Library @IBSTOCKPLACE, an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4 to 18. Tweets by Miss Cleaves, the Senior School Librarian
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6 Jun 2024
First XV @IbstockSenior is reading The Big Ask by @simonjamesgreen: new @BarringtonStoke prom tale of fun, friendship & facing your fearsπ€΅πIt's out today: why don't you try it sometime? What will @dcwodehouse @guildfordcounty @merchlibrary #ReadWithPride tomorrow? π€π
1 Jun 2024
Every weekday this #PrideMonth, libraries celebrate the #LGBTQ young adult fiction that we #ReadWithPride. Share your favourites and follow our relay of UK schools recommending great queer stories!
π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈπ#Pride2024 First up: @LatymerUpper @DRHS_LRC @SydHighLibrary
ALT Text: "#ReadWithPride2024" Image: Outline of a book with the coloured stripes of a pride flag Text: "Join our 2024 Pride Month celebration of LGBTQ YA fiction! Follow our social media relay of schools across the UK recommending favourite queer reads, and share your own favourites with the #ReadWithPride hashtag."
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2 Jun 2025
It's our most joyful campaign of the year! Can't wait to see all the pics and of course, which titles will feature. Our rainbow shoelaces and earrings are working overtime this month. And we have fab origami made by Ana to help our book displays to 'pop'! Bring it onπ
31 May 2025
And coming up in our relay, find out what these schools #ReadWithPride...
@ipslib @CityofLdnSchool @ArmAcadLib @ChancellorsLib1 @LibrarySps
@KEHSLibrary @klslibrary @THSbookworm @Library_RBHS @morton_lrc
@TheHenryBox @PriorySch @KingsMaccEandD @GCA_Library @MerchiLibrary
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13 Dec 2024
Want to see what we've been reading @IbstockSenior? The term has ended and the stats are in... Here it is: our Autumn Term Reading Wrapped 2024! π @MGLnrd @tompalmerauthor @TSBA_UK
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5 Nov 2024
Thank you to our Writer in Residence @MGLnrd for a fab detective day @IbstockSenior. We're excited to see pupils' own whodunnits and find out if we have the next Agatha Christie in our midst! πͺ²ππ΅οΈπ@RegencyBookshop
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14 Oct 2024
Looking for a reading challenge this half term? Why not get stuck into the new TSBA shortlist? Available now in the library - get them before they're gone! π
@TSBA_UK @RegencyBookshop
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10 Jul 2024
We're growing the library team @IbstockSenior. Great opp in south-west London for a grad seeking school lib career. This crew is waiting to welcome the right person! Apply here: tinyurl.com/5bxu8ca3 @uksla @CILIPInfoPJobs @TSBA_UK @parrot_street @RegencyBookshopπ
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3 Jul 2024
Congratulations to two of the top readers @IbstockSenior. Elizabeth won the Big House Read for Refugees '24 racing through almost 1,500 chapters; Lili finished thirdπWe were delighted to raise Β£2,600 for @UNHCRUKβΊοΈNext: who will win Summer Book Bingo? #ReadingForGood @ukslaπ
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26 Jun 2024
'Libraries are a dream-making factory, and librarians have the key' #ManjeetMann advocates powerfully for librarians in her keynote @CarnegieMedalsπͺMatilda got lucky with Mrs Phelpsπ¦πDid you have a #greatlibrarian when you were growing up?π€@uksla @TSBA_UK @RegencyBookshop
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24 Jun 2024
'Reading is breathing in, writing is breathing out: you can't breathe out without breathing in' @BooksandChokers advises young writers in convo with @BexLindsay @kidslitfest. Plus TV show goss, diversity in #neurodiversity representation & sneak previews. Fab!ππ¦ππ³οΈβπ@_KnightsOf
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21 Jun 2024
It was a murderous walk for @IbstockSenior with @AgathaChristie to @CarnegieMedals @LWTheatres - a fab celebration of brilliant books complete with Mrs Phelps! Thank you #ManjeetMann for librarian appreciation. Congrats to winners @JosephACoelho @tiafisher_ @storybreathing ππ₯π
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19 Jun 2024
We didn't think we could get a better book day out @IbstockSenior than last week's visit to @britishlibrary @Cartoonmuseumuk @GoshComics but we've managed to get onto the guest list for @CarnegieMedals tomorrow! We can't waitππ
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18 Jun 2024
There will be something for all @IbstockSenior on the new TSBA shortlists coming soon. Stand by for the Big Reveal...π
We're proud to reveal our theme for TSBA 2025: 'You are here'. This year's shortlist explores the ideas of landscape, setting, immigration, and belonging. Our 2025 titles will be revealed soon!
