Miss Peregrine-Harry W

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a great novel and it is my favorite novel this year and probably of in my top ten of all time. I think that the class really enjoyed because of the quirky style of writing and how the book revolved around the peculiar children. If I had to label it under a genre it would probably be young-adult fantasy. It is really great that there is a sequel to this wunderbar book and I personally prefer the sequel as there is a lot more action and plot twists and it is just overall better. I think that the photographs add a lot of value to the book and the fact that there are also photos in the second book, is great. It is really clever how Ransom Riggs wrote his book around the pictures and the amount of time he must of spent searching for those old photos must have been immense.

Miss Peregrines Hugh

I think that Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children was a weak novel and I didn't really enjoy it. I definitely thought the author took the wrong perspective in the novel and I think maybe a full time duel perspective would of/be good. I also think that because I was away for a week it made me tune out of the book (I didn't like the book enough to catch-up). I think the book was little bit too off the radar for me. I would call it a comedy and an action because their were a few joke (some really bad which made them funny) in the book. The photographs are really important because they make the book sound more true. My favorite book this year was not this book, it was Genesis.

Miss Peregrine-Tim H

Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children is a fantasy/horror/comedy book about children with powers who are being hunted down by wights and hollows (monsters).
Its funny because of some of the weird powers, bees in his your stomach and the ability to revive things using the hearts of dead animals.

Miss Pedigree's home for Peculiar Kittens - Josh

Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children was a great novel. My favourite part was probably when Miss Peregrine got stuck as a falcon because she got injured. I feel like it's karma to her and the children for killing innocent Malthus. I also thoroughly enjoyed it when grandpa Portman died. I think it is some more karma for Grandpa Portman because he killed all those innocent hollowgasts on his hunting trips.

I feel that this book fits into the comedy genre because it's really funny how the author thinks that the Peculiar's are the good guys when they're  really the bad guys. I really want to read the sequel and I really hope that Dr. Golen and the wights catch the Peculiar's. I feel that the story was great but I would have prefered it if the had it from the perspective of a wight or focused the book on Peculiar Kittens. Below is a Miss Pedigree's home for Peculiar Kittens title page and I think it would be a great third book in the Miss Peregrine series.

Wights Are People Too- Jesse

I think that Miss Peregrine's is a great book, but it has completely the wrong perspective. The poor wights and hollows have to go hungry every night because the evil peculiars won't  let themselves get eaten. It's really sad and I died a bit inside when Draco Malfus died. The author edited it out but his last words were "My father will hear about this!"

RIP Draco Malfus

I've already read the sequel and it was really good too, but again, the completely wrong perspective.

Hollow City is just a nice little retirement village for wights and hollows until it got ransacked by evil peculiars. I really hope they both get adapted into films and that the director gets the right perspective.

I hope it isn't Michael Bay though...

Miss Peregrine - Callum H

I have really enjoyed hearing Miss Peregrine's. I think it is a great book and in a few years (or one) I might read it again. I've just started the second one and have found out that you pick up so much more when you see it for yourself. I think it has been the best novel of my two years in 7/8T.

Miss Perry Green's Retirement Village For Normal Elderly - William

I was left wondering at the end of Miss Perry Green's Retirement Village For Normal Elderly, what if she ran a home for peculiar children rather than a retirement village? What if there was a child who could spray fire from her hands? What if someone had bees in their stomach in this book. It would be a great change and I would really enjoy it.

Miss Peregrine Toby C

I liked this book a lot even though I missed little parts of it. I like the way that they used the old pictures in the book and they were really interesting and in the end it was a great book.

Miss Peregrine-Max

It is A sort of Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, and a bunch of small ones. It's very unique. I think it's good we know that there is a sequel because otherwise we would have lost most of the value of the book with the dull ending. I think that the photographs are good but aren't completely necessary. I think this should be made into a film but it needs a special type of film like a sort of slideshow story. My top three would be: Genesis, Miss Peregrine's and Animal Farm.

