Library account for Sydenham High School GDST, an independent school offering a first-class education for girls aged 4-18.
London SE26
Joined January 2018
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Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Just announced! Samantha Harvey wins the #BookerPrize2024 for Orbital, her deeply human saga of six astronauts in space, which combines an urgent message about the state of our planet with luminous hope and a refusal to sink into despair: waterstones.com/category/cul…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
My reading manifesto launched today for
#MichaelRosenDay
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Books help children make sense of the world, provide an escape from it and maybe even inspire them to build a better world, so I hope we act to help this young generation, who have borne so much, connect to the joy of reading - an "invisible privilege" that lasts for a lifetime.
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
A difficult read, but this section below is what makes me want to redouble my efforts to encourage reading for pleasure. Reading does all this for me. And more.
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Today, CILIP co-hosts a Parliamentary reception celebrating the positive impact of how #LibrariesChangeLives by Creating Opportunities. Thanks to Laurence Turner MP & 11 library sector organisations, the event connects policymakers & the library sector. cilip.org.uk/page/libraries-…
ALT Image of the Houses of Parliament with the Libraries Change Lives logo
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Delighted our paper on the need to widen professionals' repertoires of children's texts has reached nearly 4k readers! shorturl.at/aQHkv
Moving beyond our childhood canons matters! 📕📗 @jonnybid @WorldBookDayUK @Booktrust 📕📗 Read on +find ways forward! @OpenUni_RfP
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
A lovely surprise this morning. FOREST OF A THOUSAND EYES (my collaboration with award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett) is in the @guardian's roundup of the best new chapter books!
theguardian.com/books/2024/o…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Hotting up the publicity before the #mrloverman series, adapted by Nathaniel Price drops on @BBC 1 tomorrow at 9pm, but you can watch all eps back to back on @BBCiPlayer from then. I've written an essay in the Guardian about writing the novel @PenguinUKBooks, published 2013; AND it's the @guardian 'Pick of the Week for TV' ("A beautiful adapatation")!🙂 Also an interview with me in the Independent yesterday. @fablepicsuk STARRING Lennie James, Sharon D Clarke & Ariyon Bakare. Director: Hong Khaou. (Sorry, no comments, you can imagine why.)
theguardian.com/books/2024/o…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
The Diverse Book Awards 2024 Winners! What a foursome!
#TheDBAwards
#thediversebookawards
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published.
The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies as one of the best-selling books of all time
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
FOREST OF A THOUSAND EYES, my latest collaboration with the brilliant Emily Gravett, was yesterday released into the wild! In fact, Forest _is_ the wild, and is coming after you with strangling vines, giant eagles, venomous deer and malign intent! Er... in a good way?
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
This week is National Coding Week. Read about Ada Lovelace, pioneering computer programmer, on the blog:
womenshistorynetwork.org/wom… #NationalCodingWeek
Image: WikiCommons
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
The Diverse Book Awards 2024 Shortlist - Children's Book.
Sponsored by Madeleine Milburn Agency.
See the full shortlist (Link in bio)
Congratulations to everyone! Do support these fantastic books and the winner will be annouced on October 10th.
#TheDBAwards
#diversebooks
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
The Diverse Book Awards 2024 Shortlist - Adult.
Sponsored by Peters.
See the full shortlist (Link in bio)
Congratulations to everyone! Do support these fantastic books and the winner will be annouced on October 10th.
#TheDBAwards
#diversebooks
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
The Diverse Book Awards 2024 Shortlist - YA.
Sponsored by Book Clubs In Schools.
See the full shortlist (Link in bio)
Congratulations to everyone! Do support these fantastic books and the winner will be annouced on October 10th.
#TheDBAwards
#diversebooks
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
Public libraries are here for everyone for free all year. They provide information on healthcare, benefits and support for when you claim. In winter they're #WarmSpaces - safe, free, warm places at the heart of communities across the country
cilip.org.uk/page/warmspaces…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
This week @Soc_of_Authors, @CILIPinfo and the @uksla issued a joint statement on censorship in school libraries following new survey:
"it is vital that we foster the conditions for all schools to have diverse and inclusive library collections"
Read more:
lovereading4kids.co.uk/schoo…
Sydenham High School GDST Library #fearnothing retweeted
This is fantastic and very well deserved. Our Prep School is a wonderful place and we are so proud to see the Pre-Prep recognised. Congratulations to all Finalists.
Go Giraffe Girls! 🦒🎉🙌🏼
We are thrilled to announce we are FINALISTS for the #ISOTY Award for Pre-Prep of the Year 2024!
Discover more about how we harness children’s natural propensity for curiosity: sydenhamhighschool.gdst.net/…
#forgeyourfuture #flourishandfly #girlseducation #prep #school #preprep #london