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17 Jun 2024
We #readforrefugees @IbstockSenior for @UNHCRUK at Easter; this week we'll be @CarnegieMedals hosted by #ManjeetMann who wrote The Crossing and we'll find out if @nicolakidsbooks Choose Love has won. Next week @malcolmduffyUK who wrote #SevenMillionSunflowers is visitingβΊοΈππ»π«
17 Jun 2024
Here we go! Everyone is invited to join in this yearβs thunderclap at midday (UK time)
Tell us: This #RefugeeWeek how are you celebrating #OurHome?
Access Our Home orange heart via link in bio!
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17 Jun 2024
Can't wait! A great opportunity for @IbstockSenior pupils who live nearby. Highly recommendππ¦
one week today, I will be doing my last London event for KEEDIE/AKOS season 2!
it will be at the @kidslitfest in Barnes, London, on the 23rd of June at 4pm. tickets are available here: eventbrite.com/checkout-exteβ¦
really looking forward to being back for Barnes' 10th birthday!
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6 Jun 2024
If you're seeking non-fiction inspiration for your school library I recommend this shortlist ππ
6 Jun 2024
Today we're thrilled to announce our #IBA24 shortlist! π
Prominent in this yearβs shortlist are books which help children find their place in the world. We hope these titles will nurture curiosity, extend knowledge and encourage a love of reading.
ππΌ sla.org.uk/Public/News/Articβ¦
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3 Jun 2024
What a brilliant photo and great #readwithpride inspo πOur copy of She Gets the Girl is rarely seen in the library it's so popular. Happy Reading @StHildasCE ! π
3 Jun 2024
At St Hilda's library we always #readwithpride but why not come in this month and pick up a good book
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3 Jun 2024
Here's to all the pupils who volunteer in their school librariesππYou are brilliant and essential! Huge congrats to Kotryna and Reuben and thanks to @JosephACoelho @pearson @AuthorsAloudUK @uksla @CILIPSLG Here's to @plaa_uk 2025!π±ππ
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10 May 2024
Final call to sign up for #ReadWithPride 2024. Great to show the photos from previous years to pupils seeking LGBTQ reads @IbstockSenior & to create a #Pride2024 wish-list for the library. This campaign = joyful & useful!πβ€οΈπ³οΈβπππ@LawrencePatrice @simonjamesgreen @NotAgainBenπ
7 May 2024
If you'd like to get involved in this celebration of LGBTQ YA literature, the deadline to sign up for #ReadWithPride 2024 is this Friday afternoon! sway.cloud.microsoft/Y1zjceS⦠@simonjamesgreen @NotAgainBen @IPSLIB
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3 May 2024
Dazzling eve @TheLondonLib for @jhalakprize shortlist readings. So lucky to see @forwardprizes '23 winner @jallenpaisant plus @NotAgainBen @candygourlay @HibaNoorKhan1 & @NoreenMasud. And meet @jprosewriter too. Librarianship doesn't get better than this! @uksla @CarnegieMedalsπ
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Ibstock Place School Library retweeted
29 Apr 2024
π¨ #GIVEAWAY ALERT!
@kidslitfest celebrates its 10th birthday on 22 & 23 June with an amazing programme - and they're giving you the chance to #WIN a #FREE bundle of books from some of the talent appearing!
Follow us, @kidslitfest, and share this post before 7th May to enter π
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