School Support Overview Page
Our successful One Book - One Edinburgh citywide reading campaign returns as part of The Lost World Read 2009. This year we'll be reading the adventure thriller The Lost World by Edinburgh-born Arthur Conan Doyle, who would be 150 years old this year.
By coincidence, Darwin, who once studied in Edinburgh, was born 200 years ago, and the book's theme is an excellent chance to pay tribute to two extraordinary men.
More than 50 organisations have come together to help us provide free books, public events and a programme of school and community events.
Info on this Page:
- Dedicated Webpage with support material
- Free School Books for Edinburgh schools
- Teacher Support
- School Workshops - free workshops available - limited numbers
- Animation Projects - adaptations and performances
- What Edinburgh Schools are Doing - some have big plans
- Competitions - creative writing and soundtrack
- Your Feedback to Us - good or bad, feedback helps
- Weekly Email - news on web updates, competitions, workshops
- Don't Panic - we're here to help, and help us by getting in touch
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Dedicated Website
This time the Edinburgh campaign is joining forces with other cities in the UK, and a large part of the campaign is to be found on a dedicated national website with plenty of info, fun and activities for pupils, and additional support material for teachers.
This site is live and can be found at www.lostworldread.com
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Free Books for Schools - ALREADY DISTRIBUTED
We have thousands of free copies of four special new books for the reading campaign, which will be distributed to high schools, primary schools, community groups and through libraries. There will be a new paperback of The Lost World, an abridged quick read edition, a comic biography of the life of Charles Darwin and a reader's guide covering the Darwin and Conan Doyle.
Edinburgh Council schools, independent schools and appropriate other organisations will all recieve a free campaign book pack.
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Teacher Support
We have created a page full of support material and suggestions aimed at teachers, with overall info, biographies, games and the reading guide and sample pages from each edition.
The dedicated campaign website is now live at www.lostworldread.com featuring an online Darwin-themed game, free MP3 audio download of the quick read book, schools resources (games and puzzles) and a book group guide (Darwin + Doyle.) The full BBC audio version of The Lost World available for free until March.
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School Workshops
We can only prove a limited number of free workshops, and we're afraid that all the free psaces have now been booked, though workshops and performances can still be booked for a specially discounted price.
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Animation Projects for Schools
The Lost Book animation project
A special storytelling project linked to and launching with the campaign, lasting 6 months.
Online animated whodunit with graphics from Edinburgh animation company Binary Fable.
Each animated sequence features new music from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Paper Cinema
The pleasure here is not just that the animations are both sinister and enchanting, or that the wonderful music gives the whole thing the feel of a quirky silent movie, but also that you can see how the show is being made right before your eyes. - The Guardian.
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What Edinburgh Schools are Doing
We will set up pages to highlight reading campaign activities in the Edinburgh schools. We welcome your pictures and reports to include on our site. And if you need inspiration about what is possible, look no further.
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Competitions
Write a The Lost Book Microstory
We want you to write the Lost Book – all we have is the first 500 words of the story. Send us your 100 word entries, and each week we’ll publish the winner online, as part of The Lost Book story.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Soundtrack Contest
Create an alternative soundtrack for The Lost Book animation - the SCO’s panel of expert judges will choose a winner by in early July 2009. More details of this competition and the prizes attached will be released soon here and at www.thelostbook.net. .
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Your Feedback to Us
Feedback (good or bad) is particularly welcome. There is a two-page education section with feedback from teachers and schools in our Kidnapped Evaluation Pack.
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Weekly Email
We will send out a weekly email to schools and interested teachers - please register with us to ensure that you receive this bulletin.
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Don't Panic!
It’s lots of information, we know... If anything isn't clear to you, or if you have any other questions or comments relating to the campaign, do not hesitate to get in touch . We will get back to you as quickly as we can.