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Fifty years ago the Treaty of Rome was signed and the EU was born. We and over 20 other nations are now part of the European Union. Can you say what your feelings are about being a member of the European Union? Can you name all of the EU countries? Better still can you name all of the member states' capital cities? Post any comment on this topic here.

Seymour Papert

You may not know his name and you may not recognise his face, but SEYMOUR PAPERT, described as 'one of the founding father of education technology' is the person we all have to thank for the introduction of ICT in classrooms all over the world. It was he who suggested that every child should have access to a computer and was behind the $100 laptop scheme. Whilst attending a conference in Vietnam this week, he was knocked down and received severe head injuries. As I write this I have a tear in my eye as I recall that his was the first name I ever heard in a lecture at University as I trained to be a teacher. Lately he was reponsible for aiding LEGO with their Mindstorms products (that toy range was named after a book he wrote! - how cool is that?). He was a source of inspiration to me and probably unknown to many of you he has been an influence on your lives too. It is unknown at this stage how serious his injuries are, but I wish him well.

Please post here your favourite school ICT experiences as a tribute to this man's vision. How do you use your ICT skills? What has ICT done for you that has changed the way you live your life? Do you use Lego Mindstorms?

photo credit: Seymour Papert, as seen earlier this year at a telecentre in Uruguay. Photograph courtesy of Telecentre.org, used in accordance with their Creative Commons license.

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Any pupils who would like to take part in an exciting ICT Motor Racing Project should reply to this message and Mr Buddie will give you further details.

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Title	Author
Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote	Liddington, Jill
English Language Skills	Hughes, Vera
cobwebs stop wounds bleeding	Platt, Richard
marzipan contains cyanide	Platt, Richard
Advanced Art and Design	White, Bob:White, Mark
poets of the First World War	Greening, John
The Waste Land	Eliot T S
Old Possum's Bk of Practical Cats	Eliot T S
Ariel	Plath, Sylvia
Kid	Armitage, Simon
Tell me the truth about love	Auden, W H
Student guide to Lord Byron	Keanie, Andrew
Making cocoa for Kingsley Amis	Cope, Wendy
Death of a Naturalist	Heaney, Seamus
Crow	Hughes, Ted
High Windows	Larkin, Philip
The War Poems	Sassoon Siegfried
Shakespeare's Othello	Simpson, Matt
Romeo & Juliet	Shakespeare, William
Macbeth	Shakespeare, William
Macbeth	Shakespeare, William
Macbeth	Shakespeare, William
Twelfth Night	Shakespeare, William
Student Guide to the Brontes	Davies, Peter
Chinese Cinderella	Yen Mah, Adeline
The Garden	Aidinoff, Elsie V
This Strange New Life	Anderson, Rachel
The Book of the Dead	Brooks, Kevin
The Crow	Croggan, Alison
The Man in the Iron Mask	Dumas, Alexandre
My mum and other horror stories	Harper, Meg
No stone unturned	Keaney, Brian
Silent to the bone	Konigsburg, E L
A little piece of ground	Laird, Elizabeth:Nimr, Sonia
The best of Pippi Longstocking	Lindgren, Astrid:Ross, Tony
Mary Reilly	Martin, Valerie
Peter Pan in Scarlet	Mccaughrean, Geraldine
Kensuke's kingdom	Morpurgo, Michael
Shade's Children	Nix, Garth
The Hyde Park Headsman	Perry Anne
Jade's story	Pielichaty, Helena
The Death Collector	Richards, Justin
Flyte	Sage, Angie
No shame, no fear	Turnbull, Ann
Voyage on the great Titanic	White, Ella Emerson

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We would like to invite you to the Advent Carol Service on Sunday 3rd December at 7.30pm in the Chapel. Refreshments will be available at the end of the service in the New Mark Hall.

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Title	Author
Psychology AS :complete companion	Cardwell, Mike:Flanagan, Cara
Psychology AS : the exam companion	Cardwell, Mike:Flanagan, Cara
This Time Next Week	Kelland, B J
Chew on this: about fast food	Schlosser, Eric:Wilson, Charles
Projects in Linguistics	Wray, Alison:Bloomer, Aileen
501 Italian verbs	Colaneri, John:Luciani, Vincent
Essential A2 Chemistry for OCR	Lister, Ted:Renshaw, Janet
Chemistry	Ritchie, Rob
Biology	Parker, John
Essential A2 Biology for OCR	Toole, Glenn:Toole, Susan
David Beckham : my side	Beckham, David:Watt, Tom
Badminton: steps to success	Grice, Tony
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet	Rosen, Michael:Ray, Jane
Lettre de mon moulin	Daudet Alphonse
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo	Dumas, Alexandre
La Reine Margot	Dumas, Alexandre
Les Trois Mousquetaires	Dumas, Alexandre
La Tulipe Noire	Dumas, Alexandre
La Guerre des Boutons	Pergaud L
L'Heure du crime	Renaud, Dominique
Assurance Touristes	Renaud, Dominique
Un Noel de Maigret	Simenon G
La Rue aux trois puossins	Simenon G
Maigret et la Grande Perche	Simenon G
Le voleur d'enfants	Superville, Jules
Deux and de vacances	Verne, Jules
Peaches	Anderson, Jodi Lynn
Scarlett	Cassidy, Cathy
Innocent	Cassidy, Anne
The High Lord	Canavan, Trudi
Half Moon Investigations	Colfer, Eoin
Suffragette: the diary of Dollie Baxter	Drinkwater, Carol
Bridget Jones: The edge of reason	Fielding, Helen
I, Coriander	Gardner, Sally
The wedding present	Geras, Adele
Hothouse Flower	Impey, Rose
How I live now	Rosoff, Meg
Skin	Vrettos, A M
Midnighters: the secret hour	Westerfield, Scott

Title	Author
Essential A2 Chemistry for OCR	Lister, Ted:Renshaw, Janet
Essential AS chemistry for OCR	Lister, Ted:Renshaw, Janet
Essential AS chemistry for OCR	Lister, Ted:Renshaw, Janet
David Bailey : chasing rainbows	Muir, Robin:Bailey, David
David Bailey - locations	Harrison, Martin
Commedia dell'arte : a handbook for troupes	Rudlin, John:Crick, Olly
Sport and PE: A level study	Wesson, Kevin et al
Sport and PE: A level study	Wesson, Kevin et al
Sport and PE: A level study	Wesson, Kevin et al
Sport and PE: A level study	Wesson, Kevin et al
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet	Rosen, Michael:Ray, Jane
My family and other animals	Durrell, Gerald
The Garden	Aidinoff, Elsie V
Castle and catastrophes	Asquith, Ros
Here's to you, Rachel Robinson	Blume, Judy
Just as long as we're together	Blume, Judy
Then again maybe I won't	Blume, Judy
Deenie	Blume, Judy
Innocent	Cassidy, Anne
The birds and other stories	Du Maurier, Daphne
I, Coriander	Gardner, Sally
Flowers for Algernon	Keyes, Daniel
Flowers for Algernon	Keyes, Daniel
Girl, 16, pants on fire	Limb, Sue
Girl (nearly) 16, absolute torture	Limb, Sue
Girl, 15, Charming but insane	Limb, Sue
Jane Blonde spies trouble	Marshall, Jill
Kensuke's kingdom	Morpurgo, Michael
Kensuke's kingdom	Morpurgo, Michael
Kensuke's kingdom	Morpurgo, Michael
Wintersmith	Pratchett, Terry