“CARDS AND

GIFTS ON SALE IN 1LRC

FROM MONDAY,

13TH JUNE”

SUMMER WORD SEARCH

Find and circle all of the summer words that are hidden in

the grid.

ANTS AUGUST, BARBECUE, BASEBALL, BEACH, BEES,

BICYCLE, BLUE SKY, BOATING, BREEZE, CAMPING, FISHING, FLIES, FLOWERS, GARDENING, GOLF,

GREEN GRASS, HAT, HIKING, HOLIDAYS, HOT, ICE CREAM, JUNE, JULY, MOSQUITOES, NO SCHOOL,

PICNIC, ROLLER BLADES, SANDALS, SKATEBOARD,

SOLSTICE, SPRINKLERS, SUNBURN, SUNGLASSES, SUNSCREEN, SUNSHINE,

SUNTAN, SWIMMING, WASPS, WATER FIGHTS, WATERMELON

Hi,

Welcome to the

summer 2016

edition of LRC

News. What a

great time of year

to sit out in the

sunshine and get

totally absorbed in

a good book (once

your exams are

over, of course!).

Check out some of

our great fiction

currently in stock

in our two

Learning Resource

Centres. Log onto

Eclipse, our online

library portal, to

search for your

favourite authors

or why not try out

something

different? Not

sure what you

might like? Call in

to 1LRC or 3LRC

during opening

times and I will be

happy to help you

choose.

Mrs Williams

Librarian

Issue 6

WE L C OME TO OUR S UMM ER NE WS L E TT ER

Summer 2016

1LRC Opening Times:

Mon - 08.00—17.30 hrs

Tues - Closed

Wed - 12.15- 16.30 hrs

Thurs - Closed

Fri - 08.00—16.30 hrs

3LRC - open each day

for VI Form

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

New Books 2

BBC Focus Magazine 2

Author’s Corner 2

New Careers Section 3

BBC History Mag 3

Father’s Day 4

Summer Word Search 4

LRC NEWS

L E A R N T O U S E T H E L I B R A R Y — D E W E Y C L A S S I F I C A T I O N S Y S T E M

The Dewey Decimal System ,

used in libraries throughout

the world, uses a numbering

system to help you find non-

fiction books on the shelves.

It divides books into ten

main classes, for example:

100—Philosophy and

Psychology

400—Language

500—Natural Science and

Mathematics

Additional numbers are used

to further categories books

to help you find the exact

book you are looking for, eg:

440—French; 450—Italian,

460— Spanish.

Visit 1LRC and 3LRC to get

your free copy of the Dewey

Classification Guide.

At Cate's

isolated board-

ing school,

Killer Game is

a tradition.

Only a select

few are invited

to play. They must avoid

being killed by a series of

thrilling pranks, and iden-

tify the murderer. But this

time, it's different: the

game stops feeling fake

and starts getting danger-

ous and Cate's the next

target. Can they find the

culprit ... before it's too

late? (KS3/4)

In 1998 Jeff came up with the idea for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a story about a middle-school weakling named Greg Heffley. Jeff worked on his book for almost eight years before showing it to a publisher in New York.

The first Diary of a

Wimpy Kid book was

published in 2007 and

became an instant best-

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

author Jeff Kinney

didn’t grow up want-

ing to be a children’s

author. His dream

was to become a

newspaper cartoonist,

but he wasn’t able to

get his comic strips

syndicated.

seller. Just a year later,

more than 100,000 copies

were in print in the United

States alone. With each

subsequent book, in-print

numbers continue to grow

exponentially both in the

U.S. and abroad. The ninth

book, Diary of a Wimpy

Kid: The Long Haul, sold

more than 2 million copies

in all formats around the

world in its first week.

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B B C F O C U S M A G A Z I N E - N E W F O R V I F O R M S T U D E N T S

NEW BOOKS—DON’T MISS THEM!

A U T H O R ’ S C O R N E R — J E F F K I N N E Y

BBC Focus Magazine uses only the very best science writers to bring complex topics down to earth. And with column-ists like sci-fi author Stephen Baxter, BBC TV presenter Helen Czerski and physicist

Robert Matthews, there’s no shortage of expert comment on the world around us.

(New subscription purchased)

From the Big Bang and

the evolution of the

Universe to the medical

advances that could

save your life, BBC

Focus Magazine brings

you up to speed on the

most important

discoveries.

Issue 6

Audrey can't

leave the

house. she

can't even

take off her

dark glasses

inside the house.

Then her brother's

friend Linus stumbles

into her life. With his

friendly, orange-slice

smile and his funny

notes, he starts to

entice Audrey out

again—well, Starbucks

is a start ... (KS3/4)

When facing the

impossible, will you

believe? Storm clouds

gather over a small

Michigan town. As

thunder shakes the

sky, the lights inside

St. Thomas Church

flicker ...and then go out. All is

black until a thick bolt of lightning

slices the sky, striking the church's

large wooden cross-leaving it

ablaze and splintered in two. When

the storm ends, the search for

answers begins ...

(VI Form/Staff)

LRC NEWS

Choosing a career is one of life’s biggest decisions. It is important to think about what you want and to begin to focus your efforts in that direction, through your

education.

There are a number of great websites where you can find out more about the world of work and different career options. Check out the National Careers Service website, which offers a range of services and

information.

History Extra Weekly

Catch up on the latest history

stories with the free iPad/

iPhone app. Search for

‘History Extra’ in the app

store.

Digital Editions:

Available for the Kindle, Kin-

dle Fire, iPad/iPhone, Google

Play and Zinio. Find it in the

app store or visit the web-

site: historyextra.com/

bbchistorymagazine/digital.

Historyextra.com

The history website in

association with BBC History

Magazine.

Weekly podcast

Download episodes for free

from iTunes and other pro-

viders, or via the website:

Historyextra.com/bbchistory

magazine/podcasts.

Facebook and Twitter

Twitter.com/historyextra

Facebook.com/historyextra

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A Quick Start Guide.

An Introduction to using

“search” with worksheets

and answer sheet.

V I S I T OUR N EW C AR EE RS S EC T I ON IN 3LRC

W E L C O M E T O T H E ” B B C H I S TO RY M A G A Z I N E ”

An Overview of

Eclipse.net, which

includes details of how

you can log into it and try

it out.

Details of the imls app

available from an iPhone,

iPad, iPod touch or other

smartphone or tablet.

In order to try out our

fantastic integrated

library management

system, please call

into the LRC and ask

Mrs Williams for the

following

documentation:

ECLIPSE.NET