DC pupils triumph at the Trinity Schools Book Award (TSBA) Ceremony writes Ms O ’ Connor
The TSBA is a nationwide book award organised by librarians, in which the winning books are selected by pupil vote. The Book Award Shadowing Club members have been reading and discussing the shortlisted titles over the past two terms, as well as working on their pupil response competition entries - creative projects and book reviews responding to the TSBA titles. Ten Lower School pupils travelled to Latymer Upper School for the Awards Ceremony in April. Pupils eagerly awaited the results of the pupil response competition and were overjoyed with the results. In the book review category, Michael Suen - Sokiri (Y7) earned joint 2nd prize for his review of Fish Boy by Chloe Daykin, and Mark Gill (Y8) earned joint 3rd prize for his review of Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin. In the creative response category, Mark Gill and Jake Thurgood in Year 8 claimed first prize for their large - scale wire, plaster, and paper model of a shikigami, the magical origami creatures from Rebel Skies , which was constructed using pages from the book itself. After the ceremony, pupils had an exciting opportunity to meet the shortlisted authors, get their books signed, and browse the pop - up gallery of pupil response competition entries. Mark Gill adds: The 2024 TSBA trip was incredible, with awards, snacks, and fun all around! The trip started with the army assembled outside the main reception at 3:15, before we marched across trains to Latymer Upper School. At 5:00, we were sitting down as the presentation started. People were cheering for the authors, but one author was the clear favourite, so it was pretty unsurprising when Ann Sei Lin won the TSBA competition for her book Rebel Skies. As the book reviews and creative responses awards were read out, anticipation grew. There were several incredible entries for creative responses, including a dress made for The Girl from the Sea , and an incredible knitted scarf for The King of the Dragonflies (which the members of the knitting club loved), but when it came down to it, the two winning entries were a box showing a wave with an AI David Attenborough voiceover, and the other winning entry being a giant sculpture of a
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