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Book Week Scotland

Awesome Staff Reading an Awesome Book on Film for Book Week Scotland 2025:

What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore

Elgin Academy staff share the book What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore for the Team EA community during Book Week Scotland November 2025.

Huge thanks to Livvy Webster and Erin Porter in S6

for this film project.

With thanks to the following staff and our Head Student for their participation and contributions:

Mr McLeod Mrs Forster Mr Lestienne Mr McWhirter Mrs Ross Music Mrs Hendry Mr Kelly Ms Law Mr Pellegrom Mrs Ross English Mr Hay

Mrs Munro Mrs Lee Miss Ainslie Ms Milligan Mrs Hamilton Mr Ord Miss Blackburn Ms Wignall Mrs Toonen Ben Rankin.

LOOK at what we did!

Book Week Scotland – now in its fourteenth year – is an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country in November.

During the week, 17 - 21 November, we joined in with this annual celebration of books and reading.

Book Party Time #TeamEA 📚🎉💜📚🎊🔰.

Our 2025 programme was awesome!

Danny: winner of the S2 Reading Playlist Challenge

Well Done to Champion Danny

The judges said: Danny's songs are all good and also the cover art of the album is beautifully done with attention to detail. He put together a good playlist for his friend to listen to and read to.

Erin was runner-up in the S2 Book Week Scotland Challenge

Congratulations to Erin for creating a fantastic reading playlist for a friend.

The judges said: Erin has created beautiful Christmassy art work and Christmassy songs to get us into the seasonal spirit, as well as a lovely message for her friend about why she will like the playlist.

Chloe won the S1 Book Week Scotland Challenge: to design a bookmark for a friend

Ava was the runner-up in the S1 Book Week Scotland Challenge

20 November: A Book, A Bracelet and A Bite

Our final event of Book Week Scotland was a chilled, crafty one, filled with stories, snacks and some fun activities.

Staff and pupils came together to share stories, to chat and to make friendship bracelets.

The Reading Leaders had raised funds for the craft materials and for snacks, which they served to everyone in the library.

This was a perfect way to end our Book Week Scotland 2025, which has been one of creativity, collaboration, connections, learning and, of course, lots of reading for pleasure and books.

Gordon House: winners of the 2025 Battle of the Books

Congratulations to the winner of the Book Week Scotland Inter-House and Staff Book Quiz 2025: Gordon House. The Gordon Goats team was led by Andrew Paterson and he and team mates Joshua Toonen and Robert Walls are this year's champions.

They tied with the staff team, captained by Mr Moran. Congratulations to the staff team too. Marks were verified by an external marker!

Randolph House, captained by Maja Zarebska was the runner-up. Huge thanks to S6 leaders Olivia Grant and Josh Pole for hosting the quiz and to Novelties Book Club for scoring it all.

19 November: Olivia and Josh S6 Leaders host the Inter-House and Staff Battle of the Books

Huge thanks to S6 leaders Olivia Grant and Josh Pole for hosting the quiz and to Novelties Book Club for scoring it all.

Gordon Goats

Winners

Innes Dolphins

This annual and popular event was again very competitive and all teams did well.

Moray Marvels

Thanks to all who came along and supported this Team EA exciting hugely enjoyable Book Week Scotland event.

Roaring Randolph

Runner-Up

Seafield Shire

Everyone thinking, discussing and enjoying the quiz

Quizmasters of Oz

Winners who tied with Gordon Goats

18 November: interactive community event

George and Luca talked about diversity at Elgin Academy and shared their own experiences of being bilingual. George shared Russian storybooks and read from these beautifully to an engaged audience.

What fabulous presentations from S6s George Seton and Luca Brady at this Book Week Scotland community event.

Make sure you are there next year!#TeamEA

The event included parental and staff contributions, followed by refreshments and snacks from the Home Economics staff and pupils. Thank you to them for all their hard work.

Taste It At EA: multicultural event

Displays

Sparkly Library for Book Week Scotland

It is looking great and all ready for the book celebrations.

