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News and updates from Tormead Senior School Library

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Congratulations to our Lower Sixth finalists who took part in this year's Symposium event, this year with invited speakers from RGS Guildford, giving fascinating talks on a variety of topics ranging from medieval history to theoretical physics.

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At our final Book Club meeting of this year, we enjoyed cakes and bakes on a literary theme! Have a good summer everyone!

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Find out more about the history of the Pride movement in these books in the library for #PrideMonth

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We were thrilled by a visit from author Ross Welford yesterday who entertained pupils from Yr 4 to Yr 7 with his talk about the magic of reading, throwing in some dazzling magic tricks as well as a thoughtful presentation about how creative writing works. Thank you @rosswelford!

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Looking forward to our Parents' Book Group meeting this evening, when we will be discussing The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn and The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes @jenlynnbarnes

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Congratulations to Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock for winning this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!

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Congratulations to the creators of this year's titles in the Yoto Carnegie Medal shortlists!

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📢 Drumroll, please! 🥁 We are thrilled to unveil the much-anticipated shortlists for the #YotoCarnegies24! 📚🌟 Congratulations to all the incredible authors and illustrators who made it in to this esteemed lineup.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/ndzBvpjZ9Z

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Year 7, 8 & 9 pupils enjoyed exploring our collection of library books from a variety of cultures during Languages Week. @TormeadMFL

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Royal Society Young People's Book Prize - And this was our favourite!
#YoungSciBooks

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Deadly and Dangerous Animals: "Full of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations"
Live Like a Hunter Gatherer: "I loved the images and the different topics, and the map showing where stone-age tribes were based"
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Bodies, Brains & Bogies: "Easy to read, funny and interesting pictures, and a great quiz on p 110"
Germs: "Interactive, informative and colourful, with facts hiding behind every flap"
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A Bug's World: "Really entertaining with some painstaking illustrations and fascinating facts"
Am I made of Stardust? - "Colourful and appealing whilst still informing the reader with scientific information about our universe" #YoungSciBooks

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Our Year 7-9 Book Clubbers gave some fantastic presentations about this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize shortlisted books - their comments to follow... #YoungSciBooks

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This term, our Book Clubs are focusing on a different genre each week. Last week was Murder mysteries and this week we have been looking at how to draw Manga:

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With our pastoral focus this term on physical and mental health, you might like to find out more about how a good night's sleep can impact both - and how to achieve it!

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Our Book of the Month has just become @Waterstones #BookOfTheYear ! And coincidentally, here's today's Library Quiz Question:

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Our Book Clubs have been making Advent Story Calendars this week.

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Our "12 Days of Christmas" Library Quiz starts today. Collect an entry form from the library desk.

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Our Book Clubs made a start on reading the shortlisted books for this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. This week we were identifying 'fascinating facts' from each book.
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Celebrate #NonfictionNovember with a look at one of our new books covering a multitude of subjects.