Peregrine~Sam

Mrs. Peregrine is an exciting cliffhanger. If I could be one of the characters I would be Bromwyn because she is strong and I want to be able to carry anything easily. I am probably going to buy the second book in the holidays that is how good it is and I will recommend it to my family.

Miss Peregrine - The Wight Knight (Ben S)

"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a fantastic novel. I especially love the Wight part,"
-Wight Times

"I dislike the fact that the poor Hollowgast was destroyed by Jacob. Over all, I like the book. Especially the fact they tell the reader, who may or may not be a Wight, or Hollowgast, can find them and the loop. Mwhahahaha!! - Hollowgast Intelligence - Research division

"I really am a strong advocate of the Hollowgasts' plan to become immortal. A shame they can't be sane while being immortal. At the same time, I think that being immortal is against the laws of nature. I honestly doubt that humanity could cope with ANY immortal being. They would become jealous, and jealousy is what destroys everything." - The Great Alchemist

Miss Peregrine- Theo

I have really enjoyed Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. I have found that it is quite an involving book and that we were always wanting to see what happened next. I think it is very obvious there is a sequel even if you didn't know that there actually was. I think the photographs make the book very unique and they shape the story. I think listening to books in the classroom opens us up to a world of literature that we wouldn't have of looking at before.

Miss Perigrene's Home for Peculiar Children- Noah

Miss Perigrene's was a great book to read. It didn't get boring, the plot was always there never fading and there was always something or someone new that would surprise you. Miss Perigrene's Homefor Peculiar Children was a great and interesting book that I want to read again and pick up all the things I missed. I'm looking forward to reading the second book and see what it has in store for me. The whole white thing with the bus driver and Jacob's psychiatrist was quite good I didn't expect it. I thought it was a great little book to read.

OH THE TRAGEDY - CALLUM B

Originally, I loved 'Ms Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'. It was a really exciting book and had a little bit of everything for everyone.

HOWEVER....

When Malfus died, my bitter tears poured down my crumpled-in-sorrow face like a waterfall. Oh, and how I cried! My sorrow was great and plentiful, and I originally considered burning the evil book, but my tears kept putting out the DAMN MATCH.

RIP Malfus.

What an evil book.

Miss Peregrine- Nicholas

Yes Andrew T you have read to us some quality children's literature. I personally don't think there is a surge of good books, its just the rate you find classics, well known books or hidden treasures. We all like Miss Peregrines because it is quite different to other books we have read and I think it is so off the beaton track that our ears like to hear new sounds. I really like the plot. I'd say its probably a sci-fi fantasy adventure book. I like to know that there is a sequel as I will probably read it after I have finished the Tommorrow series by John Marsden. The photographs add a lot of value but also the power of imagination may be taken away slightly but overall the photographs are cleverly chosen and add a '6th Sense' to the book. I think it would be an amazing film but I'm not sure it would appeal to a wider audience. My favourite class novels are Private Peaceful, Animal Farm and Miss Peregrines. I think it is good Andrew T takes the time to read to us I think it is important to relax, imagine, draw and enjoy.

Nicholas

Miss Perigrene - Jim

I think one of the reasons the book is so popular is because it has a little bit of everything. It's adventure, mystery, action and drama. The photos are incredibly important to the story because that is what the story is based around and without them the story would be completely different. I think this story would be fantastic for a movie adaption, even though it has the visual aspect of the photos, with the visual effects of today it would be amazing. I think that reading a class novel adds a lot of value as it actually gets people into reading different types of books on different topics and in a way it connects the class rather than everyone doing their own thing.

Miss Peregrine - ANDREW

Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children is THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ (even though it's Mr. Tait who's reading it. What i like in a book is lots of suspense and adventure, and miss peregrines home for peculiar children has lots of both. i think the book is all genres, adventure, romance (a bit!) action, comedy (not so much) and many other genres.
As ive said, the top book that we've read this year is... miss peregrines. The next would be genesis and lastly the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime .

