Welcome to another edition of LRConnect full of everything bookish from themed recommended reads, staff picks, competitions, news and events that have taken place in the LRC. We hope you enjoy this special edition.
AWESOME LEARNPATH GUIDES
We have created a number of different LearnPath Guides on Oliver: Research skills, Year 7 to Sixth Form subject guides, books and reading resources, how to guides, competitions/games. Each of these LearnPath guides offers helpful, at-a-glance access to a wide range of interactive resources and content supporting that particular subject or area of interest.
Easily
accessible – Reading Lists
To help students find books with specific genres and themes, we have compiled a series of book lists in the Reading Lists section. Here, books are grouped under
themes and you will find recommended reading lists. From best football books of all time to LGBTQ+ reads, bibliotherapy books to hot summer reads there is something for everyone.
Oliver V5 : The Library at your fingertips
The NEW Library Catalogue helps you to search for books, e-books, websites, databases and more. It can be used anytime, anywhere and on any device. Logging onto Oliver V5 is very easy.
From the Schoogle homepage click on the Oliver icon. You do not need a password or your library borrowing ID to use Oliver, it will automatically log you in.
Amazing features of Oliver
+ Renew and reserve online
+ Write book reviews
+ One search which allows you to search across the catalogue and websites all in a single click.
+ Specific LearnPath Guides offering resources suiting your needs.
+ Easy-to-use library catalogue offers you a comprehensive range of services, allowing you to browse and explore the library catalogue, to reserve, renew and review books, and to create your own reading ‘wish list’.
+ It is up-to-date with the latest library information and news, book recommendations, reviews, interactive games, reading lists and much more.
NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY FUN FACT... READ 20 MINUTES A DAY, AND YOU’LL READ 1,800,000 WORDS PER YEAR. ISSUE 8 | MARCH 2023
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Spring into a good book
Spring is the season of rebirth, fresh starts, and a reprieve from cold weather, and these best books for Spring are bound to make you feel renewed.
What Should I Read Next?
Stuck for what to read next? Read all your favourite author’s books twice? Fear not, help is at hand. Visit the websites below for tips and suggestions based on your reading tastes and preferences.
itcher.com
Find books, authors, movies, TV shows and games based on your favourites. Sign in to develop a recommendation engine based on your tastes. Brilliant! childrensbooksequels.co.uk
Children’s Book Sequels. Searchable database of sequels and books in a series.
readersadvice.com
What’s the Next Book in the Series? ww2.kdl.org
What’s Next Another great searchable “What’s Next” in the series tool. bookseriesinorder.com
Books-in-order Searchable database of book series, including their reading order. Very comprehensive!
allreaders.com
All Readers Superb site that searches based on plot, setting, character, and writing style.
whatshouldireadnext.com
whichbook.net
literature-map.com
ipl.org/div/graphicnovels
My Funny Valentine graphic novels
Death Note series
When Light Yagami discovers a strange notebook called the ‘death note’ he discovers that he has inherited the power to kill people simply by writing their name within its covers and sets about ridding the world from evil. When an International Police Organisation agent known as ‘L’ finds out about Light’s work he seeks to find and destroy him, beginning a deadly rivalry.
NEW IN!
AUTHOR VISITS…
Lou Abercrombie Matt Dickinson
What a fantastic event! All students were thoroughly engrossed within the first few minutes.
Lou gave a fantastic presentation throughout the day to all Year 6s, 7s, 8s and we should be proud of them! They asked some fantastic questions, were so engaged that when a member of staff came in to Gore, she said you could have heard a pin drop!
Lou even met our Library ambassadors who asked some amazing questions about her inspirations behind her stories.
On Tuesday 28 February, Senior and Junior school students were visited by the award-winning author, director and explorer Matt Dickinson who gave three fantastic talks to the whole of the Junior school, Year 9 and Year 10.
As an award-winning film-maker and writer, he has lived a life full of adventure, surviving an avalanche and killer storms! Matt writes books to inspire a whole new generation of climbers and explorers; we’re very glad to say he also inspires readers and reading. Matt’s visit was a real treat for students and staff alike.
PAGE TO SCREEN
You’ve watched the movie… now read the book. Let us know which you find better!
Carl Sagan
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“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
World Book Day
A fabulous week is planned to celebrate World Book Day.
n Throughout the week a fun competition will be run where the students have to guess the staff member covered by a book or figure out who was reading a short extract from a book with bonus points for recognising the title. The winner will receive a book-themed prize.
n Book-themed Decorated Door Competition where forms are invited to decorate their classroom door.
n Junior School will have a Book Fair where students will have the opportunity to purchase wonderful books.
n Award-winning author, director and explorer Matt Dickinson will be visiting giving talks to Years 9 and 10.
n On the day there will be a number of activities from creating corner book marks, a treasure hunt, to The Great Big Footy & Booky Quiz
cOMPETITIONS... Featured Book
WHICH WAY TO ANYWHERE
by Cressida Cowell
Newsletter Cover Art Contest
Calling all artists! We are looking for a creative reading themed banner for our next newsletter, submit your artwork to be featured on our April newsletter cover!
Into film competition
Review a film in 100 words or less. Send entries to stenniswood@hymers.org with name and tutor group. Amazon vouchers up for grabs!
K2 O’Hero is a seemingly ordinary boy - after all, he and his twin sister Izzabird have been sworn to keep their family’s magical history a secret. Not even their infuriating stepsiblings, Theo and Mabel, know that magic exists. When their baby sister Annipeck is kidnapped, the warring stepsiblings will have to use K2’s gift to find a crossing point into one of those worlds and embark on a daring rescue mission. With a terrible beast and a petrifying robot assassin in their way, they must learn to work together quickly - because the future of their family is at stake...
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“ There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
