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10 The Learning Resource Centre

Author Tanya Landman Wows on World Book Day

On Thursday, 5 of March it was World Book Day and the Learning Resource Centre was eager to celebrate.
The librarians were excited to be hosting award winning author Tanya Landman. Tanya has written murder
mysteries and dyslexia friendly books, but is best known for her Young Adult historical fiction. ‘Buffalo Soldier’

won the 2015 Carnegie Medal, and many of her other books
have been nominated for prestigious awards.
Tanya did a reading in assembly for Years 7 and 8,
emphasising the importance of reading and gaining
knowledge. After, she ran a creative workshop for KS3
students who have made good progress in the Book Voyage
Reading Challenge.
In the run up to World Book Day, the Learning Resource Centre
ran a 500 Word Short Story Competition. There were some
fantastic entries and Tanya, chose Year 8 student, Levi, as the
overall winner. Levi’s story was about a down on his luck kid
with a wild imagination, and Tanya said “It had a great sense
of voice; you can really hear the character’s personality.”
The Big Book Quiz was a very close competition. A dozen
teams took part with the winners being Elizabeth, Willow, Katie,
and Ruby in Year 10.

Triumphant Day for the Triwizard Tournament

The College celebrated the third annual Harry Potter Day on earlier this month, with
amazing events organised by Learning Resource Centre staff. This day is celebrated all
across the world for people to show their appreciation for the wonderful wizarding
world of Harry Potter. This year’s theme was the Triwizard Tournament, from Harry Pot-
ter and the Goblet of Fire.
Mrs Hull dressed as Dobby the House-Elf, while Mrs Trafford went a bit more miserable
as Moaning Myrtle, both of whom helped Harry during the tournament. Even Flossie
the Therapy Dog got involved in the day!
The raffle raised over £70 for Lumos, J.K. Rowling’s charity of choice.
There were seven winners, who won magical gifts such as a Harry Potter trivia
game, a magic wand pen with invisible ink, and Harry Potter journals.
Overall the day was a big success, made even better by the wonderful help of
the dedicated Student Librarians. For further information regarding activities
and events held in the College’s Learning Resource Centre please follow @Lr-
cIcc.

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