LRC at CCC

….Then today got even better when our Lit In Colour books arrived courtesy of Penguin Books. Thank you so much. These really are a fantastic addition to our library

What a fantastic way to brighten this dull day…a delivery of books.
Thank you so much BookTrust, these really are very much appreciated.

We're Going On A Book Hunt

Over the last year, students from every year group; but largely in Years 7, 8 & 9 have borrowed lots of library books to see them through lockdowns. We now need to have these returned, to help ensure that there are a wide selection of library books available for everyone to borrow.

I know we've probably got some Year 13s who borrowed library books back in Year 7 and are too frightened to bring them back after all this time. We may even have staff who have borrowed books over the years who feel the same .

Don't worry, we're having a books amnesty. You bring the books back ... no questions asked. We will have boxes at the entrances each morning that you can drop the books into. Alternatively give them to your form tutor and I'll collect them from the classrooms each day

Many Thanks for your help Mrs Keenan

Whilst we can’t access books from the LRC why not look at North Tyneside Libraries BorrowBox for eBooks. You can choose from a wide variety of titles, then you can read on your device.

If you are in Year 7 or Year 8 we will be finding out how to do this in your next Reading lesson

Over the next couple of weeks Year 7 & Year 8 will be registering with North Tyneside Libraries to use their BorrowBox eBook service.
This simply requires them to download the BorrowBox app which is free of charge. During their Reading lesson we will be taking them through the registration process

If any parents/carers or students from other year groups would like to also register to use BorrowBox eBook service, here are the very simple instructions of how to do this.

Thank you so much to The Siobhan Dowd Trust for awarding us a grant of £500 to be spent on new reading for pleasure books for our library. We look forward to spending this in due course with New Horizons Books our independent bookseller

Empathy Day 2020 Step into someone elses shoes to better understand their needs

Here’s a link to all things reading, writing, books and illustrating. It will be regularly updated so keep checking in.

https://padlet.com/lynnekeenan/Bookmarks

If you want to listen to some stories while you’re stuck in the house Amazon are offering these audio books for free.

Audible Stories | Audible.com Free stories for kids of all ages. Audible Stories is a free website where kids of all ages can listen to hundreds of Audible audio titles across six different languages—English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese—for free, so they can keep learning, dreaming and just being kids.

It’s incredibly sad think that a young person is bullied via social media just because of his love of books and passion for reading.
It’s not an activity that should be thought of as ‘strange’ or ‘geeky’. It’s the one thing that we all need to be able to proficiently do in order to help us succeed in school and life. Here at Churchill it’s something that we’re working hard at ensuring it’s a positive activity and our young people understand the importance of getting their reading age to or above their biological age.

It’s lovely to hear of the positivity that has quickly resulted from this story.
Continue doing what you enjoy Callum

Online surge of support for bullied book lover Callum Manning, 13, was bullied in a group chat for posting reviews of books he loved on Instagram.

Reading isn’t just a great way to relax
It’s an adventure in your arm chair