The OPHS Library Online Newsletter December 2021 #5
The OPHS Library Online Newsletter
December 2021 #5
Welcome to our Online Monthly Library Newsletter
Every month, in our Library Newsletter, we will have reviews on wonderful books that we have in our Library, snippets of new books on the horizon and interesting information about lovely Authors and books-to-movies information. There will be links to access upcoming books that are in The Library and lots of book information that you will enjoy. We will have competitions, winner announcements, links to short stories and poems and other interesting literacy information all in one Newsletter!
If you would like to add a contribution to our next Newsletter (January issue), such as: What is your favourite book from our Library? What were your favourite and/or worst books that you have ever read? Would you like to send in a book review and/or a literacy picture? Can you think of anything else that would look great in our newsletter? Then please email:
ltaylor@oakspark.redbridge.sch.uk
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‘Thank You’ certificate from The Library and fabulous achievement points
will be added to your Sims account.
Show us what you have read and we will publish your photo in our next issue of our online Library Newsletter!
World Book Day 2022 is coming on the 3rd March 2022!
We're so excited to announce the 25th anniversary of World Book Day on
3rd March 2022. It will be filled with lots of exciting, celebratory ways to promote reading for pleasure, and all-year round, including the new £1 books.
Author News
A children’s author has vowed to send struggling families a free copy of her book for Christmas.
Samantha Baines has asked people on Twitter to send her their address so she can post them a pre-wrapped copy of one of her books for children to open on Christmas Day.
Ms Baines said she realised the books on her shelf would “be much better in the hands of some children”.
Both books feature a female protagonist who wears a hearing aid on their adventure.
The characters get tangled up in a range of wacky situations, from catching sock-munchers and helping aliens to teaming up with a talking owl to try and turn the moon back on.
The 34-year-old’s characters are partly inspired by Ms Baines herself, who wears a hearing aid.
“It’s so nice when I’ve been able to make a connection with someone in a classroom full of children where they feel seen in my book,” she said.
“I thought, well they’re just here sitting on my bookshelf… And then that’s at least something that a child will get to open on Christmas Day.
English Literature GCSE: A Christmas Carol Characters
Using original music alongside quotations from the source, this short clip introduces the key characters found in Charles's Dickens' classic novel.
This clip is suitable for teaching English Literature at GCSE or National 4 and 5.
English KS3: Michael Morpurgo on story writing
Before an audience of 400 young people, best-selling author Michael Morpurgo reveals some of the techniques that shape his writing.
Michael explains the importance to him of writing in the first person, why it is vital to find a story's point of view and voice and why aspiring writers must talk their stories on to the page.
He describes how he came to write the novels War Horse and Private Peaceful and reads from the latter, a powerful novel inspired by the execution for cowardice of more than 300 British soldiers during World War I.
This clip is from the series How to Write.
English Literature KS3: Philip Pullman on his novels
Philip Pullman reveals some secrets of the art and craft of fiction writing.
He stresses the importance of stamina and determination because “writing a novel is a marathon and not a sprint”.
He explains how a writer must learn to step inside a scene to imagine what is seen and heard, and how he prefers not to plan a book in advance, but instead look forward to writing about what happens as events unfold and characters cross each others' paths.
To illustrate this point he reads a tense passage from The Amber Spyglass.
This clip is from the series How to Write.
English Literature GCSE: Jekyll and Hyde Characters
Using original music alongside quotations from the source, this short clip introduces the key characters found in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel.
This clip is suitable for teaching English Literature at GCSE or National 4 and 5.
English Literature and Language KS3 / KS4: English with Anthony Horowitz
Author Anthony Horowitz introduces English Literature and Language clips from the BBC archive featuring famous faces including Stephen Fry, Kate Humble and Griff Rhys Jones.
Themes include:
Creative and narrative writing
Poetry
Reading 19th Century prose
Preparing and Drafting
These clips are from the BBC series, Curriculum Collections.
Suitable for: KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 3rd and 4th Level in Scotland.
Please follow the link below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-literature-ks3-curriculum-collections/zvppcqt
Comedy and tragedy in Great Expectations
Tony Jordan investigates Charles Dickens’ life during the writing of Great Expectations.
Music in Performance Poetry
Anthony Horowitz introduces the work of Kate Tempest to consider the musical quality of poetry.
What is the power of poetry?
Griff Rhys Jones on why poetry is powerful and how it differs from other forms of writing.
What inspires a writer?
Anthony Horowitz discusses writing the Sherlock Holmes novels and shares his top tips for writing.
Comic strips and graphic novels
David Almond and Eoin Colfer explore flexibility of form in contemporary narrative writing.
What makes travel writing engaging?
Kate Humble offers detailed practical advice for ways to make travel writing engaging.
What makes good story writing?
How did Arthur Conan Doyle create the character of Sherlock Holmes?
Andrew Marr investigates the real-life inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes.
Parcel Decorating starts this week!
Pop into the Library to put your name down to join the Club, which is held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in The Library
Parcel Decorating is starting!! Pop into the Library and put your name down on our waiting list!
The Club will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Lunchtime!
Desert Island Books from Students
If I was stuck on a desert island I would take the book Alex Rider, Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz. This is because I really enjoyed this book and it is a very interesting piece of writing.
It starts off with Alex going to Scotland to celebrate New Years with a wealthy businessman and former conservative politician, Desmond McCain. People believe he does good work with charity and helping to fight climate change, but in reality, he is an evil man. He then plans to use science to destroy an entire nation of 50 million people by adding a deadly poison to a wheat field which will intoxicate and spread to anyone within a radius of less than 30 miles.
