@OHSLibrary23

The library at Oxford High School, part of the Girls’ Day School Trust. Account run by Matilda McMorrow, school librarian.

 Oxford, England
Joined June 2023
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
CILIP@CILIPinfo12 Dec 2024
Fantastic news! #SpellowLibrary reopens today after it was severely damaged by rioters this summer. Last night over 120 libraries across the country showed solidarity with colleagues in Liverpool by light a lamp or light in the library's windows. #ShareTheLight #SpellowLibrary
photo of the damage done to spellow library

ALT photo of the damage done to spellow library

photo of repairs done to the library

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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Oxford High School@OxfordHighSch8 Dec 2024
🎄 Catch Your Death 🎄 Proud to feature one of our #GDSTBookAward shortlisted books for 2025! Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron is a thrilling tale set in the grand Bramble Estate during a snowstorm. #AdventCalendar #OHS #BooksOfInstagram #OHSReads #CountdownToChristmas
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
SF Said@whatSFSaid4 Dec 2024
Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Bodleian Libraries@bodleianlibs27 Nov 2024
Our Narnia Christmas decorations are up! There's a festive trail running from The Store hotel at the end of Broad Street, up to our shop in the Weston Library, culminating in a life size scene of snow-topped trees in Blackwell Hall. Here's a sneak peek!
Dr Laura Varnam@lauravarnam27 Nov 2024
Narnia themed papercraft decorations in the window of the Weston Library shop! @bodleianlibs
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
BHSA_LRC@BHSALIBRARY12 Nov 2024
We are excited to announce the GDST Book Award 2025 shortlist 👏 @ahoffmanwriter @scholasticuk @WelshDragonParr @KidsBloomsbury @RavenaGuron @simonschusterUK @ClareFurniss @Usborne @Sally_Nicholls @AndersenPress @GDST Huge congratulations to all the authors and publishers!
We are excited to announce the GDST Book Award 2025 shortlist 👏 Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and publishers! Bravo! ❤️ When We Flew Away by @ahoffmanwriter @scholastic_uk ❤️ Fallout by @lesleyparr11 @bloomsburypublishing ❤️ The Things We Leave Behind by @clarefurnisswriter @simonschusteruk ❤️ Catch Your Death by @ravenaguron @usborneya ❤️ Yours From the Tower by @nicholls9417 @andersenpress #gdstbookawards2025 #readingforpleasure @gdstgirls @bhs_academy @bhsa_english @bhsa_juniors @belvedereacademy @shrewsburyhigh @sheffieldgirlsschool @nottmgirlshigh @northamptonhigh @newcastlehighschool @howellsschoolgdst @oxfordhighschoolgdst @royalhighschoolbath @northwoodcollege_gdst @nhehsgdst @nhehsjuniors @southhampsteadhighschool @kensingtonprepschool @putneyhighschool @wimbledonhighschoolgdst @schsgdst @blackheathhigh @sydenhamhighschool @suttonhighschool @suttonhighlibrary @norwichhigh @croydonhighschool @bromleyhighschoolgdst @portsmouthhighuk @brighton_girls @n

ALT We are excited to announce the GDST Book Award 2025 shortlist 👏 Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted authors and publishers! Bravo! ❤️ When We Flew Away by @ahoffmanwriter @scholastic_uk ❤️ Fallout by @lesleyparr11 @bloomsburypublishing ❤️ The Things We Leave Behind by @clarefurnisswriter @simonschusteruk ❤️ Catch Your Death by @ravenaguron @usborneya ❤️ Yours From the Tower by @nicholls9417 @andersenpress #gdstbookawards2025 #readingforpleasure @gdstgirls @bhs_academy @bhsa_english @bhsa_juniors @belvedereacademy @shrewsburyhigh @sheffieldgirlsschool @nottmgirlshigh @northamptonhigh @newcastlehighschool @howellsschoolgdst @oxfordhighschoolgdst @royalhighschoolbath @northwoodcollege_gdst @nhehsgdst @nhehsjuniors @southhampsteadhighschool @kensingtonprepschool @putneyhighschool @wimbledonhighschoolgdst @schsgdst @blackheathhigh @sydenhamhighschool @suttonhighschool @suttonhighlibrary @norwichhigh @croydonhighschool @bromleyhighschoolgdst @portsmouthhighuk @brighton_girls @n

