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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today we welcomed our new Year 7 pupils to school for Transition Day and transported the library to the Catacombs of Paris to introduce our Summer Reading Challenge... @piudg.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @thekingstonacademy.org

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our 11+ Category winner was shortlisted last year in the same category, but came out with the crown this year for 'King of Nothing', published by @hotkeybooks.bsky.social Congratulations Nathanael Lessore! ✨📚🏆

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Here they are in all their glory! Congratulations to all the 2025 Spark! Book Award Winners and a huge thank you to all the children and young people who read the books, entered the competitions, came to the author visits and voted for our winners! ✨📚🏆

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

TKA Library played host to the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social Final Award Ceremony yesterday, which was broadcast live on YouTube to 170 schools. Some of our pupils attended as the live studio audience and supplied some excellent drum rolls and applause! @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Year 7 & 8 enjoyed a brilliant author visit from @ravenaguron.bsky.social on Monday. She spoke about her journey to becoming a writer via law school, her obsession with Agatha Christie, and she gave us some practical insight into the publishing industry. Thanks for a fascinating talk!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

The KS3 book club created this fantastic display to celebrate David Attenborough & Colin Butfield's new book #Ocean. Thanks to @readingagency.bsky.social & @johnmurrays.bsky.social for sending us this beautiful book! @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

And everyone loved the magical lion in Oscar's Lion (particularly Oscar in Year 3) @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Dungeon Runners was a hugely popular read in Year 3 & 4 particularly... @kieranlarwood.bsky.social @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The votes are still coming in for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social but here's what some of our Year 3 & 4 pupils had to say about the shortlisted books in the 7+ category...

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

This week we're voting for the winner of the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social - here's what some of our Year 5 & 6 pupils had to say about the shortlisted books in the 9+ category... 'This story gave me emotions!'

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

'Wild East' by Ashley Hickson-Lovence took us on an emotional journey: 'It shows how this person has developed over time.' 'I liked this book because it was quite chill (after the prologue) and there were no big plot twists.' 'Really nice, emotional and poetry. I like it.'

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

'King of Nothing' by Nathanael Lessore made us laugh: 'It was my favourite book I have ever read.' 'It's funny & relatable.' 'It was very entertaining and had a cool story line.'

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

'It All Started With a Lie' by Denise Brown kept us guessing: 'Suspicious as well as interesting!' 'An amazing storyline with great plot twists.' 'The plot twist at the end really caught me off guard.'

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

'Here to Slay' by Radhika Sanghani slayed with the students: 'It is very nice as you can learn valuable life lessons from it.' 'I think this book has a good variety of characters and reminds me of other stories.' 'They are a team and love each other a lot and are very close.'

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We're voting for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social this week and it's going to be a close call! Here's what our pupils thought of the books...

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

‘Who Ate Steve?’ by @susannahlloyd.bsky.social & Kate Hindley was particularly popular in Year 2 as it made us laugh a lot! @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Year 2 had a lot of fun imagining what each of them would do... ‘If I were Prime Minister’ by @trygv.bsky.social & Ella Okstad, from 'I could do what I want' to 'I would make my house rainbow!' @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Year 2 enjoyed the themes of facing your fears and being kind to animals in 'Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf' by @whycraigwhy.bsky.social & Francis Martin! @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Spark! reviews are coming in, in preparation for voting. Here's what our Year 2's had to say about 'Farah Loves Mangoes' by Sarthak Sinha - 'Fruit is not the only thing'. (Although there are plenty of mango fans in Year 2!) @sparkbookaward.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Fern Hill Book of the Week: 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?' by @bardymum.bsky.social. Brains are weird! But this poetry collection also demonstrates that brains are amazing in the way they can experiment with language. A playful, profound and authentic collection of poems - perfect for primary!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thanks to the @readingagency.bsky.social & @johnmurrays.bsky.social for this beautiful gifted copy of 'Ocean' by David Attenborough & Colin Butfield, with gorgeous full-colour photo inserts. I can't wait to show the book club on Monday! 💙 #Ocean @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Introducing Merlin - the library apprentice… 📚🐈‍⬛ 🧙‍♂️ (He’s grown so much in the last few weeks he doesn’t even look like his cardboard cutout anymore!)

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! Here are just a few of the fantastic LGBTQ+ books available in our library… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The KS3 Book Club is excited to be reading and reviewing 'Fireborne' by Rosaria Munda for @readingrocks.bsky.social We love a dragon story! 🐉📚❤️ @thekingstonacademy.org

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Claire Linney Author @clairelinney.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My lovely author visit today. This is the BEST thing about being a children’s author!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thanks to ‪‪Claire Linney for a fascinating talk at Fern Hill about Black Tudors, as featured in her time-travel adventure 'Time Tub Travellers and the Silk Thief', to enhance our Year 5 Tudor topic. @clairelinney.bsky.social

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The final @sparkbookaward.bsky.social event took place last week with Ashley Hickson-Lovence, author of the powerful verse novel 'Wild East'. Ashley spoke about how the book was based on his own experience & how we can use our lives to inspire our writing. Thank you for a fantastic event, Ashley!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Here are some recommended reads for International Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfVisibility @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

