🎇🎇Congratulations to Ava and Hannah in Y11 who are the FIRST EVER pupil librarians at Caldew School to earn the Platinum SLA Pupil Librarian Award! I couldn't give them a real firework display, so we had one on the projector instead! Thanks both for all of your hard work! 🎇🎇

Fantastic World Book Day in school today. Wonderful 6th form costume competition for Read for Good. Winners of the 'When I was 12...' staff favourite book spotting, and of the form quiz will be announced on Monday.
Thanks to pupil librarians Hannah & Ava for planning the quiz!

Having a fabulous morning with Mr Dilly taking part in the North West heat of #NRCQuiz2024 ! Come on, Caldew!!

Spellbinding club launches next Monday in the school library! So many brilliant books...how will we choose a winner?
Open to everyone in Yrs 7-9, if you're interested in getting involved with reading and judging these fantastic titles, come & see Mrs Bell!
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We're back, and what a busy half term we've got coming up. Recruiting for FOUR new pupil librarians, the start of #Spellbinding2024 , the National Reading Champions Quiz, #WorldBookDay and the launch of the KS3 Reading Challenges!! Best get busy!

It’s #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek ! Our research shows that reading for pleasure can support wellbeing:

🧘‍♀️3 in 5 children and young people told us that reading helps them relax
📚Nearly half said reading made them feel happy
💪3 in 10 said reading made them feel more confident

Woo hoo, we won!!!

Two days left to grab a bargain from our fantastic Book Fair in the school library. New & popular title for all ages in school...don't miss out!
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Oooh, yes please!

Come to our Scholastic UK Book Fair in the school library! It's here from today until the end of Thursday, with loads of fabulous books and stationery to buy!
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Congratulations to Rachel, Joel, Elizabeth and Alfie (and our reserve, Frazer) who made it through an VERY DIFFICULT in-school final quiz today to gain places on our National Reading Champions 2024 team! Well done and thank you to all who took part - you all did amazingly!

Fantastic morning spent shortlisting books for #Spellbinding2024 , the Cumbrian Secondary Schools book award. Bursting to share the fabulous shortlist, but lips are sealed for now! Cumbria Library Services for Schools

Good turnout for the very first meeting of our Manga Club at morning break today! Looking forward to lots of fun activities in the weeks to come! #Manga

Congratulations to Rachel, Year 9, on achieving her first Pupil Librarian Award! Well done Rachel, and thank you for all of your help in the library! 👏👏📚🌟

Congratulations to Izzie, Y8, on achieving the Bronze SLA pupil librarian award! Well done Izzie, and thank you for all of your help in the library!

Congratulations to sisters Phoebe (Y9) and Erin (Y8) who have both achieved their SLA Pupil Librarian First Award this week, for providing invaluable help at breaks and lunches in the school library! 👏👏👏
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New additions on the Manga shelf, following a request from pupil librarian Rachel!

Nominate a young person (16-24) to win a National Book Token worth £250!
nationalbooktokens.com/yabooks?utm_me…

Oooh, yes please!

Fabulous first book club of the year this lunchtime. 31 attendees, with every single year group from 7 - 13 represented!