LuckleyHouse Library

The Official Twitter Account for Luckley House School's Library

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Yesterday saw a fantastic response to our @BloomsburyBooks Harry Potter Book Day where we had a packed Library to enjoy a quiz at morning break followed by fun Potter-inspired activities at lunchtime. Lots of magic jellybeans won!

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Our next @WBC_Libraries teen creative writing sessions are on 26/10/24. Register below:

Year 6-8 pupils, 9:45am to 11:15am - https://t.co/xGTA9IxLa1

Year 9-13 pupils, 11:45am to 1:15pm - https://t.co/y50uzuEpcr

Our topic? Freeform writing - join us to spark some story ideas!

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@FleurHitchcock @LuckleyHouse @Booktrust @SimonFoxAuthor @JessBAuthor @KimberlyWhittam @DeeBensonauthor Our pupils love your books Fleur and many have selected Murder at Snowfall as their BookBuzz choice.

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Our fabulous BookBuzz titles are in! @LuckleyHouse buys each Year 7 pupil a new book and the money goes to the @Booktrust charity - A real win-win! We are looking forward to reading their reviews in our annual House Reading Challenge which launched this week.

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Happy World Book Day (Week)! We celebrated with an author visit from Clare Rees and the popular House Reading Quiz. Year 9s were inspired by Clare to create their own fictional monsters, with spine-tingling results. The quiz was a joy to host as always. Happy reading.

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Celebrating Anti-Bullying Week 2023 at Luckley Library! All week we are promoting fiction for empathy, non-fiction for advice, and our clouds of kindness activity. Our library is a welcoming space every week and we are always here to help.

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Bookbuzz books were handed out to Year 7 pupils this week for some half-term reading. Bookbuzz happens every autumn term. The Librarian buys each year 7 pupil a book and the money goes to the BookTrust charity. It's a win-win!

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Celebrate Libraries Week and the "Go Green" theme with a daily eco question and book leaf design competition. Today's answer can be found in "This Book is Not Rubbish". Pupils are invited to visit the library every day to complete the challenge.

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His Majesty King Charles III, managed to find some time in his busy schedule, to visit year 8's library lesson📚👑😊

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We were so lucky to have author Alexandra Sheppard visit us today. Alexandra delivered some amazing writing workshops using the Greek myths as inspiration, for years 7 & 8. She also had lunch with some of our keen writers from other years. Thank you for a fabulous day Alexandra.

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Pupils are wearing something red today for #ComicRelief and the books didn't want to be left out.

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Luckley Science department delivered an amazing Science Week for pupils this week. The Library is well stocked with science books and science-themed novels, for any pupils who have been inspired.

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@CressidaCowell @LuckleyHouse @Sally_Nicholls @bookhorse @FleurHitchcock @JennyMcLachlan1 @OnjaliRauf @emily_barr I certainly shall @CressidaCowell Thank you!

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In recognition of #InternationalWomensDay yesterday we have been celebrating the work of some fine female authors this week in the library.

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We were delighted to welcome back 'Jelly' author, and our former Head of English, @ClareRees3 on Tuesday when she enthralled students with her experience of becoming a published writer as part of our events for #NationalCareersWeek2023

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Amazing creativity and support for the Literary Cake Competition today. We were treated to 17 wonderful entries! The different category winners will be announced next week.

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Mary Poppins and Miss Mcgonagall celebrated World Book Day with a House Reading Quiz. It was a close run contest and the winning House will be announced next week. Well done to all the participants!

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For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we are promoting a range of wellbeing-themed resources and activities alongside relaxing music for study, reading or reflection. Based on this year's theme of 'Let's Connect', pupils are creating paper chain displays, adding their own personal link.

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Library lessons this week highlighted Holocaust Memorial Day with fiction and non-fiction resources. Our Book of the Week was 'Once' by Morris Gleitzman. In 'Once', a child called Felix uses his imagination and storytelling, to create hope in dark times.#hmd23

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Thank you to Alex Baker @IgnitingWriting for running year 9 dystopian fiction workshops during January. We look forward to the next one in February. Pupils can show off their creativity in our writing competition, open until March 8th!