In this issue:
- Introduction
- Cats (poem by Lianne)
- Gwyneth Rees
- Gwyneth Rees Quiz
- Our Reviews
- Reality Check: A Novel by Sophie H. Chapter One
Previous Newsletters:
Welcome to the second newsletter of
the Cookie Club!
The Cookie Club is still going strong at West Drayton library It starts at 4pm and finishes at 5pm..
We are: Sophie H, Sophie S, Hayley, Lianne, Lucie , Georgia , Jennifer and Jessica. We have looked at all sorts of authors since the last newsletter including Gwyneth Rees, Francesca Simon and Jean Ure.
At our last club before the Summer Holidays, everyone gave great presentations about their favourite animals from the Information Books!
Cats can be good,
Cats can be bad,
Cats can make you seriously mad!
Cats like to eat,
Birds that tweet,
Lots of food like fish and meat!
Cats can be grey,
Cats can be white,
Always black in the middle of the night!
Cats think it's good
To catch some mice,
But when it's in your house,
It's not very nice!
By Lianne, 12
Gwyneth Rees
- Star Sign: Taurus
- Birthday: 10 th May
- For her last birthday she got: some really lovely jewellery from Accessorize
- She loves to watch: The Simpson's, because it's so funny
- Her most embarrassing moment: when she went to do a talk in a school, dropped a pile of books while she was trying to open the door of a classroom, and swore in front of the school chaplain!
- Her favourite teddy was called: Pinoceo (actually, he was a rag doll, not a teddy, and it was meant to be spelt Pinocchio but she didn't know that!)
- Her top pop idols were: Abba (massive Swedish pop band from the 1970's whose most famous song was called Dancing Queen – for those who don't know!)
- She would most like to sing: nothing at Karaoke (she'd be fat too embarrassed because she is a rotten singer!)
- If she has an evening to herself, she likes to: read a good book
- Her signature dish is: chilli con carne (it's the only thing she can make!)
- If she wasn't an author, she's be: psychiatrist (that's what she was before she was an author)
- Her favourite pizza topping is: ham and mushroom
- Her favourite city in the world is: London , because she loves living here.
By Lianne
Gwyneth Rees Quiz
Our Reviews!
These are some books we think are great!
'Pink Knickers Aren't Cool'
By Jean Ure
This book is the first in the ‘Girlfriends' series. It is about Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily, who are all best friends. But when they all have to go to different high schools, will they still be able to be best friends? They meet every Saturday, but they are all making new friends and have new hobbies…
By Lianne
'Candyfloss'
Bye Jacqueline Wilson
‘Candyfloss' is about a girl called Floss. She lives with her Mum, Step-Dad and her little half brother. But she still sees her real Dad at weekends and adores every moment of it. Then her Mum says they are going to Australia to live there and Floss wants to stay with her Dad in Charlie's Café. But when her Dad's restaurant goes bust, where will they go? Can her fairground friends help out?
By Lianne
Reality Check
A novel by Sophie H
Chapter One: Normality Check
You know how it is, Monday morning, don't wanna get out of bed. Nerdy geeks that are hypnotised by their Gameboys, and kool kids that can't get over themselves. You just can't be bothered to go to school. Well that's just how I felt. My name's Alicia Montgomery. I live in West Drayton and go to Uxbridge High School . And as I said, I hate school. The only good things are Maths, mates and English with Buff Boys. That is so cool!
Anyway, it was on Monday, worst day of the week, the dreaded day after the weekend where you just feel gutted that it wasn't as good as you hoped it would be. But I was trying to burn that curse because today I had English and Maths, the best lessons in the world!
So I got up by almost killing the annoying alarm that woke me up in the morning. And then I got dressed, put my makeup on and sorted myself out to impress some of the Buff Boys in English. I was all set to go to school, so I shouted to my Mum ‘Seeya' and left to collect Michelle. But there was my first BIG mistake. They have a dog that jumps. (Do you get where this is heading..?) To cut a long story short, I had to run home and change my trousers as they had a huge rip in the middle from the dog's claws where he was so happy to see me! So we were finally ready to leave the house to get the bus and I met Lila, as I usually do on the U3, heard all the latest goss and news (like Naomi hitting her maid over the head with a telephone and leaving blood everywhere and the maid blind!)
Then we arrived at school, where it was the centre of madness, so me and Lila split up from the gang and went to the field to play basketball with the lads. We win every time! As the bell for rang, we collected our stuff and headed to the Year 7 assembly. I just managed to put a foot over the entrance of the hall doors when someone grabbed my arm, covered my eyes and took me round the corner. I opened my eyes and it was Nick Taylor, one of the hottest boys in the whole of Year 7! But everyone knew he had the hots for just me! So, just for today, I decided to skip assembly. So a quick mention to Lila to tell her where I was going and what to tell Miss if she wanted to know where I was (which was a total lie!) But all Lila says is ‘reality check' and I hate it! Nick and I went all round ICT as that's where the Year 7 form rooms are and as they were in assembly we wouldn't get caught. I thought the whole assembly, ICT trick thing was totally awesome, but I couldn't stop hearing those words ‘reality check'…
You'll have to wait for the next Cookie Club newsletter for the next chapter!!