School Blog

Reflexiones, consejos y emociones que a diario nos asaltan en este trabajo que supone dirigir un centro docente / Thoughts, advice and emotions that occur to us as we work every day to achieve academic excellence at our school.

Tag: Reading

Read a Book and Save a Life!

Review by Minanga J, Year 13, published in the Caxton Times

The Pale Horse is a mystery novel by the famous author and “Queen of Crime” Agatha Christie. The story revolves around a series of murders committed by poisoning the victims with a lethal chemical called thallium. At the time of The Pale Horse‘s publication in 1961, thallium poisoning was not widely known. Also known as the “poisoner’s poison” due to its high toxicity, thallium is a metal that is modestly abundant in the Earth’s crust. However, it is so thinly distributed that the likelihood of anyone being accidentally harmed by it is incredibly small, so even doctors and medical staff were not fully aware of its effects.

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Cómo inculcar el amor por la lectura / How can we instil a love of reading in our children?

De Ms Jonquil Montoro, Coordinadora de Alfabetización y Profesora de Primaria

Es la primera vez que hago una entrada para el blog del colegio y, mientras intento pensar por dónde empezar esta reflexión, me parece imposible decidir un punto de partida. Intentar inculcar el amor por la lectura en la infancia es un concepto muy amplio y un esfuerzo aún mayor.

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