Varndean Books

A Twitter account from the school library all about reading for pleasure at Varndean School. Account maintained by school librarian Ms Shanahan (she/her).

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

Arrived today! A big thank you to @jhalakprize for their #giveaway, our students are absolutely going to love this fantastic book 📚

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

So exciting!! Our students are definitely going to be watching this 🩸🔪🕵️ @HoJay92

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

Well done to all that took part! So fantastic to see so many student librarians take part ♥️

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

Fantastic performances by ALL athletes at Withdean for the Town Sports. Check out the new vests too! 🤩

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

@chrisvickwrites @BigIssue @DailyMailUK @whalesorg @thebooklender ✨

[christopher vick @chrisvickwrites]

'A beautifully written call to arms' The Guardian
One of @BigIssue and @DailyMailUK 's books of the year
GIVE AWAY for paperback launch.
3 prizes of...
Book (signed), bookmark and Adopt a Whale with @whalesorg
To enter: Follow, RT and tag a whale loving friend

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

@thebooklender @VarndeanSchool You'll be back in practice in no time!

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

@jhalakprize Amazing! Would love this for our school library.

[Jhalak Prize @jhalakprize]

#GiveawayAlert: to win a copy of the powerful, complex YA novel #WhenOurWorldsCollided by #DanielleJawando, shortlisted for the Jhalak C&YA Prize 2023, RT + reply to this tweet by noon tomorrow (UK only).

#jhalakprize23 #giveaway #JhalakShowcase #giveaway

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

The @artistshouses held on the weekend was an absolute success! It was so fantastic to have the opportunity to show off our talented art and technology students' work. As always, it was a pleasure holding it in the Reading Room 🎨❤️📚 @VarndeanSchool

[Book Clubs in Schools @Schoolbookclubs]

We're celebrating the release of the movie 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' with books and bookmarks to give away.

A funny, nostalgic, moving film that absolutely does justice to the iconic book.

To enter, follow us and retweet this tweet.

#ItsMeMargaret #TeamEnglish

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

@thebooklender @LennoxVarndean I know!! I love it too!!

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

So proud of Athina (7SNE), her fantastic design will be worn proudly! @LennoxVarndean 🤍

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

Congratulations Athina in y7 whose image was chosen as the winning design for our new student librarian badge! Meeting here with designer Shadric Toop @ToopStudio to talk over the final product before it goes to production. We look forward to our students wearing the new badges!

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

So proud of all but particularly Athina and Aya (7SNE) for their part in designing the new Librarian badges and Ethan (7NJR), Jay and Imran (7ABI) for working incredibly hard and achieving their Bronze @AccReader badges 🌟

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

#hotchocfri celebrated excellent attitudes to school life, revision & GCSEs, winning & runner up library badge designs, settling into Varndean so well, 100% attendance, working hard for bronze #varndeanreader & bronze accelerated reader and rugby success

[Tasha Harrison @DotDashTash]

It's 5 weeks till my summery teen romcom, The Thing About Lemons, is out! It's got:

🍋an embarrassed, guilt-ridden teenager
🍋a change of plans
🍋a road trip through France
🍋secrets and surprises
🍋a LOT of unexpected romance!

Available to pre-order now! #readingforpleasure

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

Just 1 month to go until our @artistshouses @FivewaysArtists exhibition!

Open Saturday 20th May only, please save the date and do pop in as part of your #fiveways trail. All welcome #AOH23 #ceramics #paintings #art

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

Congratulations to Ronan (7BWH) and Eva (7LPI), our winner and runner-up of the Book Jacket Potato Competition for #WorldBookDay2023! @RussellVarndean @TuringVarndean 💙❤️

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

A massive well done to 7CEV & 8LBU for being our top scoring forms in @AccReader this term! Mr Evans & Ms Bush are super proud. Also to 11JXC for winning the Masked Reader competition for #WorldBookDay! Big day for #TeamRed @TuringVarndean ❤️

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

So fantastic to see so many Student Librarians taking part in this incredibly important (and fun!) charity event. Well done @AngelouVarndea1

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

It was a jam packed hall for the Angelou #charity fair, raising funds for @Refugees thank you to all students taking part, lovely to see so many different ideas for #fundraising

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

Well done to Pearl (7ABI), a fantastically dedicated student librarian ⭐️ @AngelouVarndea1 💚

[Varndean School @VarndeanSchool]

Well done to our #hotchocfri nominees recognised for being fantastic student librarians, commitment & success with girl's football, improved attitude & behaviour, kindness, going above & beyond, charity work, for performing in a London show and high achievement points 🌟

[Varndean Books @VarndeanBooks]

We are so excited (and feel very special!) to have received an early copy of @DotDashTash's new book, The Thing About Lemons! It is wonderful to have local authors represented in our Reading Room 🍋