However it is up to Alex to be able to stop him and save the lives of 50 million Kenyan people
The book is action-packed with many near-death scenes for Alex and McCain.
I would recommend this book for the following reasons:
Firstly, it is long so it can keep you company while you are waiting to be rescued
Secondly, if you're twelve and a want to be James Bond ,this book is perfect for you
Thirdly, it is action-packed and is filled with lots of omg moments and scenes which will surely have you on the edge on your seat
If I was stuck on an island, I would choose The Girl of Ink of Stars because it is an adventure story that will captivate the reader's mind. It is a great book for all ages and I think it is an awesome story to read. The story is about a girl who is trying to go to an island. Her father is a cartographer and she wants to see the island that has been deserted.
If I went to visit a desert island and could only take one book I would take deadlock by Mark Walden
I would chose and recommend this book because it takes about many students how have captured from H.I.V.E Facility and are trained to be assassins can Otto save has friends.
If I was going to a desert island, I would bring the book 'Lord of the flies', as the amazing book is about kids stranded on a desert island. This book would teach me what to, and not to do, while not boring me, as it is a fiction book (not real). The book is also relatively short, and easy to read - so I will have plenty of time to gather materials, and live in the wilderness.
The reason I’d choose this book is because Roald Dahl is one of the best authors ever (in my opinion) and reading his books bring me lots of joy! And this particular book by him was so amazing, that I read it twice (in a month!). It’s just so interesting and has a really amusing storyline, that I can picture it all happening right in my head.
So, if I was to take ONE book (out of the millions of other incredible books there are) it would be ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl!
Acrostic poems
Learn new words everyday
It’s a magical place
Books you will find there
Read to your heart's desire
And remember to complete you book quizzes
Reach the top
You can do it
Loving this library day and night
It’s amazing you can see the light
Beware some books might give you a fright
Reading our books is such a delight
And reading our books helps you write
Reading books is such a delight
You..over there, why don't you give it a try!
L -Look at some books
I - I’m sure you would like them
B - Books are interesting
R - Reading is fun
A - Always make sure you return them back!
R - Ready to read as always
Y - You will never regret it
So pick up a book and read it!
Library can help you learn new things by just reading a book
It's time to shine when you know its about to rhyme
Beware of the words that come your way
Reading helps to start that brain
All is fun and great but it's time to learn
Racing ahead might get it done and over but slow and steady wins the race
You are an Accelerated Reader
Books to Movies
What film adaptation did you love?
What is your favourite movie that has been adapted from a book
Let us know the name of the book and movie adaptation that you loved the best, saying if you prefer the book or the movie, and why. Your contribution will then be added to our next Newsletter in January!
How to Write an Epic Short Story
Write a short epic
Truth is stranger than fiction. Often it is funnier too. Short Epics are nuggets from the daily news that might raise a smile or prompt a remark that starts: “You wouldn’t believe it, but…” They must be no longer than 140 characters long including spaces. Do have a go at writing one and send it to ltaylor@oakspark.redbridge.sch.uk and your epic story will be in our next issue of our online Library Newsletter!
“You wouldn’t believe it but my Nan was on television yesterday, because she won a dance competition and she is 88 years old!!”
“You wouldn’t believe it but schools in England have reported that the Ukelele (famously played by George Formby) is taking over the Recorder as the top musical instrument!”
Great New Books coming to The Library!!
Famous Charles Dickens Book Quotes
1. “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”
A Tale of Two Cities
2. “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
Our Mutual Friend
3. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
A Tale of Two Cities
4. “The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
Nicholas Nickleby
5. “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”
A Christmas Carol
6. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Our Mutual Friend
7. “We need never be ashamed of our tears.”
Great Expectations
8. “The most important thing in life is to stop saying, ‘I wish’ and start saying, ‘I will’. Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
David Copperfield
9. “Please sir, I want some more.”
Oliver Twist
10. “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope -into a better shape...”
Great Expectations
11. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
Oliver Twist
12. “Family not only needs to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also of those whom we’d give blood.”
Mugby Junction
13. “Ask no questions and you’ll be told no lies.”
Great Expectations
14. “It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts that I would spare them from being wounded.”
Oliver Twist
15. “Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.”
Martin Chuzzlewit
16. “Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.”
Our Mutual Friend
17. “There are very few moments in a man’s existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.”
The Pickwick Papers
18. “There is a wisdom of the head and wisdom of the heart.”
Hard Times
19. “A word in earnest is as good as a speech.”
Bleak House
20. “One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it’s left behind.”
Little Dorrit
21. “Trifles make the sum of life.”
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens fact file
Born: 7th February 1812
Place of birth: Hampshire, England
Published books: At least 19
Died: 9th June 1870 (aged 58)
Four fun facts:
Worked as a reporter covering politics in the 1830s.
Many of Dickens novels were initially published as weekly or monthly instalments.
He setup a rehabilitation home for “fallen women” like the homeless or ex-prisoners.
His first works were published under the pseudonym “Boz.”
Accelerated Reader
All Year 7 and Year 8 Students MUST have at least ONE library book on them at all times. You must read your AR library book for AT LEAST twenty minutes every night. Please do not forget to write your completed book in your planner on page 20. You must then complete your online book quiz within 24 hours of completing the book, then write your quiz result on page 19 of your planner!!!
ePlatform
Please do not forget that you can also use our reading app ePlatform to read lots of fabulous electronic and audio books! For instructions on how to use ePlatform, please use the link below:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8064653522683152574/1799106046324446297
Library Haha’s
Well, that is the end of this month’s Library Newsletter!
Is there anything else that you would like to see in The Library Newsletter? If you have any contributions, queries or great ideas please email: ltaylor@oakspark.redbridge.sch.uk
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