“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
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