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Thank you @larkmeadschool for hosting the Abingdon Schools' Carnegie Quiz. What a pleasure it is to spend time with keen readers and fellow librarians thinking about this year's #YotoCarnegies24

Good times had at the first Abingdon Schools' Carnegie event of the year. Thank you to our hosts @EuropaSchoolUK for a fun morning of book talk! Looking forward to another season of collaboration @larkmeadschool @Fitzharrys @JohnMasonSchoo1#OurLadysAbingdon #YotoCarnegies24

A great morning competing in our regional heat of this year's National Reading Champions Quiz #NRCQuiz2024 Well done to Oxford Spires Academy Team A for making the final and SHSK Team & Team B for coming 3rd and 4th place! Thanks as always to @mrdillypresents and @Literacy_Trust

Students and staff had a great time sharing their favourite books (and fabulous costumes) in our #WorldBookDay Photobooth in the @SHSKLibrary @WorldBookDayUK

@WorldBookDayUK We have enjoyed a brilliant day of bookish mayhem!

Happy #WorldBookDay2024

Delighted to find out that SHSK has been chosen to form an official judging panel for the Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2023! Can't wait to receive the shortlisted books and other goodies! Thank you #YoungSciBooks

We love JSTOR and the interesting articles like the poignant one below that JSTOR Daily drops into our inbox. All @SHSKSchool students and staff can get JSTOR access details from the Library. The Shrines of September 11th daily.jstor.org/the-shrines-of… via @JSTOR_Daily

🎉 Congratulations to the 2023 Winners of the Yoto Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: @ManonSteffanRos Jeet Zdung, @RutaSepetys and @Joetoddstanton! #YotoCarnegies23 Read the press release: yotocarnegies.co.uk/2023-winners-a…

Carnegie Shadowing is coming to an end for another year. Students taking part in yesterday's Joint Abingdon School's Carnegie Forum at @SHSKSchool have already declared I Must Betray You by @RutaSepetysas their favourite to win the prize! Let's see what the official panel think!

Yesterday at the Joint Abingdon Schools' Carnegie Forum 5 SHSK students won prizes for their book reviews and presentations about the shortlisted books. Well done all for your thoughtful and enthusiastic participation!

So pleased to have supported Carswell Community School at the National Reading Champions Quiz 2023 finals! The team collected their trophy for winning the Oxon, Berks and Bucks regional heat and competed hard against teams from all over the UK today!

Well done to @Literacy_Trust for organising such an amazing event to celebrate children who love books #NRCQuiz2023

Our Carnegie Shadowers return from an afternoon of quizzing at Christ Church, Abingdon. A good time and outstanding book knowledge was shared with fellow Shadowers from @larkmeadschool @JohnMasonSchoo1 @Fitzharrys @EuropaSchoolUK @OLAabingdon

It's fantastic to have @EfuaTraore and pupils from Thomas Reade Primary School visiting @SHSKJuniors today!

Well done to our teams for coming 5th and 7th our regional heat!

Our Year 7 & 8 teams are having a great time competing in the National Reading Champions Quiz #NRCQ23