King’s College School pupil wins Gold in BBC 500 Words Competition
King’s College School, Cambridge, is delighted to announce that Zuren Z, Year 3, has been awarded Gold in his age category in this year’s prestigious ‘BBC 500 Words’ competition. The competition is the UK’s largest children’s writing contest, inviting children aged 5 to 11 to submit original stories of up to 500 words, to inspire creativity, imagination, and a love of storytelling.
Zuren’s outstanding entry impressed the judges; his wonderful story showcases creativity and imagination, and his achievement places him among the top storytellers of his age in the country.
As part of his prize, Zuren will receive 500 new books for his school, donated by the BBC to support and encourage reading. King’s College School has decided to share these with their partner school Park Street C of E Primary School, Cambridge.
Yvette Day, Head and Master over the Choristers at King’s College School, Cambridge, said:
“We are incredibly proud of Zuren’s achievement. His success reflects the vibrant culture of reading and storytelling that is so important at King’s. The very generous gift of 500 books will be much enjoyed by so many children.”
Sarah Hawker, Head of Park Street C of E Primary School, Cambridge, said:
“We would like to congratulate Zuren on his wonderful achievement in the BBC 500 Words Writing Competition. Very generously, Kings College School have offered to share the prize of 500 books with our school, Park Street C of E Primary School. This will give a great initial boost to our library refurbishment project, which has recently been launched.”
Zuren Z, Gold Award winner, said:
“I still can’t believe I won the 500 Words Competition! I loved writing my story, and it makes me so happy that other people enjoyed it too! It was amazing going to the awards ceremony – something I’ll never forget.”
Charlie Higson, one of the Judges of the BBC 500 Words Competition, said:
“What I look for in a story is a great idea, good characters, a strong storyline with a beginning, middle and end, and if there’s a twist at the end, even better. ‘Life on Mars’ has it all.”
King’s College School would like to thank the BBC for this extremely generous donation.