One of our avid Year 8 readers told me about this the other day so I dutifully bought and read it over the weekend. The things we do!
It continues the story which ended on the VERY LAST PAGE CLIFFHANGER of Six Ancient Stones featuring Jack West and concerns the discovery of the Pillars which [...]
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It has been some time since I have posted on this site. Why? Blame my new iPod Touch which has meant that I am now watching vodcasts instead of reading (sometimes) and checking out apps for use in school. You can read about this here, on another site I have set up to discuss ICTs. [...]
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A recent browse through the SLAV Bright Ideas site got me thinking once more about library home pages. They should be more than just a page of policies and opening hours, though these things have their place, too. If we are serious about organising information and helping people to find their way through a variety [...]
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We have a collection of teacher reference which is housed in the library itself, like most, I suspect. There are also small satellite collections out in the faculty areas and I am not too concerned about them (yet!). What worries me is the useful titles we have on hand which are not looked at as [...]
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In the next few days, I will be making some changes to this site. Mainly, I am going to alter the theme so that the RSS link is not at the bottom of the page but closer to the top so visitors can subscribe easier. Whether they do or not remains to be seen!
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Where have they been? On holidays, along with many of our students and staff! The first few days back are always busy as piles of mags and novels, mainly, come back home. It is a great time to talk to the kids and staff about what they read and what they enjoyed.
One staff member stands [...]
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Phillip Gwynne is the award-winning author of such books as Deadly Unna? and this is his latest. Like Deadly Unna?, it deals with a male teenager who has to find himself and come to terms with issues of family and love. There is no race discourse in Swerve and it seems to be less complex [...]
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