MALTHUS IS DEAD :(= George

Miss Peregrines is a really good book. I personally think it is tied with animal farm as my favourite class novel of the year. It has great characters and a really good plot. I think it could be done without the photos but it wouldn't have been as powerful. I really liked Malthus and I was sad when he died but it was a hilarious part of the novel. my favourite character is Enoch as his ability is cool. R.I.P Malthus, You shall be missed

Peculiar children-Gus M

Man, we've finally finished MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN. Well I have.  But it's still a great story, even though it had lots of bad language. I think I shall read the whole series. I think it is clever that a lot of athours use real life events in their stories.

Miss Peregrines - Toby M

Why is Miss Peregrine Miss peregrine. She's about 150-something years old, and don't you think she should be married. Another issue is the fact that at the end of the book, everyone dies. I think it is really unfair on Yacob as everything is going wrong for him. Now that I've let out all of the negative thoughts out I'll be positive. The book has a really good plot, and the characters are described really well. The fact that the Hollowghast gets killed by Jacob is really sad as he was an awesome character and he never meant no harm. I really like everyone's abilities and if I could pick one I would choose Emma's, no towels ever needed. I think it's sad that in the end everyone dies(except the Wights and Hollowghasts).

Home for Pecular Children-Luke

I think we have been privileged to read 5-6 very very good novels and a couple of short stories. I think it is very good to have a book listened to once in a while. But you should always read the book after so you pick up all the little things. And if you read it afterwards you can put it on your booklog but if you haven't read it after or before you can't do that.

Miss Peregrine's- Will S

I feel that this class novel has been one of my favourite books I have ever read like a lot of the books we have read I wuld have never chosen it myself but now that it has been read to me I want to read the rest of the series.
One thing I have loved about this book is the fact that something is always happening and there is never a dull moment which I find can happen in some really good books and I know that that takes a lot of work so hats of Ransom Riggs, I also think that this book has made me want to read the other one and it has made my top two books of the year the other one is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
Thanks Mr Tait

Miss Peregrine - Henry C

This is by far the best book that has been read in 7/8T this year. Last year Ender's Game was the best so there is still a bit of a struggle between them both. This has been a really good book because it's one of those books that we would like to read ourselves. I know that Mr Tait wants to read us books that are a bit "off the radar" but sometimes you sometimes it goes a bit far off the radar. So I think k in years to come you should cut out some of the other books we read and add a few more like Ender's Game and Miss Peregrine's House for Peculiar Children. Maybe even in 2016 or something you could read book number one and two in the series.

Miss Peregrine - Mr T

Good afternoon boys.  Last night I got to thinking about our class book list for this year.  I may be wrong but I think you have been privileged to share 5-6 very very good novels and a couple of short stories.   There seems to be an unstoppable surge in good children's literature at the moment. Our current novel (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) seems to be creating a bit of a storm in the classroom.  Why is that?  What sort of book is it?  What genre does it fit into (if any)?  What is the power of knowing their is a sequel?  How important are the photographs?  We have talked about transition from book to film.  Is this book begging for a film adaptation?  Why?  A big picture question:  What is your favourite class novel this year (or top three if that is too hard)?  And lastly, why do you think it is important just to be able to listen to a story in a classroom.  What value does it add?

Prødüçtïøñ - andrew

Our house just had its first full run through, and I thought that it went quite  well for a first run through.  I haven't got an acting role but Im in the dance and the marching. it is very exiting to be in the first production of the centennial hall and I cant wait to see the temporary stage. if I could change something  about the production it would be to have more time to prepare. I think we have prodution at wellesley because it is a chance for us boys to act on stage even if we don't want to.

Production - Henry C

It's this time of the year again... Production for me isn't the best thing in the world. I don't think there is any particular good thing about production. It doesn't really light the fire. For production our group is pretty good. Our skit is decent and we have included quite a lot of people. Wellingtons production will definitely be the best part of the production way better than everyone else's ;) The theme for this years production was quite hard to work with I think but we made it into something pretty good.

