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The Library has held a number of events throughout this academic year. Here is a list of some of the events.
Library’s Successful Sleepover - 1st November 2010
Burntwood Library‘s ‘Sleepover’ for Year 7 students was a great success. Fifty nine Year 7s enjoyed an evening of games and quizzes followed by pizza and a movie.
Black History Month at Burntwood - 25th October 2010
Burntwood is marking Black History Month with a number of engaging events and activities.
Author Visit - 20th October 2010
Book author, Paul Dowswell, visited Burntwood on Thursday 14th October.
The Carnegie Shadowing Reading Group - 30th March 2010
Meets every Monday or Friday Lunchtime in the Library. We will read the shortlist books for this prestigious childrens' book award.
The FAB Book Award - 1st April 2010
‘The FAB Book Award’ was developed by Wandsworth secondary school librarians to give students more of a say on which books they want to read and see winning awards. The winner of this year’s FAB Book Award was announced at an event held at Wandsworth’s Professional Centre at the end of March.
Tooting Library - 1st March 2010
Tooting Library has recently opened after being closed for nearly eighteen months. Librarian, Taskeen Siddiqi and three students went to the official launch of the Library.
The three students had been involved in meeting with staff from Wandsworth Public Libraries and had helped to select books and furniture of the ‘Teen’ section of the Library.
FAB Book Award Shortlist - 22nd February 2010
The Fabulous Book Award or ‘FAB’ is a local book award for Wandsworth secondary schools. It is being run for the first time this year and if the Award is successful will become an annual event.
Students from the eight Wandsworth schools taking part, have had the chance to nominate and vote for books on the longlist. These votes formed the basis of choosing the shortlist.
Book Fair - 16th March 2010
Tuesday 16th March and Wednesday 17th March. Books will be supplied by Golden Treasury Bookshop, an independent bookshop in Southfields. World Book Day £1.00 vouchers can be used at the Book Fair.
World Book Day - 4th March 2010
World Book Day was on Thursday 4th March. Staff wore badges saying ‘Ask me what I am reading’ and students in years 7-9 had badges with their favourite book on them.
This generated a lot of discussions all day about books.
Author visit - 2nd March 2010
Carmen Reid Tuesday 2nd March 2010. She will talk to Years 8,9,10 and sell her books at lunchtime in the Library.
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