Readers Cup Competition
Winners
Junior Division:
UWCSEA Dover
Middle Division:
UWCSEA East
Senior Division:
Australian International School
Photos from the event held on Monday, May 10, 2010, e.g.,
Final scores
Junior: UWC East 26; ISS 29; Chatsworth 32; Tanglin 41; UWC Dover 42.
Middle: Tanglin 13; Lycee Francais 20; Chatsworth 21; UWC Dover 25; AIS 26; UWC East 28.
Senior: Chatsworth 25; AIS 30
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Date Monday, 10 May, 2010
Venue The Australian International School
Time 4pm
Open to all interested schools in Singapore who can field one team in any or all divisions (per library in the case in multi-library schools) in each of the following divisions.
Junior - Year 3, 4 & 5 / Grade 2, 3 & 4
Middle - Year 5, 6, 7 & 8 / Grade 4, 5, 6 & 7
Senior - Year 8+ / Grade 7+
The competition will consist of three rounds - Junior, Middle, Senior. The junior & middle round (30 mins each) has 5 questions from 5 books from their division and 5 questions from a picture book. The senior team will have a selection of 4 books from the senior division with 7 questions on each book.
The junior & middle teams are made up of a maximum of 6 students, the senior team has a maximum of 4 students. The total time of the event will be approximately 2 hours, allowing for introductions, audience trivia and judging.
The winning teams will receive $500 worth of books from Bookaburra for their school library, book gift coupons for each member of the team, a certificate of participation, a gold medal for each member of the team, plus year-long possession of the division cup.
Registration is $60 per team (payable to ISLN on the day) to cover cups, medals, prizes, participation certificates, gifts for judges, refreshments.
The committee is Barbara Philip, Linda Twitchett, Joy Wheeler & Katie Day
Teams participating in the Readers Cup so far
The questions linked to the titles below may be used at in-house competitions or as practice questions. Questions for the senior books will be published on 26 April.
BOOKS TITLES SELECTED FOR THE COMPETITION
(CHOSEN FROM THE RED DOT SHORTLIST)
Junior Readers Cup
Middle Readers Cup
The Mysterious Benedict Society
The Silence Seeker (Picture Book)
Senior Readers Cup
The Hunger Games
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Bog Child
Tales from Outer Suburbia
Schools may use the books selected to hold in-house competitions to choose their teams if they wish
A DOWNLOADABLE PDF OF SAMPLE QUESTIONS IS ATTACHED BELOW
Contact Barb Philip for more information