Man Booker Prize 2016 - short list announced

The Man Booker Prize is awarded for fiction and is open to authors writing in English regardless of their nationality.

The six books on this year's short list are:

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty (US)
• Hot Milk by Deborah Levy (UK)
• His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK)
• Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (US)
• All That Man Is by David Szalay (Canada/UK)
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thein (Canada) a (US)

The winner of the year's Man Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday, 25th October.

Previous Man Booker Prize winners are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

The UKLA Book Awards 2017 - long list announced

The 2017 UKLA (UK Literacy Association) Book Awards long list has been announced. The awards, which celebrate children's and YA books, are judged by active classroom teachers.  The books are split into the three age group categories and among the books long listed in the 12-16 age group are:

• One by Sarah Crossan, winner of the Carnegie Medal, a moving novel about conjoined twins.
• Island by Nicky Singer, illustrated by Chris Riddell
• Fire Colour One by Jenny Valentine, nominated for the Carnegie Medal
• The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness, nominated for the Carnegie Medal

These books are all available to borrow in the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries.

The shortlists will be announced from 13^th March 2017 and the winners will be announced on 30^th June at the UKLA International Conference.

Roald Dahl Day

Today is Roald Dahl day and this year marks 100 years since his birth.  Roald Dahl, much loved author and storyteller, created witty and wonderfully eccentric stories with unforgettable characters, which are loved by everyone.  His previous jobs included a pilot for the RAF and Shell Executive in Africa.

“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.” 

Roald Dahl

You can find books by and about Roald Dahl’s in the Discovery Library.  Come and browse and borrow! What’s your favourite Roald Dahl story?

Welcome Back!

We would like to welcome back all the TRS students and staff and welcome all those who are new to the school - we hope that you enjoy your time here! 

We hope you had a great summer - we have received some postcards telling us what you were reading and look forward to displaying these. 

We have a great collection of fiction and non-fiction to browse and borrow in our Libraries, with Librarians on hand to help with homework and recommend a great read - just ask!

For the KS3 students, the Discovery Library is open before and after school as well as at lunch time for quiet study. For KS4 students, the War Memorial Library is open at lunch time and for Post 16 students, it is available to use throughout the day including morning break.

Look out for our library competitions, including our weekly Word of the Week competition, with loads of great prizes to be won. We have changing book displays and displays of new books to encourage reading for pleasure. We are happy to consider buying any books that we do not currently have – just ask! There are suggestion boxes too for any comments or suggestions you may have.

Summer in the Libraries and Anthony Horowitz A Levels Results Day Tweet!

We hope you are enjoying your Summer holidays and look forward to receiving postcards telling us what you have been reading, whether you have been away or are enjoying a staycation!

Summer is always a very busy time in the libraries, as this is when we have a good sort out.  Ms Roberts has been key wording books, creating new Library lessons and tidying both the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries so everything is spick and span ready for the new academic year.

Today is 'A' Level results day and we hope that all our students have obtained the results they wanted.  Acclaimed children's author, Anthony Horowitz tweeted the following message: 

Anthony Horowitz@AnthonyHorowitz

Remember that A levels are a signpost on the road of life. But they're not the road. That's my profound tweet of the day.

Year 7 Spelling Bee Competition - Winner Announced!

The final of the Spelling Bee was held on Monday in the Year 7 Assembly.  Congratulations go to George F in 7JS, who was the overall winner and the winning word was ‘armistice’!

Congratulations as well go to the other nominated students Callum M, Alfie S, Tristan O, Jamie B, Joshua L, Isabelle E-H, Louis O and Rosanna S.

Post-a-Read 2016!

We would love you to send us a postcard of what you are reading over the summer! It doesn’t matter where the post card is from, Bromley or Borneo, Luton or Las Vegas, as long as you tell us what you are reading.  All entrants will have their postcard displayed and will win a prize!  

If you are looking for ideas of what to read ask your Librarians or check out the Lovereading4kids.com summer reading suggestions and the WH Smith Zoella book club suggestions.