S6 Leadership Team and House and Depute Leaders

All are involved with and are supporting Book Week Scotland events... and will be planning a big booky event next term too.

Watch this space!

Book Fair

Pip and Molly enjoy the Book Fair

Novelties Book Club

The pupils will either be on a team or the will be scoring the Battle of the Books

S5 and S6 pupils received a free book: Friends

Thank you Book Week Scotland

S1 designing bookmarks for friends

Anna in S6 helped out

Thanks to Anna, S6 paired reader, for helping out.

S1s enjoying designing bookmarks for friends

S1s are desigining bookmarks for a friend and the S6 paired readers joined in.

Thanks to Livvy, Erin and Katherine for collaborating and helping with the bookmarks.

Tuesday 18 November

Invitation to Taste It at EA: multi-cultural food with a book taster event

· What? Bring and talk about your favourite non-English book and enjoy tasting World Food.

· Why? Toshowcase your culture, to meet each other and to meet pupils and staff.

· When? Tuesday 18 November, 5.00 – 7.00pm.

· Where? Elgin Academy

· Who? YOU! All parents, pupils and staff.

· Cost? Free!

Please email admin.elginacad@moray-edunet.gov.uk if you are able to attend.

We look forward to seeing you then.

Wednesday 19 November

The annual Inter-House and Staff Battle of the Books.

Hosted by our S6 Leadership Team.

Thursday 20 November

The Reading Leaders will host this evetn: filled with stories from staff and pupils; books, friendship bracelets and snacks.

What's not to love?

Scholastic Book Fair all week

Brilliant Book Fair all week

Over 200 amazing books to enjoy browsing and buying.

S6 project managers Livvy and Erin for the staff film

One of our forthcoming Book Week Scotland activities will focus on the incredible What Happens Online by Nathanael Lessore.

Livvy and Erin in S6 are the project managers and are doing a magnificent job.

Staff Film soon

S1 Challenge: bookmarks

S2 Challenge: playlists

S2 Challenge: reading playlists

The reading playlists are on display in the library

Fantastic selections and art covers for friends

2024

Book Week Scotland 2024 was 18 - 22 November and we joined in with this annual celebration of books and reading.

#TeamEA programme was 📚🎉💜📚🎊🔰awesome!

Our Staff Film for Book Week Scotland

Awesome Staff Reading an Awesome Book for Book Week Scotland

Watch and enjoy and then read the awesome book - Feast of Ashes by Victoria Williamson.

An explosive, dystopian survival story.

21 November: Reading Lunch and relaxing music

21 November: Reading Lunch with Music

The Reading Lunch was an opportunity to have a good natter about books. Reading, music and sharing book chat. Perfect on a snowy day.

21 November: Code Breaking Elective and Book Cipher Fun

Pupils in the Code Breaking Elective used a selection of library books for a Book Cipher.

20 November: Inter-House and Staff Battle of the Books Quiz

2024 Winners: Gordon House

Congratulations to the winners of the Book Week Scotland Inter-House and Staff Book Quiz: Gordon House, captained by Kirsten Sutherland in S6.

Brilliant Book Event

This annual and popular event was again very competitive and all teams did well. Innes and Seafield Houses were in joint second place and the staff team, called For Whom the Bell Tolls, also fought a good battle. Thanks to Novelties Book Club pupils for scoring the quiz. Huge thanks to Head Student, Alana Baird and to Depute Head Students Finlay Munro and Zara Munro for hosting it all brilliantly.

Thanks to all who came along and supported this #teamEA exciting hugely enjoyable Book Week Scotland event.

19 November: Taste It at EA: multi-cultural food with book taster event

The Taste It at EA: multi-cultural food with book taster was on Tuesday evening this week and it was a fabulous family event during our Book Week Scotland celebrations. Anna Malecka, Katie Tyczka and Alana Baird in S6 delivered a presentation on diversity in Elgin Academy to a rapt audience.

Books and foods from around the world

This family event was all about diversity, books and food and it was wonderful to welcome families to our library. Thanks to everyone who came along to this event.