The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people. Shadowing involves school students reading the books, assessing them using the same criteria that the judges will use, and writing a review.
Many schools have, like us at Our Lady's Abingdon, set up a shadowing book group, and meet regularly to change books, exchange views and opinions, and write reviews. The reviews will be posted on a special website.
There are also plans for keener readers to meet with students from other local schools, and those who contribute most reviews will also be able to take part in a joint forum to nominate our ‘Abingdon’ winner of the Carnegie Medal.
Timetable for Shadowers:
18 April Shortlists announced. Start reading!
Weekly shadowers’ meetings: Mondays after school
24 April 3.00 – 4.45 Carnegie ‘Tea’, St Helen and St Katharine School, for initial reactions and tips on reviewing books.
15 May 1.10 - 3.30 Carnegie Quiz at John Mason School.
25 June 11.30 – 3.30 Abingdon Carnegie Forum at Abingdon School.
26 June Carnegie Medal Winner announced nationally, and revealed hot of the press in the Library at 1.15 pm
Find out more about the shadowing scheme, where you can read about the shortlist , and read student reviews. Click on ‘Shadowing Groups’, at the top, then ‘Reading Groups’ to find Our Lady's Abingdon. It may even inspire you to read some of the titles or past winners.
