World Book Day 2014 competition winners

Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in the recent World Book Day Competitions. Thank you to everyone who entered.

 

                                                  

 

World Book Day - 6th March 2014

To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 6^th March, the Learning Hub is running 4 competitions with great prizes:

1. Tweet a review of a book you have read. Tweet must be to @uptonlearnhub and include the name of the book. A challenge to be very concise!

Prize = £10 Amazon Voucher

2. Write a captivating opening paragraph to a book, no more than 250 words. It should hook the reader into reading the rest of the book.
Prize = £15 Amazon Voucher

3. Create a short video trailer/advert for a favourite book, no more than 60 seconds in length. Sell your favourite book in a creative way!

Prize = £20 Amazon Voucher

4. Redesign a favourite book cover, using any medium e.g. pencil, paint, photo, digital design, etc. Maximum A5 size. Get arty and creative.

Prize = £20 Amazon Voucher

Closing date for all competitions is Monday 17^th March.

Maths in the Learning Hub!

There is currently a display of new books on a variety of Mathematical related subjects in the Learning Hub. If numbers are your thing, and you like a puzzle, theorem, code or equation, come and borrow one of these new titles. These books have been recommended by Mrs. Christianson and she has provided a summary for each book, and suggested which year groups they are suitable for. There is something for everyone, from Year 7 to 13. Titles include: “Professor Stewart’s cabinet of mathematical curiosities”; “The Music of the primes”; “Alex’s adventures in numberland”; “The Code book”; and “Murderous maths”.

New Internationalist magazine

The Hub now subscribes to New Internationalist magazine, which should be of interest to Politics, Economics & Geography students. New Internationalist debates and campaigns on a wide range of global issues, from the cynical marketing of baby milk in the developing world, to climate change, to human rights in Burma. It’s truly international, with contributors from around the world, it’s independent and free from shareholder and corporate advertisers’ influence, and it’s intelligent – New Internationalist takes you beyond the headlines to give you a fresh global perspective.

New DVDs

New DVDs in stock at the Learning Hub: Life of Pi, The Hobbit; Les Miserables; and Pitch Perfect. All available to borrow for 1 week for free!

Carnegie Medal 2013

The eight shortlisted titles have been announced and the books have been ordered for the Learning Hub: The Weight of Water; A Greyhound of a Girl; In Darkness; Midwinterblood; A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. The other two shortlisted titles Maggot Moon and Wonder are both already in stock. The winner will be announced on June 19th.

New stuff!

Lots of nice new things have arrived in the Hub. We have some new magazines now on display - Empire & 4-4-2, and we also have some back copies of SFX, Games TM, Rugby World & NME.

New DVDs: Anna Karenina; Argo; Dark Knight Trilogy; Now is Good; The Perks of Being a Wallflower;  Skyfall; Amazing Spiderman; Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3; Untouchable.

Last but not least, new books too: Itch Rocks; Beautiful Creatures; Scorched Earth; Geek Girl; Maggot Moon; OMG! Is this actually my life; Perfect scoundrels.

 

If you really fancy a reading challenge, have a go at Booker Prize winners Wolf Hall & Bring Up The Bodies.

Filmclub @ Fresher's Fair

Come and see us in the Hall at the Fresher's Fair on Tuesday P2 (Yr 7) and Lunchtime (P8 & P9). We shall be promoting all the delights and goodies of Filmclub! 

Xmas Quiz

The weekly lunchtime quiz next Thursday will have a Christmas theme, including a Xmas music round. Bigger and better prizes as well next week!

New books!

 

Lots of new fiction books in the Hub over the half-term break: "The Perks of being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, "Sacrifice" by Charlie Higson; "The fault in our stars" by John Green; "Rebel heart" by Moira Young; "After" by Morris Gleitzman; "Now is good" by Jenny Downham; "The Chronicles of Egg" by Geoff Rodkey. Lots more new fiction on display, too many to list here. In non-fiction, we now have: the "Rough Guides to Cloud Computing & the iPhone"; "The Book of Dance"; "Big ideas that changed the world"; "The Economics book"; and "The Book of Bond". Check out the displays in the Hub.