Library Learning Centre
Top 10 Books and New Books
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Top 10 Books |
New Books |
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1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Party Pooper 2. Heartstopper 5 3. Ferrari Ultimate Car 4. Aston Martin Team 5. A Good Girls Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson 6. The Ultimate Guide to Fortnight 7. D&D Dungeon Club – Roll Call 8. Girls Muddy Moody yet Magnificent – Sue Limb 9. Kirby – Charlotte Browne 10. Boy - Roald Dahl |
1. The Man Who Laughs – Victor Hugo 2. A Single Shard – Linda Sue Park 3. I Survived Hurricane Katrina – Lauren Tarshis
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Student Reviews
Book: Mirrors
"This book was simply beautiful. The wordplay, creativity, everything. The idea of mirrors being misfortune, the belief of the mirror's shattering being 7 years of bad luck. How two teenagers, alone, put in their all, for vengeance of the town. I wish it were longer, but nonetheless, I enjoyed it deeply. "
By Ollie, 8.8
Book: Libby and the Manhattan Mystery
"This was an amazing book, mysterious but fun. I want to read this book over and over again. This is the kind of things I want in my library on Sparx."
By Eva, 7.7
Clubs, Competitions and New
Club rota - Monday – Chess Club, Tuesday – Crime Solving Club & D&D, Thursday – Book Club, Friday D&D
Details of new competitions – N/A
Details of previous winners / prizes – N/A for Autumn 1
Other News –
- This week we have launched a Revision Trust Library for the Year 11 students, all of the revision guides in the trust library have been kindly donated, please use these revision aids, as needed and return to the library for someone else to use.
- In the run up to Valentines, why not try a Blind Date with a book? The LLC has a special display of gift wrapped books, check these out as usual with Miss Smith, each package contains a mystery book, a book review to tell us what you thought and a little treat for you to keep.
Bookmark competition winners!
Joint winners = Alannah 7.4 and Maja 8.5
Runner up Aleesha 9.5
Bookmark competition winning designs
Minsthorpe Miles
Y7 Students are invited to take part in the reading challenge ‘Minsthorpe Miles’. To begin your race, choose a quizzable book to read. Once complete, have a go at the 10 question, multiple choice quiz. Score 7 or more and you are in the race. The more reading and quizzes you complete, the more certificates and prizes you will receive.
There has been a great deal of engagement in Spring term 1 with many students eager to help their P&A win the ‘Easter Bunny’ Minsthorpe Miles Race.
A BIG SHOUT OUT goes to the following students for last half term:
7.1 - Spencer, Eliza, Dougie and Harry
7.4 - Bentley
7.5 - Leo, Sophie and Amelia
7.8 - Thomas
Sparks
Sparx Reader is weekly reading for home learning, due every Tuesday night and set every Wednesday morning. Students need to aim to read for approximately 30 minutes per week, to achieve a minimum of 300 points.
Here is a link to the letter sent to KS3 parents in September 2025 regarding Sparks: - Sparks Letter
Well done to all of the students who have completed SPARX Reader every week.
The current leaders of Spring 1 2026 are:
Elexus 7.2
Alfie 7.1
Roman 7.4
Michael 8.4
Kayleigh 8.5
Kaya 8.7
Daniel 9.9
Sebnem 9.10
Edward 9.10
