Wednesday 28 September 2016

MINECRAFT QUIZ

Stav challenges you to the ultimate Minecraft quiz


Rotten School

“Rotten school” is by R.L. Stine who writes the “Goosebumps” series but this is a hilarious book. It is set in a school where everybody does anything they want. Seriously!

The protagonist of the book is a guy named Bernie Bridges that lives in the school, he is a boarder. Bernie learns that a guy has a watch that has many functions and it attracts all the girls and he wants it. Is Bernie going to get this watch?

What made me laugh most, was about a competition they had for who could eat the most and a kid was sick and he threw up all the food.

I thoroughly recommend  “Rotten school” because it is a disgusting comedy, although I advise you not to read it after eating.

By Tasos

Tuesday 27 September 2016

My Great Adventure

It never rains in Greece, except when it does! Maria's camping break fell victim to one of these exceptions.


Monday 26 September 2016

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy


Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy by Francesca Simon is a comic adventure book about a boy who does all sorts of bad and nasty things. It is one of the popular series of Horrid Henry books that has been delighting children for decades.

Henry tries to trick the tooth fairy, as he wants money but he doesn’t succeed, he threatens his brother for money who has already lost a tooth, He also gets angry as his friends have lost their teeth. He then goes to a wedding and causes more trouble, he eats chocolate and his teeth begin to hurt.

This book is horribly hilarious as Henry causes a lot of problems My favourite part was when his teacher fainted because he couldn’t stand horrid Henry.
I highly recommend everyone to read this book as they will go through the world of horrible things. Also readers will have a difficult time putting this ludicrous slapstick story down.

Allstars sports Quiz

Tasos challenges you to his Allstar Sports Quiz.


Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is probably most famous for her Tracy Beaker books that were turned into children's TV series for the BBC. But, she has written so much more and even some fantastic books for boys. She began by writing crime novels for grown-ups and didn't take her A'level in English until she was 40!
She now has a library of over 15,000 books and shares her skills with would-be writers teaching creative writing at University of Roehampton.
Read Jacqueline's diary HERE.

See what the Allstars thought of "Glubbslyme" and "Starring Tracy Beaker"

Monday 19 September 2016

Roald Dahl

This year the world is celebrating Roald Dahl's 100th birthday (13th September). Celebrating? Yes, because without him we would not have Willy Wonka, BFG, Matilda, The Twits, The Fantastic Mr. Fox or so many more of our favourite characters.

But did you know that Roald Dahl's story is as interesting as any of his books?

He was a pilot in the war and he wrote the script for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and one of the James Bond movies as well as lots of books for grown-ups.
Find out more at his site HERE

Sunday 11 September 2016

Jeremy Strong

This week's featured writer is Jeremy Strong. He has become a firm favourite with Allstars and my own kids (I've read some myself, but ssshhh!). He used to be a primary school teacher but now he writes fantastic books for young readers. Read about him here and go to his site to download some of his stories. You'll laugh your socks off!
Check out his books HERE

Friday 9 September 2016

Travel: Pelion



Pelion, is a green mountain close to Volos, which is the capital of the region of Magnesia. It is located in central Greece, by the Aegean Sea. It is the best place for a peaceful weekend.


    In Pelion, you can visit museums and learn about the history of Centaurs and Theofilos. Centaurs were mythological creatures with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a horse. Theofilos, was a major folk painter of Neo-Hellenic art. He was from Lesvos, but he lived and painted in Pelion and Volos.

    Pelion is actually a large mountain with many traditional villages and exotic beaches. Makrinitsa, Milies and Tsagarada are the most traditional villages of Pelion with grey stone roofs, elegant houses and paved paths. Mylopotamos, Fakistra and Agios Ioannis are popular exotic beaches with deep blue water. Pelion is a favorite destination for all seasons of the year.

    There are many delicious restaurants with local dishes such as: " spetzofai ", shells and fish. Tsipouro is a local drink that everyone must taste and take with them, when they leave Pelion.

    A steam train, that works only on summer weekends for tourist reasons, departs from Ano Lehonia to Milies, crossing a region of extreme natural beauty.

    Whether you want to spend your time shopping or just browsing there are many small shops which sell biological products like local pasta, trahanas, hilopites, aromatic herbs such as oregano, Rosemary, sage, etc. Traditional spoon sweets and flowers like camellia, gardenia and hortensia.

    If you want to spend a few days of relaxing family vacation, drink and taste pure traditional products and swim in crystal-blue sea water, then Pelion is the ideal destination for you.

By Lydia!!!!😀⛸💎❤️

Friday 2 September 2016

Book Review: Starring Tracy Beaker


This book is called " Starring Tracy Beaker " by Jacqueline Wilson. It is set in the Dumping Ground, the orphanage where Tracy Beaker lives. It's an adventure comedy book that makes all the people laugh. Also, this book is the latest book of the popular writer Jacqueline Wilson, but is it as good as " The fourth grade nothing"?
YES, IT IS!!!!!!!

    The protagonist of the book is Tracy Beaker, a little girl that lives in a place called the Dumping Ground, an orphanage. The book is set in a small town in England. Tracy knows that she has a mother super star. But is it the truth? Tracy, does everything for her mother. Christmas is coming and Tracy wants the best presents for her mother. "A Christmas Carol" is coming on the school theatre and Tracy is Scrooge, but all her dreams begin to fade. Will she play in "A Christmas Carol"?

   This book, is the best because everybody laughs when he or she reads it.

    I recommend it to all children of all ages. You must read it. IT'S SUPER!!!
                                                                                                                               
I LOVED IT!!!

                                                                                                           
By Lydia!!!❤️❤️❤️

Thursday 1 September 2016

Alex's Super Quiz

Alex Loves Super Heroes... Who doesn't? But how much do you know about them? Up Up and away!..


George's Pokemon Quiz

George is craaazy about Pokemon. This is his Quiz,
Can you catch 'em all?

Book review: Pokemon Black and White vol. 12

Pokemon Black and White by Satoshi Yamamoto and Hidenori Kusaka is an adventure book for lovers of Pokemon manga. This book doesn't feature Ash Ketchum, it has a Pokemon trainer called Black and Black wants to catch all the Pokemon. 

This is vol. 12, it's just a part of Black and his sister White's adventure around the world catching Pokemon. In the half of the book it follows Black on his way to becoming a Pokemon master. The other half follows White to becoming a Pokemon master. My favourite character was the doctor, he had funny eyes. 

This is a fantastic book full of excitement, you should catch all the pages.

By George

Book Review: Beware! Killer Tomatoes

 Beware! Killer Tomatoes is a hilarious book by Jeremy Strong which is about a very clumsy boy, Jack. This brilliant story mostly takes place in a hospital.

 Jack is a boy who is very clumsy and now he has broken his leg. No one knows how or why he broke his leg, let’s just say that it was a tomato related accident, and THEY are after him. Jack is in a ward with two kids, Princess La La, whose real name is Kristy and Liam. Jack also meets a girl, Maisie who chooses not to speak. Jack tells Maisie exactly how he broke his leg and she decides to help him escape before THEY find him.

 This book is full of fantastic moments, my favourite being about how clumsy Jack is, for example Jack’s first big accident was when he was 5, he fell off the first floor of a building and landed on his head. He has been having accidents ever since.

 Beware! Killer Tomatoes is a book for everyone to read and is full of jokes and surprises. I recommend this book, you will be stuck on it until the very last page.

By Alex