I'm Amanda Hamilton, Librarian at Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form. We have a large, well used and loved library. Will update you with our latest news.
Norwich, England
Joined March 2020
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Today is my last day as Librarian at school, I have been here for over 20 years and this is a very emotional day! Thorpe has educated my 3 children and I have made many friends here, I will miss my wonderful colleagues and the students but am looking forward to a new challenge ♥️
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MASSIVE study by Cambridge University of over 10,000 adolescents showing children #readingforpleasure at an early age have better mental health, improved attention and less behavioural problems when they enter adolescence...
#lovelibraries @Literacy_Trust
cam.ac.uk/research/news/read…
FREE TICKET! I have a ticket for an event at Norwich Waterstones at 5.00pm this evening, to meet S F Said, which I can't now attend. The price includes a signed book which I would like to have, but if any of my local friends would like the ticket for free please message :)
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The importance of reading was debated in the House on June 6th. Full transcript here: hansard.parliament.uk/Common… @NickPoole1 #GreatSchoolLibraries
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Beautiful words from @malorieblackman on how reading fosters empathy and connection ✨
Our book, We've Got This!, is written by @RashmiWriting & illustrated by @JulianaEigner. It aims to help children build empathy skills that can fight division.
Buy: geni.us/WeveGotThisBook
Lovely piece in the newspaper about our successful team! @tsas_norwich @BroadHorizonsEd @Literacy_Trust @GreatSchLibs #NRCQ2023 #lovereading
Pupils from Thorpe St Andrew School finished fourth in the National Literary Trust's final of the National Reading Champions Quiz. eveningnews24.co.uk/news/235…
Happy #EmpathyDay everyone, reading books is a great way to develop empathy for characters, the emotions they are feeling and the circumstances they are in, this then carries through into real life interactions with people #readingiscaring #lovereading #readingforpleasure
Incredibly proud of our students who came joint 4th, just one point off 3rd place, in the UK final of the National Reading Champions Quiz. Thanks to @Literacy_Trust for such a great day @tsas_norwich @anthony_mcgowan @JenniferKillick @jasinbath @notagainben @MrDillyPresents 📚🏆
What an amazing day we had in London! Finishing in joint 4th place out of 22 teams from all over the UK. Having trouble uploading my pics at the moment so here are some from the Literacy Trust! @Literacy_Trust #NRCQ2023 @TSAS_norwich @BroadHorizonsEd @GreatSchLibs #lovereading
Annnnd we're off! @mrdillypresents has just started the #NRCQuiz23 Grand Final. Good luck to all the schools taking part - you've done amazingly well to get to the final. @ALCS_UK
ALT Photo of Mr Dilly stood in front of all of the competing teams. He is wearing a Union Jack blazer. The whole room is waving to camera.
We are on the train to London eating croissants, en route to the National Reading Champions Final, very excited! @tsas_norwich #NRCQ2023 @Literacy_Trust #lovereading #proudlibrarian
Tomorrow is the day! London here we come! @tsas_norwich @BroadHorizonsEd
It's the @Literacy_Trust National Reading Champions Quiz 2023 Grand Final this week! 👏 I'm looking forward to welcoming all the #schools with a big burst of book fun & fab guests @JenniferKillick
@jasinbath @anthony_mcgowan @benjamindean 🥳🥳 See you there!
#nrcquiz2023 #kidlit
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It's almost time for half term break… which means it’s nearly time for #NRCQuiz23 Grand Final! Good luck to all the teams joining us in London on 6 June. Get lots of reading done and we’ll see you very soon!
ALT An an all girls team in their school library stood and smiling to camera.
ALT A team of four sat behind a desk working out answers to the quiz
ALT Four quiz members stood in front of book shelves. Three are holding up a library card and one person is holding up an open book in front of their face, with the pages facing the camera
ALT A team in a big hall sat behind a small desk. They are all laughing at something happening in the room and the photo is candid.
There are going to be some amazing authors at the National Reading Champions Quiz final in London on 6th June!
The penultimate author joining us for the #NRCQuiz23 on Tuesday 6 June is @JenniferKillick!
Jennifer is the author of the Alex Sparrow series and we're so excited that she's going to be part of the Grand Final.
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Did you know that on average, the UK adult spends 4.8 hours on their phone each day?
Why not try putting some of that time towards a book?
Read our blog post here 👉 worldbooknight.org/impact/5-…
Well done to our team who won the regional heat of the National Reading Champions Quiz in March, they received their book tokens today, £20 each. Only 2 weeks to go till the London National Final!! @tsas_norwich @BroadHorizonsEd #NRCQ23 @Literacy_Trust #lovereading @GreatSchLibs
This week is #mentalhealthawarenessweek2023 The library has a large range of fiction and self-help books on display all year. The library is a safe and welcoming area for students and there is always someone you can talk to in school #dontsufferinsilence #talk
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It's my birthday! To celebrate, I'm giving away 3 signed & dedicated copies of TYGER - just RT by 19/5 to enter. And if I could have a birthday wish, it would be for other people to also give copies of TYGER - to children & adults, to schools & libraries. It would mean so much!
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GIVEAWAY!!!
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To celebrate the publication of WILD on 4th May, I have a complete set of my books to give away to a school library.
RT and follow to enter. (If you already follow me, just RT.)
Winner chosen at random on 4th May.
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Children still love books. If you can make books available & accessible - books they actually want to read - they WILL read them! So we have to do everything possible to make sure every single child gets the support they need to become readers. #literacy
theguardian.com/books/2023/a…
