AMCS Library News
Your half termly round up of literacy-linked stats, facts and ideas
Spring 1, 2016
Words of the Weeks
pareidolia - the imagined perception of a pattern
or meaning where it does not actually exist.
avatar - an image that represents you in online games,
chat rooms, etc.
physiognomy - the assessment of a person’s character or
personality from his or her outer appearance, especially
the face.
inscrutable - not showing emotions or thoughts and
therefore being very difficult to understand or get to
know.
scopophobia - the morbid fear of being seen or stared at
by others.
impersonation - to intentionally copy another person’s
characteristics, such as their behaviour, speech,
appearance, or expressions, especially to make people
laugh.
Library opening hours:
Monday-Friday, 8.00am-3.30pm
LRC Manager:
Mrs Singleton
0161 219 6626
[email protected]
LRC Assistant Manager:
Mrs Fitzgerald
0161 219 6619
[email protected]
All pupils are welcome before school and
during break. Please obtain a Library Pass
at break to visit during lunchtime.
This half term the Library explored the theme of faces...
Examples of faces in
unusual places
Design an emoji and match
these emojis to their meanings
Label your face in
four languages
Autobiographies of
some famous faces
Which familiar face is at
your eye level?
Match the face to the
author’s name and book
Get by with a little help from your friends
Running a busy Library for over 1200 pupils would be
impossible without the help of our fantastic team of Pupil
Librarians. These reading enthusiasts volunteer during their
free time each week to issue, renew, reserve and return your
books. Looking for a scary book recommendation for the
weekend or need a hand finding a factual book to help with
homework? Then these are your guys and girls.
Did you know...
...that Siraj (7GR) runs a Minecraft Club for Years 7 and 8 every
Friday lunchtime in the Library? There are 10 places available
each week on a first come first served basis - all you need
to do is collect a Minecraft Club sticker with your Library
Pass at break. Come along to try your hand at programming,
papercraft and drawing, whilst exchanging gaming tips.
The first version of Minecraft was created
in just 6 days by Swedish programmer and
designer, Markus Persson (known to fans as
‘Notch’).
The Enderman language sounds
incomprehensible, but is in fact mostly made
up of English phrases such as ‘this way’ and
‘forever’ played backwards or lowered in pitch.
When the game was in early development it
was referred to as ‘Cave Game’.
The ghast’s sounds were created from a
recording of the Minecraft music producer’s
cat being woken from a nap.
Creepers were designed that way by accident.
Persson set out to design a pig but mixed
up the figures for height and length when
inputting the code.
In 2013, one Swedish school added Minecraft
to the curriculum, to teach pupils about
planning and the environment.
Lost?
Libraries can be
confusing places
- for staff as well
as pupils! To help
you locate the
resource you need
as quickly and easily
as possible, we’ve
produced a Library
floor plan. No
compass required,
we promise!
Top Tip:
Non-fiction books are
now arranged by school
subject. Use the shelf
labels to guide you.
New books!
A Career in Sports: Advice from Sports
Business Leaders (Michelle Wells)
Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference
for Artists (Mark A. Simon)
What can you do to get your
dream job in sports? What
will make you successful
once in that job? This book
answers these questions and
many more with advice from
31 sports executives working
in all areas of the profession.
A must read for anyone
looking to start a career in
sports industry.
This book includes more
than 3500 photographs
of a variety of people
demonstrating all
kinds of emotions from
different angles. Only
the most useful book
ever for illustrators,
animators, story
boarders and comic
book artists.
Find it on the Careers shelf in bay 17
Find it on the Art - Sources/Ideas shelf in bay 5
The Wall (William Sutcliffe)
Username: Evie (Joe Sugg)
A boy undertakes a short
journey to another world, to
a place where everything he
knows about loyalty, identity
and justice is turned upside
down. The Wall is a political
fable that powerfully evokes
the realities of life on the West
Bank, telling the story of a
Settler child who finds there
are two sides to every story.
Like anyone who feels as
though they just don’t fit
in, Evie dreams of a place of
safety. Evie finds the chance
to escape reality in the form
of an app and she finds
herself transported into a
world where she finally has
some influence...until her
devious cousin, Mallory,
starts causing trouble.
Find it on the Fiction shelves under S
Find it on the Graphic Novel shelves in bay 16
Stat Attack!
Year 7
Non-Fic Fiction
68
250
Year 8
Year 9
Number of books loaned
Total
Non-Fic
Fiction
Total
318
23
106
129
Non-Fic Fiction
30
114
Year 10
Year 11
Total
Non-Fic
Fiction
Total
Non-Fic
Fiction
Total
144
28
45
73
15
31
46
Number of lunchtime Library Passes redeemed
427
155
509
131
Book loans by gender
Male: 40%
The Library and school Literacy Coordinator
have developed a handy guide for
improving your spelling, punctuation and
grammar. With explanations of where to
put apostrophes and strategies to help you
remember how to spell tricky words, this
booklet will teach you your prepositions
from your pronouns in no time at all!
Female: 60%
Thank you to all staff and
pupils who showed concern
for the books on the morning
of The Great Flood. Further
thanks to all those who offered
to help tidy up to get the
Library back up and running as
soon as possible!
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Face the Factoids
Our non-fiction shelves are bursting with information on every school subject. This half term we
have taken just a fraction
of this knowledge on tour
by posting Factoids along
corridors across the school.
Each nugget of information
directs you to a Library shelf
label, to help you explore
the points that pique your
interest. Here are a few of
our favourite, fascinating
factoids:
New staff Library induction
11 new members of staff completed their LRC induction in February.
Thank you to all who attended - we look forward to finding a
way to work with your department or tutor group in the future.
We encourage you to browse the existing resources for your
subject area in the Library. Remember, we are always open to
book recommendations, can assemble topic boxes for use in your
classroom and are available to help you develop literacy within your
lessons. Display your ‘I am reading...’ posters with pride.
On which note...calling all staff: reading role models wanted! If you
need a replacement poster for your classroom or planning room
door, please pop into the Library to have your photo taken. Don’t
read novels? Then scribble down your favourite newspaper or
online blog instead.
National Doodle Day
Over four square
metres of doodles
were drawn in the
Library on Friday
5th February in
celebration of
National Doodle
Day. Browse our
Art collection in
bays 5 and 6 for
books on fine art,
urban sketching
and how to draw
manga.
And finally... a literacy tip
Everyday is an adjective meaning
commonplace or ordinary.
Every day refers to each individual day.
These sentences illustrate the difference:
Compared to riding in a limousine, taking
the bus is a rather everyday experience.
I take the bus to work every day
of the week.