Our librarian Amy McKay and assistant librarian Christina Mangin have been selected as judges for a writing competition being run on Chris Evans’ BBC Radio 2 breakfast show.

Teachers and librarians nationwide were invited to apply to judge this year’s ‘500 Words’ competition.

Entries into the competition are separated into those written by 10 to 13 year olds and those written by children aged nine years and under.

Amy and Christina are currently reading through and judging a number of stories written by students aged between 10 and 13 years.

Around 15 CBA students have also been getting involved with the competition by submitting their own 500 word story.

Amy said: “We’re really excited to be judges, it’s good to be involved because it’s such a big, national competition.”