On Monday our KS3 Book Club, with some other schools, heard Denise Brown talk about her thrilling murder mystery 'It All Started with a Lie' - shortlisted for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social. We also got to ask her some questions about her writing process - thanks Denise!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Some of our Fern Hill Year 4&5 pupils had a brilliant time yesterday listening to Rachel Chivers Khoo talk about her @sparkbookaward.bsky.social shortlisted book, 'The Magician Next Door'. (Appropriately, we went next door to TKA Library for the event.) Thanks Rachel for answering our questions! 🧙‍♂️🪄🏘️

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

TKA KS3 Book Club hosted the first @sparkbookaward.bsky.social online author visit on Monday with Radhika Sanghani, the author of 'Here to Slay'. Radhika told us about her research, her inspiration and then read a short extract. We also had the opportunity to ask the author some questions!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fern Hill Year 3 Beech Class had a fantastic time listening to @kieranlarwood.bsky.social talk about his @sparkbookaward.bsky.social shortlisted book 'Dungeon Runners' on Tuesday. And we even got to ask the author some questions. We can't wait to read Dungeon Runners Level 2!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It’s #PiDay today and here are some fantastic maths books to celebrate. Happy Pi Day! 🥧 @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Every year, we run a bookmark design competition for World Book Day and the winners have their bookmarks professionally printed for the library. Congratulations to this year's winners, Aayush, Masha, Deniz & Jeremy, for their beautiful illustrations! @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We're celebrating #WorldBookDay2025 today by sharing book extracts and spreading the joy of reading in every lesson throughout the day! We also had a record-breaking response to our costume competition from both pupils and staff... @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We started our #worldbookday2025 celebrations early at Fern Hill with a visit from Andy Jones yesterday. Year 3 & 4 got some creative writing tips from 'Unleash Your Creative Monster', then KS2 heard all about time travelling & zombies. Thanks for an inspiring visit Andy! 🤳🧟📚

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Our next author spotlight features Radhika Sanghani on her funny, action packed, demon-slaying adventure 'Here to Slay' - shortlisted in the 11+ Category. youtu.be/wkrIntVStp0?...

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Here to Slay - Radhika Sanghani - Shortlist Spotlight - 11+ Fiction

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Our author spotlight video today features the brilliant Natasha Farrant talking about her thrilling adventure 'The Secret of Golden Island' - shortlisted in the 9+ Category. @faberchildrens.bsky.social youtu.be/D-CJldmwdfw?...

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The Secret of Golden Island - Natasha Farrant - Shortlist Spotlight - 9+ Fiction

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A Friday bonus! Our second spotlight video features both the author and the illustrator - here are @trygv.bsky.social & Ella Okstad on the inspiring 'If I Were Prime Minister' - shortlisted in our Picture fiction for Early Readers Category. @debbiethomas.bsky.social youtu.be/_gkmzccPCSg?...

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If I Were Prime Minister - Trygve Skaug & Ella Okstad - Shortlist Spotlight - Picture Fiction

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Spark! School Book Award @sparkbookaward.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Our first author spotlight video is up! Here is @kieranlarwood.bsky.social on the inspiration behind the thrilling 'Dungeon Runners' - shortlisted in our 7+ category. @nosycrow.bsky.social youtu.be/wkiFhsXZkdU?...

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Dungeon Runners - Kieran Larwood - Shortlist Spotlight - 7+

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

It’s Race Equality Week and here are some fantastic books about how you can make a difference… #EveryActionCounts @thekingstonacademy.org

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Farrah Riaz @farrahriaz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Brilliant!! Thank you for having me. I learnt so much and it was lovely having the children interact with the story. Wonderful. 😁♥️

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Farrah Riaz, author of 'The Twirly Wiggly Dance' visited Fern Hill on Tuesday. She read her charming picture book, we did a true & false quiz, then we did some twirly wiggly dances of our own! Thanks @farrahriaz.bsky.social - we had a fantastic twirly wiggly time! 💃🕺🪩 @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

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David Barker @dbarker22000.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I had a fab time meeting all your enthusiastic and attentive pupils. Some great questions. And getting mobbed for signed books afterwards... wow!

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Our Fern Hill pupils enjoyed an inspiring & engaging visit from David Barker yesterday - we heard more about the thrilling, dystopian 'London Falling' series, received some tips on writing futuristic stories and learned how to use a map for inspiration. Thanks for visiting @dbarker22000.bsky.social!

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S.J. Wills @sjwills.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I loved visiting @thekingstonacademy.org this week! 🐺😍

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

On Wednesday our Year 7 & 8 pupils enjoyed a highly engaging and entertaining visit from @sjwills.bsky.social, author of the Bite Risk series, including were-chinchillas, radioactive bananas and some classic werewolf special effects. Thank you, we had a fantastic time! 🐺 @thekingstonacademy.org

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Our pupils were excited to announce the 11+ shortlist for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social - what a great selection! @thekingstonacademy.org

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

How can our sector spot and challenge fake news and misinformation? Follow these 8 simple steps from @iflaglobal.bsky.social giving you practical advice on how to verify what you're reading and check that what you're reading is telling you the truth. #FactsMatter www.ifla.org/news/how-to-...

How to spot fake news infographic from IFLA

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TKA Library @tkalibrary.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Book of the Week: 'Lads' by Alan Bissett - a straight-talking, engaging & empowering toolkit for teen boys on how not to be 'that guy', but how to be a good guy & treat everyone with respect. Highly recommended for teens, parents & anyone working with teenagers. @thekingstonacademy.org

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