Here to encourage the love of reading throughout our school π π ππ½
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Yesterday we took part in a live Q&A with @Emma_J_Young, all the way from Australia. The event was organised by Libby book club for WA and was hosted by David Allan-Patale. Emma discussed her career and her latest novel, The Disorganisation of Celia Stone. #WeAreSouthShore
Celebrating the joy of reading with our Y7 parents at SSA Progress Evening ! We were able to give out free reciprocal bookmark and a number of free titles supplied by the #nationalliteracytrust ππ
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@SSABlackpool visited @palatinelibrary to take part in the Lancashire Book of the Year Awards. Our students have checked out their copies ready to read and vote on their favourites.
It's a pleasure to be invited to take part by @LancsLibraries ! @SSAEnglish
@SSABlackpool visited @palatinelibrary to take part in the Lancashire Book of the Year Awards. Our students have checked out their copies ready to read and vote on their favourites.
It's a pleasure to be invited to take part by @LancsLibraries ! @SSAEnglish
Happy May the Fourth/Star Wars Day. This marks the beginning of Sci-Fi Month, a celebration of all the Science-Fiction material that we stock here in SSA library. The Sci-Fi Book Cover Design Competition also runs all the way to Friday the 26th of May. #WeAreSouthShore
Our Y9s had a brilliant time on a Literacy and English reward trip to @edgehill. After some fascinating sessions on criminology and court room practice, we drove home with a coach full of future lawyers β¨οΈ @SSABlackpool@SSAEnglish
Our top 12 highest Achievement Point scorers in KS3 had a fantastic time on their rewards trip to @palatinelibrary for a virtual reality experience!
@SSABlackpool@SSAEnglish
Great session hosted last night to support your child reading at home.
We had
-explanations and demos of our interventions
-@Literacy_Trust provided lots of books
-the local library for signing up
-Scholastic book fair
-reciprocal reading bookmarks
-wonderful student helpers
Y9 have been exploring the concept of human rights courtesy of the @amnesty international books gifted by @Literacy_Trust ! Exciting discussions are taking place school-wide as Y9 delve into an important piece of non-fiction for young people everywhere.
#Knowledgeispower
Ready for this unbelievable line up of Speech and Language experts !! Particularly excited for @SueMarr3 's and @katiehales1 's sessions on the relationship between speech and language development and literacy π
βTeaching vocabulary is hard!β― Harder than we might first imagine.β
@ally_wren, our content specialist for literacy, introduces a new resource designed to help build vocabulary teaching into lessons.
Read more: https://t.co/jNrnh3reQI
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