratulations!

  Well done to Ysgol Cystennin ā€“ a lovely, small primary school near Colwyn Bay in North Wales. They have just received a great Estyn Report ā€“ the school is considered good in all areas ā€“ not an easy thing to achieve in these days of inspection. Why are we so happy for them? Well, we are the schoolā€™s Patrons […]

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