Toot Hill Library Podcast

Welcome to Reading Week. Claire and Sophie discuss how their first ever Reading Week is going and mention some of the activities they have planned to bolster its appeal.

They then talk books! Claire has read so much this week including Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker-Rhodes, The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q. Rauf and Countless by Karen Gregory. Sophie discus's her only book The Life and Death Parade by Eliza Wass.

They then end on a discussion point - are Reading Weeks important?

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In this episode we interview Lisa Serevena! As part of our career initiative we wanted to invite guest speakers to the school to help inspire and help students discover their future career path.Lisa is a radiographer and visited our school to talk all about her career path.

In this podcast, we discuss how she became a radiographer, what she enjoys about it, what books we've been reading and end on a discussion based around the NHS's future.

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Lisa's twitter: @LisaSerevena

We cover loads in today's podcast.

We discuss promoting your career display by inviting guests to the school.

Then we talk about our visit to Carlton Library and how amazing it was.

Finally, we review our books, 'How to hang a witch' and 'Sailor Moon'.

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Carlton Library - @TCA_LRC

In this episode we discuss new displays.

Review all the books we read over Christmas.Including: Long way down, Noah Can't Even, More than we can tell, Gentleman's guide to vice and virtue, I have a right to, how to hang a witch and more!

And Finally, we let you know what we'll be talking about next week!

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In this episode we discuss January's upcoming events including Reading Relay, LGBT+ display and Reading Week!

We mention our Christmas book loans and New Years Resolutions.

Finally, we end on a discussion: Can Santa be a female? -> Let us know your thoughts in the comments or via our twitter page: @lounge_learning.

See you in January!

Browns Book Bus won't be joining us today due to technical difficulties. Instead, we talk about our Christmas activities, what we are reading and discuss if the mince pie should be messed with!

We also get distracted by The Apprentice and I am a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here -> so be careful of spoilers.

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In this episode we discuss inviting primary/infant schools to your library. We exchange ideas you can use when they arrive and why it is a lovely thing to include.

We inform you about how our debate team got on at the ESU MACE competition and Claire tells you all about the book she is currently reading, 'Throne of Glass' by Sarah.J.Maas.

Finally, we end on a discussion: Is it too early to be putting up Christmas decorations? -> Let us know your thoughts in the comments or via our twitter page: @lounge_learning.

How to keep the library open after school - we discuss one of the clubs we run after school, Reading Classics. We talk about incentives, promotion and how we run it. Then we discuss the books we are reading and end with a discussion topic: 'Should we ban the sale and consumption of meat?'

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We talk displays in the library. As this podcast ties in with anti-bullying week we focus on how to promote that message in the library and how to create a Shelf Help.

We review, Spark (Alice Broadway), Front Lines (Michael Grant), Cell 7 (Kerry Drewery) and Dumplin' (Julie Murphy)

Finally we discuss the new Fantastic Beasts movie -what do you think?

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This special episode is dedicated to author and Everest explorer Matt Dickinson. Matt visited Toot Hill on the 7th of November 2018 and treated us to this lovely interview. For those of you that reach the end there is an amazing giveaway to participate in!

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