ECLIPSE

New Library system available everywhere!

Get the ECLIPSE Library system app iMLS. 

The iMLS App allows staff, pupils and parents to access the school library from iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

This means:-

• The Library is accessible anywhere, any time to the whole school community - including parents. 
• You can see the latest library news from the library and view showcased information such as "Top Ten" and "New Arrivals" and "Book of the week"
• Using the "Who Next" feature, the app will recommend new books based on your past loans.
• Students can write or post video reviews about books and websites
• You can reserve and renew resources using the app
• Search the library catalogue to find resources to help with homework
• You can even watch fantastic videos of authors talking about their books
• Parents can track borrowing patterns for children with access to current and past loans information

Just follow the instructions below to download the imls app 

You will need to use your school user name, date of birth  and school postcode to log into the app.

1. Download the imls - microlibrarian app from any app store search for IMLS  from providers such as  Google Play or the Apple app store
2. "Install" or "Get" the app
3. You may need to enter the school's postcode B74 4RZ
4. To use iMLS  in school make sure you are logged into the school wifi check this by accessing a web site. Note you must select  any other sites besides Google
5. Then re-enter iMLS. Log in using your school username eg:SHomesJHSR and a password that is  your date of birth, entered as 8 numbers with no spaces or punctuation. No: . or  ., or , . You password should look something like this:  02081999

Then you are ready to explore the Library system

Enjoy!

If you experience any problems logging in please come to the Library and ask Miss Goode, Mrs Nicholls or Mrs Reoch for help

Annabel Pitcher visits the Library May 18 th 2015

Thanks to Annabel for being such a fantastic guest. 

 Best known to our Year 8 students as the writer of their class reader My sister lives on the mantelpiece (MSLOTM),the award winning writer Annabel Pitcher came to talk to students both from Arthur Terry and our partner schools: Coleshill,  Brookvale and Four Oaks. Students were intrigued to discover that her best selling book MSLOTM was written on boats and trains and in small remote villages as Annabel travelled through South America during a gap year after university. An opportunity to question Annabel about the characters and ideas in the novel revealed that the initial idea for the novel came after she had watched a film about 9/11 and the families of those who had died in the plane targeting the Pentagon. Finally, before she left we were all thrilled to hear  about her new novel involving a goldfish!

World Book day 2015

World Book Day 2015

WORLDBOOKDAY.COM

The BIGGEST, HAPPIEST,BOOKIEST CELEBRATION OF BOOKS AND READING IS BACK! 

Watch out for the £1 Book tokens.

They can be swapped for one of ten exclusive book day books, or used to get £1 off any book costing £2.99 or more,  between 2-29th Match.  

Here are some of the brilliant WBD books you can get. 

 

Year 7 make sure you swap your token in

participating stores or use it to get  £1 off any book from the Scholastic Book club. Just bring the order form you were given in lessons together with your money to the Library.

PARTICIPATING
BOOKSELLERS

Many independent bookshops, high street chains (WHSmiths, Waterstones, Tesco and Asda) all over the UK will be exchanging books for vouchers.
WORLD BOOK DAY TEEN FEST A FREE online festival for teenagers featuring authors, competitions and games.
Tutors Look out for the Shelfie (yes not a spelling mistake) activity on the Tutor Time site to help celebrate WBD.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Award winning author to visit the Library

Annabel Pitcher to visit the school. 

Award winning author Annabel Pitcher is to visit the school on Monday May 18th to talk to Year 8 students about her work and in particular her book My sister lives on the mantelpiece. This story has been making students both laugh and cry as it's unusual plot revolves around a young boy whose sister has been killed in a terrorist bomb. Perhaps not the obvious subject for a fiction book?

Annabel's novel was specially selected to be given away as part of World Book Night - an annual event to promote reading to all. Excitingly, she took part in a live talk along with the author David Almond to celebrate the event  in London that was streamed to over 2,000 schools. Check out the web site link at:  www.childrensauthorslive.com to see Annabel in action or visit her blog @ http://www.annabelpitcher.com/about.html



Date for the diary - Annabel Pitcher to visit Arthur Terry

 

 

 

GA10 Read On!

 

Mr Zarifeh's tutor group are leading the way by one day a week choosing to read

as a class.

 

We suggested they read The Weight of Water by Susan Crossan. The story revolves around Kasienka and her mum,  who armed with a suitcase and a bin liner of clothes heads  for England to start a new life. This is a startlingly original book that deals with some big issues in a totally non-sentimental way. It's  provoked some heated debate in the form.