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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Great School Libraries@GreatSchLibs6 Nov 2024
This has been reshared a lot recently. Many #schoollibrarians are sharing stats which show that reading in their schools is not in decline-quite the reverse. The evidence is clear: having a librarian in school can build and embed a reading culture. Follow us to find out more.
National Literacy Trust@Literacy_Trust5 Nov 2024
⚠️Reading enjoyment has fallen across all ages.⚠️ The sharpest decline is among pupils aged 11-14 - from 40.4% in 2023 to 30.7% in 2024. As children transition to secondary school, their reading engagement dips - a trend that is worsening. Learn more: literacytrust.org.uk/researc…
Reading enjoyment has declined across all age groups. Ages 11 - 14 have seen the steepest drop - from 40.3% in 2023 to 30.7% in 2024.

ALT Reading enjoyment has declined across all age groups. Ages 11 - 14 have seen the steepest drop - from 40.3% in 2023 to 30.7% in 2024.

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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Alice Edda@ADayInTheLib5 Nov 2024
1/ This year my school library has loaned more books than ever before. I’ve spent 2 years building up a collection of books that the kids actually want to read - comedy, romance & crime are our most popular genres, comics the most popular medium. Years 7, 8 & 9
The Guardian
@guardian5 Nov 2024
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…

Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure

National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded

theguardian.com
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Natalie Haynes@officialnhaynes3 Oct 2024
I don’t have a tattoo, but if I did, it might be this. Sappho, Fragment 45, translated by Anne Carson in If Not, Winter. #NationalPoetryDay
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Oxford High School@OxfordHighSch14 Sep 2024
Register for one of our upcoming open events to explore our dynamic learning environment, meet our dedicated staff, and see firsthand how we consistently encourage our girls to go beyond limits. Book your visit: ow.ly/s9R450Thjrk #OxfordHighSchoolGDST #OpenEvents
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
BookTrust
@Booktrust2 Jul 2024
⭐ We're delighted to announce that Frank Cottrell-Boyce is the Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2024-2026! ⭐ Watch the full video to find out about Frank's plans for the role & his new #ReadingRights campaign: booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/… @ace_thenorth @UKLaureate @frankcottrell_b
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
BookTrust
@Booktrust3 May 2024
Today we'll mostly be reading The Hundred and One Dalmatians and I Capture the Castle because author Dodie Smith was born #OnThisDay in 1896! We'd love to hear if you've seen these books get children reading...
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
Oxford High School@OxfordHighSch7 Mar 2024
From Green Eggs and Ham to Percy Jackson, our students outdid themselves with their fantastic #WorldBookDay costumes! 📚 #Bookworms #LiteraryMagic #ReadYourWay @WorldBookDayUK
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Oxford High School Library retweeted
The Carnegies@CarnegieMedals13 Feb 2024
🎉 Announcing the longlist for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing! Celebrating diverse voices and exceptional storytelling, with creative use of language, poetry, forgotten histories and more! 📚🌟 #YotoCarnegies24 yotocarnegies.co.uk/2024-lon…
Image with the covers of all books longlisted for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing.

ALT Image with the covers of all books longlisted for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing.

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Oxford High School Library retweeted
CILIP@CILIPinfo5 Jun 2023
Malorie Blackman: call for #libraries to be protected - "This government’s always talking about social mobility, equalising, making a level playing field between people. Well, one of the things that should be ringfenced and protected then is libraries." theguardian.com/books/2023/j…

Libraries should be ‘ringfenced and protected’, Malorie Blackman says

Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writer

theguardian.com
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