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2021-2022 BOOK LOANS We issued a whopping 19,019 book loans last year. It is so nice seeing the LRC busy again with happy readers. #ThoseWhoReadSucceed #LoveReading #ReadingSchool @SaintWilfrids

Happy #WorldBookDay! 🎉📚 We inspire children and young people to read for fun, because it makes a serious difference to their lives. Show us how you #ReadYourWay and stay tuned for a day full of fun! ✨

Happy World Book Day! We are celebrating all day in the library today with competitions including guess which bookshelf belongs to which staff member, bookmark decorating, book reviews and a special competition from English - match the teacher to the Macbeth character!

Exciting News! Our annual Book Fair is back from 13th - 20th November at the LRC! Students can explore a wide range of books and stock up on all the stationery essentials. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to support literacy and discover new reads! See you there!

LRC CLOSURES THIS WEEK Please note that the LRC will be closed after school on Tuesday 16th July (other than to return iPads) and on Friday 19th July.

The book fair will also be open during Year 7 parents evening, so parents and students are able to come and browse/purchase then! We hope to see you there.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be arriving to the LRC on Weds 20th March until Weds 27th March! It will be open every break and lunch for students to buy books/stationary. Parents can purchase vouchers in advance here bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-voucher but cash will be accepted on the day.

Congratulations to Summer in year 7 and Erin in year 8 for winning our World Book Day book cover competition! #WorldBookDay2024

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT 2024 Our Harry Potter event was as epic as ever, with lots of wizarding world activities and Potter-themed challenges for our students. Full write up and more photos can be found on our website. saintwilfrids.co.uk/news/harry-pot… #harrypotterbooknight

NEW BOOKS! Over the next few weeks, we have lots of new books going on to the LRC shelves, starting with football and humour. Keep an eye out for these series: - Tom Gates - Captain Underpants - From Playground to Pitch - Football Superstar - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING - THIS THURSDAY! Reminder that Sixth Form Open Evening is this Thursday 2nd November. Join us from 5-7pm and hear why St Wilfrid's Sixth Form is your best next step! FREE pizza for our Y11 students in the NCR - for those staying through for the event.

VACANCY - LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE MANAGER We're looking for a highly effective Librarian to manage our digital and tangible resources and whose passion for reading will inspire our students. Please tag/share with anyone you know who may be interested! saintwilfrids.co.uk/vacancies

ACCELERATED READER Congratulations to Truro for once again coming top on the @AccReader 100% @stwHOUSESYSTEM leader board this summer term. @SaintWilfrids The totals will be set back to zero after the summer break. Well done everyone.

Congratulations to Luke for raising £64 for #Readathon and raising the most money. Thank you to everyone who took part, we raised a total of £334.70 which is amazing and will make a huge difference to the charity @ReadforGoodUK @SaintWilfrids

Another wonderful addition of @WRDmag has arrived. The students love reading these magazines all about books!

HOUSE SPORTS DAY 2023 We've had an incredible day over at Witton Park Athletics track for our annual House Sports Day. Even with the earlier rain, we saw a fantastic array of talent and sportsmanship on display. Well done to Exeter for winning the overall event on the day! 💛

BOOK CLUB AWARDS Congratulations to 3 students in KS3 book club for winning awards for their fabulous baking skills in the Book Club Bake Off or for making a difference, gaining confidence and wonderful participation. #welldone #congratulations @SaintWilfrids #reading

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR WEEK Incredible day celebrating our diverse community - with students expressing themselves through clothing, Luca bringing in authentic items from Mozambique in Geography, and the Salam Project giving sessions on celebrating diversity!

KOREAN TASTER SESSIONS We recently had Mrs J Lee from @UCLan join us to deliver Korean taster sessions for some of our Y8-10 students. They learned about South Korea, how to write and speak a few sentences in Korean, and even got to try on some traditional Korean clothing!

BOLTON BOOK AWARDS KS3 Book Club had a wonderful time @BoltonSch for the #BCFA2023 yesterday. They were thrilled to meet @JenniferKillick and that she was the overall winner for her book #Dreadwood A great event as always, thank you.

Y6 INDUCTION EVENING It was so good welcoming half of our new Year 7 intake to the Academy last night. We can't wait to see the rest of you tonight (Doors open at 5pm) and are excited to get you all together for the Transition Days in July.