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		<title>Book Blast Online Easter Egg Hunt&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2008/02/29/book-blast-online-easter-egg-hunt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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The Easter Bunny has been very careless this year and lost 3 Easter eggs on Book Blast!! 
The eggs are identical to the ones shown above. Can you help him find them? IF YOU  FIND THEM YOU COULD WIN A GIANT EASTER EGG!!
COMPETITION INSTRUCTIONS

Look through the posts and pages on Book Blast to find the 3 lost Easter eggs. 
Write down on a [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>The Easter Bunny has been very careless this year and lost 3 Easter eggs on Book Blast!! </strong></p>
<p><strong>The eggs are identical to the ones shown above. Can you help him find them? </strong><strong>IF YOU  FIND THEM YOU COULD WIN A GIANT EASTER EGG!!</strong></p>
<p><strong>COMPETITION INSTRUCTIONS</strong></p>
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<li><strong>Look through the posts and pages on Book Blast to find the 3 lost Easter eggs. </strong></li>
<li><strong>Write down on a piece of paper exactly which post/ page you found each egg on. For example – </strong></li>
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<p><strong>1)    Category: Miss Belchers Book recommendations &#8211; My summer reads</strong></p>
<p><strong>2)   Category: Book Review – The Lost Wand</strong></p>
<p><strong>3)   Category: Interviews – Interview with Mr Single </strong><strong> </strong></p>
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<li><strong>Hand the piece of paper in to Miss Belcher in the Library making sure you have also written your name and form on it.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Correct entries will be put in a &#8216;hat&#8217; and the winner drawn on 14th March</strong></li>
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<p><strong>GOOD LUCK</strong></p>
<p><strong>Miss Belcher</strong></p>
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		<title>Short Story Competition</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2008/02/07/short-story-competition-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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 Just a quick reminder that the Book Blast Short Story Competition will close on Monday 11th February. So all you budding writers need to get thinking fast over the weekend. It would be great if more of you entered!! For details on the competition look at the link at the top of this page.
Good Luck
Miss [...]]]></description>
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<p> Just a quick reminder that the Book Blast Short Story Competition will close on Monday 11th February. So all you budding writers need to get thinking fast over the weekend. It would be great if more of you entered!! For details on the competition look at the link at the top of this page.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>Miss Belcher</p>
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		<title>Short Story Competition</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2008/01/11/short-story-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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 SHORT STORY COMPETITION!!!
This term there is a short story competition on Book Blast. All the details are on the opening page of Book Blast next to the &#8216;About us&#8217; page (at the bottom of the opening Book Blast picture). Please make sure you read this information first!
It is very simple to enter, there are 3 opening [...]]]></description>
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<p> <strong>SHORT STORY COMPETITION!!!</strong></p>
<p><strong>This term there is a short story competition on Book Blast. All the details are on the opening page of Book Blast next to the &#8216;About us&#8217; page (at the bottom of the opening Book Blast picture).</strong> <strong>Please make sure you read this information first!</strong></p>
<p>It is very simple to enter, there are 3 opening paragraphs you can choose from and they are all equally as intriguing and will get your imagination going. The winner will be able to choose a book of their choice (to keep), which the library will buy for them!! The competition closes on February 11th so get writing now and post your stories on Book Blast.</p>
<p>Miss Belcher, Ms Widdup and Mr Single</p>
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		<title>Comments</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/12/10/comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>reporterhannah</dc:creator>
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Just a little note to remind everyone that is going to post a comment to leave their first name and form, please do NOT include your surname as your comment will not be posted
Thanks
Hannah 
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<p>Just a little note to remind everyone that is going to post a comment to leave their first name and form, please do NOT include your surname as your comment will not be posted</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hannah </p>
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		<title>Competition!</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/competition/</link>
		<comments>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/12/07/competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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Hello everyone! Don&#8217;t forget to post your book reviews for the competition, in order to win a £10 Waterstones Voucher. The deadline for all entries is Friday 14th Decmeber. Don&#8217;t forget;

Put your FIRST name and form on all posts (DO NOT USE YOUR SURNAME). Entries without names will not be posted on the blog.
Use the Tips [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello everyone! Don&#8217;t forget to post your book reviews for the competition, in order to win a £10 Waterstones Voucher. The deadline for all entries is Friday 14th Decmeber. Don&#8217;t forget;</p>
<ul>
<li>Put your FIRST name and form on all posts (DO NOT USE YOUR SURNAME). Entries without names will not be posted on the blog.</li>
<li>Use the Tips to writing a good book review to help you.</li>
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<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Miss Belcher</p>
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		<title>Book Blast&#8230; Blast off!!!</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/11/22/book-blast-blast-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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Hello Dggs readers,
Thank you all for getting involved with the official launch of Book Blast this week and coming to the workshops. There has been over 100 of you that have logged on in the last 3 days, which is fantastic!! It is great to see you all using the Blog, and enjoying writing your own posts [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello Dggs readers,</p>
<p>Thank you all for getting involved with the official launch of Book Blast this week and coming to the workshops. There has been over 100 of you that have logged on in the last 3 days, which is fantastic!! It is great to see you all using the Blog, and enjoying writing your own posts and comments.</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t forget to put your first name and form on your posts and comments</strong> , as some of you are forgetting which means we cannot publish them on the Blog.</p>
<p>Carry on logging on and enjoying Book Blast. We want to continue to hear about all the wonderful books you have read, and read your poems and stories.</p>
<p> Best wishes</p>
<p>Miss Belcher</p>
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		<title>Scholastic Book Fair Extravaganza</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/10/08/scholastic-book-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big thank you to all those who got involved and helped out during the Scholastic Book Fair on 24th September &#8211; 27th October 2007. We managed to raise a staggering £1456, which is really amazing. Half of this amount will be given back to the School Library and used to buy new books.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A big thank you to all those who got involved and helped out during the Scholastic Book Fair on 24th September &#8211; 27th October 2007. We managed to raise a staggering £1456, which is really amazing. Half of this amount will be given back to the School Library and used to buy new books.</p>
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		<title>Welcome to Book Blast!</title>
		<link>http://bookblast.edublogs.org/2007/09/23/welcome-to-book-blast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>missbelcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to Book Blast! Our fun blog written by staff and student librarians at Dover Grammar School for Girls Library, all about the fantastic, wonderful world of books. Scroll through these pages to read interesting articles, incredible interviews and lively book reviews. Also pit your wits against mind boggling riddles and quizzes. We hope you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-12" href="http://bookblast.learnerblogs.org/2007/09/23/welcome-to-book-blast/dggs-badgejpg/" title="dggs-badge.jpg"><img src="http://bookblast.learnerblogs.org/files/2007/09/dggs-badge.thumbnail.jpg" alt="dggs-badge.jpg" /></a>Hello and welcome to Book Blast! Our fun blog written by staff and student librarians at <strong>Dover Grammar School for Girls </strong>Library, all about the fantastic, wonderful world of books. Scroll through these pages to read interesting articles, incredible interviews and lively book reviews. Also pit your wits against mind boggling riddles and quizzes. We hope you enjoy our site, and it inspires you to love reading as much as we do!! </p>
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