Tutor Time Reading 

This Christmas how about taking part in the National Literacy Trust's project to help young people who don't have books at home be able to enjoy the gift of a book?   December 2014 Forward to a friend Visit website Merry Christmas from the National Literacy Trust We'd like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for your support this year. We also bring you news of the launch of our Christmas Gift of Reading campaign. One in seven children in the UK does not have a book of their own. This Christmas, you can help. Buy the Gift of Reading for your book-loving friends or family and help the National Literacy Trust give disadvantaged children books to keep. You will also receive an exclusively designed Christmas card.   §  A £7 Gift of Reading means a child could choose a book of their own to keep §  A £20 Gift of Reading means a child could choose three books of their own to keep §  A £60 Gift of Reading means three children could choose three books of their own to keep The National Literacy Trust supports children to choose books for themselves and develop a life-long love of reading. Children who read outside of school and enjoy reading reach a better level at school than those who do not. With good literacy skills, these children will go on to reach their full potential. Gift-buyers can choose from the popular “Suzy Goose” Christmas card as designed by author and illustrator Petr Horacek, or “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” card, which features one of the most popular BookBenches from the National Literacy Trust’s Books about Town campaign, as seen in London, summer 2014. To buy the Gift of Reading this Christmas visit www.literacytrust.org.uk/christmas.

Useful links §  Forward to a friend §  Unsubscribe §  Change your details Find out more §  www.literacytrust.org.uk §  contact@literacytrust.org.uk © National Literacy Trust 2014

Bookbuzz 2014

 

 Bookbuzz 2014

Bookbuzz is a reading programme from Booktrust, which supports schools to encourage reading for pleasure, independent choice and develop a whole school reading culture.

Thanks to the generosity of the school's Parent Teachers Association who have funded the Bookbuzz project this year all Year 7 students this week have been able to choose their own book from a shortlist of 12 titles. Miss Goode and Mrs Nicholls have been going into Year 7 lessons to promote the books and give  students a taster of these exciting novels. The books will arrive in school just before Christmas so Year 7 students will have an early Christmas present and something to read over the holidays!

All the titles are available to borrow in the Library.

Take a look at:
    http://www.bookbuzz.org.uk/bookbuzz/fun-stuff/quiz/2/

 

How well do you know the Bookbuzz books?

                                             The Bookbuzz Quiz





Is this your reading brain?



Try our quiz to find out if you're a Bookbuzz expert. Just click on the box next to the correct answer to each question and then submit your answers.

If you're not too sure about any of the answers it might be worth taking a look at this year's list of  Bookbuzz books. You can have as many tries as you like.

 

Good luck!

How many books are there to choose from on the Bookbuzz list?

4

 

17

 

238                                                 

 

 

The author of 'Geek Girl' is...

Holly Snail                                                 

 

Holly Stale                                                 

 

Holly Smale

 

In 'Croc and Bird' what relationship is Croc to Bird?

 

brother                                                 

 

mother-in-law                                                 

 

second cousin once removed

 

In 'Ghost Stadium' by Tom Palmer the boys go camping in...

 

Northface Stadium

 

Berghaus Stadium                                                 

 

Southface Stadium

 

Where is 'Tiger Wars' by Steve Backshall set?

 

Southern Italy

 

Northern India                                                 

 

Croydon

 

In 'Operation Ouch' the X-ray image on the front cover shows...

 

kidneys

 

a suitcase                                                 

 

lungs

 

Who are shown on the front cover of 'Stories of WW1'?

 

soldiers

 

sailors

 

astronauts

 

Ruby Redfort is a code-breaker for a secret agency called..

 

Palette

 

Rainbow                                                 

 

Spectrum

In 'Whale Boy', Michael's dreams are about to come true - he's finally going to get his own...

 

motor bike

 

boat                                                 

 

octopus

 

whale

 

How many poems are there in '101 Poems for Children'? (you'd better get this one!)

 

100                                                 

 

102                                                 

 

101

 

'Wild Boy' is set in which decade?

 

1660s

 

1840s                                                 

 

1970s

 

In 'Extra Time' by Morris Gleitzman Matt uses his amazing football skills to avoid being trampled by a herd of...

 

hamsters                                                 

 

elephants

 

cattle

 

In 'A Boy Called Hope' Dan's new-found friend Christopher is an expert in...

 

taekwondo

 

ballet

 

nuclear fission

 

In 'Boffin Boy Goes to Hollywood' by David Orme Boffin Boy's arch rival is called

 

The Wizard of Emo                                                 

 

The Wizard of Email

 

The Wizard of Edo

 

In 'The Great Ice Cream Heist' Eva's neighbour, Jamie, often escapes to...

 

a rabbit warren in the woods

the roof of the garden shed

 

the cupboard under the stairs

 

In 'Winnie's Dinosaur Day', Winnie's local museum bears a striking resemblance to...

 

the Natural History Museum

 

the Empire State Building

 

the Taj Mahal

 

Answers available in the Library.