Production - Jim

I think that production is going well although we probably have to go faster if we want to get done in time. I am putting my acting on the table as a 1914 teacher with a cunning british accent (as cunning as a fox who has just been appointed proffesser of cunning at oxford university). I'm also helping out a little with the script. I think it will be different in centenial hall but sorting out the stage could be awkward. I think my house needs to concerntrate more and really nail it.

Production-Gus M

Yayyyy!! I have a role in the Production. Yes, that's right, i'm the radio anouncer. my last production was when I was in year five when we did the lemonade kid. It ate up a lot of time, but we did it. unfortunately after weeks of practicing the songs and marching round the stage, I ended being sick on the day of the production. But I've already got sick this year and I've got a role to play, and I'm doing it with a British accent. It's pretty good, right?

Production - Callum B

I think that Croydon's production is going really well, but it is a tiny wee bit stressful, as I would have liked more time for Independent Study or my own stuff and hobbies...

I think that I've been cast to play the main character's mum, and I can do an OK girl voice, but I think its going to be fun!

Production - Ben

I think that our prep is chugging along at a decent pace. Marlbrough (i'm not sure about the other houses) have their structure complete so we have two weeks to fill in the blanks. To be honest i'm not "excited" to be performing in the new hall, i would have the exact same enthusiasm if we were doing it in the old hall. If anything i feel anxious because we have never done a production with a hall as big as our new one.

Our house has been cursed with the difficult props curse. We have multiple very complicated props to build in a very short time, plus most of these props are still idea's and nothing more. To be honest I always prefered the "whole school" productions. Since my arrival at the school I have participated in four different school productions, three of them being "whole school" productions and I have enjoyed them more then the "seperate year group" productions.

Production-Harry W

I have been hearing a lot of talk going around the houses about how under the pump they are while I think Mr Parkes is under the pump deciding everybody's roles I do think we are not behind at all. It felt the like we were really behind at the start of the term but we have definitely made up time. I still have no idea what Selwyn or Wellington is doing for their show but I know our (Croydon's) production is quite a lot different from Malborough's. When I got one of the main roles in the year six production, two years ago, I was overjoyed but this year it is a lot different as I am now the one writing the script but I think it will be a great experience for everyone.

Productionne- Theo

Two weeks and we're performing! Time does fly. I think preparation for Marlborough house is going well and I'm excited to be performing in the new hall and hopefully I will be playing the role of Kim Dotcom. I think for Marlborough house there should be a few more speaking roles.

Either way I'm looking forward to it!

Semi-Pro Duction ~ William

In my belief, the production should be a whole school production as it was in 2010 and earlier rather than split into houses and only in the senior school. Weltasia (2010) was an amazing production and EVERYONE in the school did something, same with Heroes (2008). This year and 2012 I don't believe will have anywhere near as much "X Factor" as previous years. I also believe there shall not be as much sing and dance as I am not a huge fan of this. I love watching humorous plays and productions rather than dancing and singing to a song I don't even really like. This year I believe there are not enough roles and everyone should have at least one sentence! At least 80% of Marlborough have nothing to do and are just sitting down until the dance at the end. For us there is no point whatsoever to even come to the practices and really the time spent sitting on the floor watching people practice the script could be spent on the big bad dirty Independent Study

~ This was a Blog Post and I am William ~

Production-Toby C

I love doing production because it give some boys that like acting to perform infront of a crowd. For the senior production we have split up into houses and that's all I am going to say. I like performing infront of a crowd so I am looking ford to it.

Production- Nicholas

I think our production is going along okay but we need to push on. I bring creative ideas, laughter and pasta to the table. I am pretty exited about the production in the hall but the exitment has died down and now the great centennial hall becomes part of school routine. I think the main challenge our house faces is starting practise, it would be good if we could start early so we are well prepared.

