Hull in print

Do you enjoy reading? Do you or any of your family or friends enjoy reading in strange places?
Do you read in the bath, under the bed, in a cupboard, up a tree, on the roof, in the garden shed, in the attic, or even underwater with a snorkel?
Do you read while cooking, ironing, mowing the lawn, or even while doing loop-the-loop on a rollercoaster?
To coincide with the National Year of Reading, Hull City Council is launching a photography competition for school children of all ages - to find the best photographs of them, or their family and friends, reading in the strangest of places.
"The photographs can be taken at any time, any place and anywhere, whether that's inside or out, at school, or somewhere far away on holiday," said senior librarian Jessica Leathley.
"We want to encourage children to think of imaginative ways of photographing reading in all its contexts.
"Our aim is to raise awareness of reading in general, and in particularly we want to send out the message that reading can be a great pleasure."

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The competition, being co-ordinated by Hull Libraries and the council's School Standards and Achievement Service, will be divided into four categories as follows: children aged between 4 and 5 (Foundation stage), those aged between 5 and 7 (Key Stage 1); those between 7 and 11 (Key Stage 2); those between 11 and 14 (Key Stage 3), and children aged between 14 and 16 (Key Stage 4).
The winners of each group will receive £20 vouchers, and could see their photos printed on library cards which will be used by hundreds, if not thousands of library users.
In addition, the school with the most entries (relative to its size) will receive a prize of £100.
Selected entries will also form part of a display in Hull Central Library.
It's also hoped that three entries from each category can be used to form a calendar for 2009, which schools can sell to raise school funds.
The competition closes on October 17, with judging taking place on October 28.
Entry forms are available from all Hull libraries, or by post, email or by ringing 300300.
All entries should be handed in at the entrant's school (from where they can be collected at the end of the competition).
Entries can also be emailed to Jessica.leathley@hullcc.gov.uk

Snap up the chance

To support the competition, photographic workshops will be staged during the school summer holidays in libraries and youth centres across the city.
The workshops will be a chance for children and young people to work alongside a professional photographer and learn how to set up shots.
Participants will not need to bring their own camera.

Sarah is a star

This month's front cover star is Hull College pupil Sarah Patterson (16), from The Quadrant, north Hull, who is studying for a National Diploma in Health and Social Care.
"I like biographies and I read magazines, but I definitely think I should read more," she says.
Sarah is also a young advisor for Hull City Council.
Its a role in which she helps adults in positions of authority, including police, youth workers, community leaders and other decision makers, to engage young people in community life.
"We help them to communicate with young people better because we give them a young person's view," says Sarah.


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