Boys into Books

The Cobblers Study Centre recently hosted a sports quiz for Years 5 & 6 pupils in Northamptonshire to celebrate the ‘Boys into Books’ initiative. The main aim of ‘Boys into Books’ is to support the reading needs of boys across the country and provide information about titles which might attract and enthuse boys about reading for pleasure. The day was held at Northampton Town Football Club in partnership with the Learning Resources for Education Northants Schools Library Service and fifteen schools from across the county took part. Tom Palmer, author of Foul Play and The Football Academy Series hosted the ‘Question of All Sports’ quiz in the Players Lounge. As well as including questions about a variety of sports, the quiz encouraged the boys who were taking part to look at a range of sports related fiction and non fiction, websites and newspapers. The quiz culminated in an exciting penalty shoot out featuring Football in the Community Scheme Manager Russell Lewis.