If I could change three things about the production they would be:

1. Getting more speaking roles for the boys who want them.
2. The 'run throughs' as I think if we did less we could make the ones we do entertaining and better.
3. The pods for the 2114 boys I think it should be beanbags, sleeping bags and onesies.

Nicholas

The Horrors of the PRODUCTION - Ben S

I really don't like production. I don't mind bringing ideas to the table, but performing in front of other can be challenging. I think this year will be different, though. We have worked really hard on the script, and I think that we can easily tailor the script to suit the actors needs. We have started to audition for the roles and I'm sure the other houses will be doing the same. Production kind of reminds me of the formitable I.S, it starts off slow, then slowly picks up speed, and in the finally weeks its going three hundred miles and hour.

Production (sucks)-Max

Our script is coming together well, and so far is looking good. All I have brought to the table is the main idea of the Marlborough section (the three classrooms) but it has developed and changed. I'm not very excited as I have no "passion for the limelight" as my mum calls it, in fact the complete opposite. Some challenges my house are facing are: Restlessness, talking and procrastination. I think we have a production to give some boys an opportunity to express themselves artistically instead of academically.

PWODUKSHIN=JORGE

The preparation for the Croydon house production is going well and we have all got speaking roles! Personally I am bringing a packet of Doritos to the table. I am not there as i am on holiday so i am trying to help out quite a bit with everything else. I don't think we are really having that many problems but some may pop up later. I agree with Callum because this week it has just been Production production production and seeing as it was tryouts and I wasn't able to do anything i found it extremely boring. I think that we do a production at Wellesley because it is important to get that sort of experience for later in life.

Production- Jesse

I think Marlborough is doing OK at the moment, there are a couple of areas we could improve upon, maybe go a bit faster, but from what I've heard from other houses, we're doing pretty well on time. I like how, with my piano playing, I can bring something to the 'Marlborough Table' and I am really looking forward to the big nights.

I think we have a Production at Wellesley, for the same reason most schools have productions. It helps bring everyone together, everyone gets involved, even if only a few people have big parts. And I think its really good for people who might want to take subjects like Drama and Design for college, it's definitely a good starting point.

Production - Toby M

I'm really looking forward to production day. I haven't been in a production yet, even though I've been here since 2011. It would be good if each house had more time to perform but not drag, on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on, and so on. I think Wellington's production is progressing quite well and we only need to learn it off by heart. In conclusion I am looking forward to it and am enjoying it.

Production-Luke

I think that our production is going well. The only problem is none of the other boys are writing anything. It's good to think that I've written a fifth of the welling\ton production.My only concern is what were going to wear. We know what where going to wear but we don't know how to get hold of the costumes. Over all our house is zooming along and all we have to do now is practise.

Production-Will S

At the moment I am very happy with the way Selwyn is working at the moment and I feel that we are going to be one of the stand out houses. If I could I would love to change the fact that the teachers gave us the topic that we had to base our skit on.
I feel that at Wellesley we have a production for a few reasons but one of the ones that all us boys love is the fact that we get to show off some of our different strengths and it really is a great way for some of the boys at the school to be themselves without being awkward.

Production - Callum H

I find that production is sometimes fun but most of the time extremely annoying. It's not that I don't enjoy doing production but I find that all I want to do is indepent study, indpendant study and more independant study. I find that production is just a nothing thing to freak us boys out about getting our booklet on the shelf.

Production - Mr T

Good morning boys.  In week nine you will be performing in our new hall.  How do you think the preparation is going?  What are you 'bringing to the table'?  How excited are you about being part of the first ever major production in the new Centennial Hall?  What challenges is your house facing?  If you could change three things about our school production then what would they be?  Why do you think we have a production at Wellesley?

Debating-Will S

I feel the debating day was a awesome fun event that has inspired me to possibly take up en I am at college, it was also a very good way for me to practise for speech. The highlight of it was the fact that  my team won.