Word of the Week Winners

War Memorial Library :

DEIPNOSOPHIST
noun: A person skilled in dinner-table conversation or informal chitchat

Chosen by Michael Jansz (13BR)

Discovery Library :

AMITY
noun :Formal friendship, peaceful relations.


chosen by Samantha Harcourt (8CS)

Word of the Week Winners

War Memorial Library :

CONTORTIONIST
Noun : An acrobat who is able to twist in unusual ways and positions.

Chosen by Ben Jones (12NB)

Discovery Library :

EMBOUCHURE
Noun: The mouth of a river or valley.

Chosen by Jasmine Silk (7BC)

Word of the Week winners

War Memorial Library :

MERCURIAL
Adjective : Up and down, constantly changing. Unpredictable. Volatile

Chosen by Ms Crozier RS

Discovery Library :

INCONTESTABLE
Adjective : Impossible to deny or argue with

Chosen by Precious Akinbieleje (8BK)

Word of the Week winners

War Memorial Library :

OBSTREPEROUS

Adjective : Being ‘stroppy’ or difficult. Noisily or stubbornly defiant. Boisterously and noisily aggressive.

Chosen by Mrs Loten Head of RS

Discovery Library :

FLATULENCE

Noun : Suffering from or caused by having too much gas in the stomach or intestines.

Chosen by Millie Winter (7LA)

Word of the Week

War Memorial Library :

OMBUDSMAN

Noun An official who investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its servants and mediates fair settlements

Chosen by Arron Walters 10LT

Discovery Library :

REINCARNATION

Noun The belief that after death the soul is re-born in another body

Chosen by Ayla Mehmet 7BM

Winners of Take a Risk free prize draw

The following winners were presented with their prizes at the last assembly of 2009.

1st prize Humda Bhatti 8MS

2nd prize Chloe Mannering 8CS

3rd prize Aydin Mehmet 7BC

DID YOU TAKE A RISK IN THE DISCOVERY LIBRARY ?

Over 200 students borrowed a Take a Risk book over the last 3 weeks.

186 students won a prize
75 students won a spot prize

Results of free prize draw to be announced at KS3 assembly on Friday.