Congratulations to the winners and runners-up in the
recent World Book Day Competitions. Thank you to everyone who entered.
International Learning Hub
Welcome!
Welcome to the International Learning Hub at Upton-by-Chester High School.
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
World Book Day - 6th March 2014
To celebrate World
Book Day on Thursday 6th March, the
Learning Hub is running 4 competitions with great prizes:
1. Tweet a review of a book you have read. Tweet must be to @uptonlearnhub and include the name of the book. A challenge to be very concise!
Prize = £10
Amazon Voucher
2. Write a captivating opening paragraph to a book, no more than 250 words. It should hook the reader into reading the rest of the book.
Prize = £15 Amazon Voucher
1. Tweet a review of a book you have read. Tweet must be to @uptonlearnhub and include the name of the book. A challenge to be very concise!
2. Write a captivating opening paragraph to a book, no more than 250 words. It should hook the reader into reading the rest of the book.
Prize = £15 Amazon Voucher
3. Create a
short video trailer/advert for a favourite book, no more than 60 seconds in
length. Sell your favourite book in a creative way!
Prize = £20
Amazon Voucher
4. Redesign a
favourite book cover, using any medium e.g. pencil, paint, photo, digital
design, etc. Maximum A5 size. Get arty and creative.
Prize = £20
Amazon Voucher
Closing
date for all competitions is Monday 17th March.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Maths in the Learning Hub!
There is currently a display of new books
on a variety of Mathematical related subjects in the Learning Hub. If numbers
are your thing, and you like a puzzle, theorem, code or equation, come and borrow
one of these new titles. These books have been recommended by Mrs. Christianson
and she has provided a summary for each book, and suggested which year groups
they are suitable for. There is something for everyone, from Year 7 to 13. Titles
include: “Professor Stewart’s cabinet of mathematical curiosities”; “The Music
of the primes”; “Alex’s adventures in numberland”; “The Code book”; and
“Murderous maths”.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
New Internationalist magazine
The Hub now subscribes to New Internationalist magazine, which should be of interest to Politics, Economics & Geography students. New Internationalist debates and campaigns on a wide range of global issues, from the cynical marketing of baby milk in the developing world, to climate change, to human rights in Burma. It’s truly international, with contributors from around the world, it’s independent and free from shareholder and corporate advertisers’ influence, and it’s intelligent – New Internationalist takes you beyond the headlines to give you a fresh global perspective.
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Carnegie Medal 2013
The eight shortlisted titles have been announced and the books have been ordered for the Learning Hub: The Weight of Water; A Greyhound of a Girl; In Darkness; Midwinterblood; A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. The other two shortlisted titles Maggot Moon and Wonder are both already in stock. The winner will be announced on June 19th.
Monday, 11 March 2013
New stuff!
Lots of nice new things have arrived in the Hub. We have some new magazines now on display - Empire & 4-4-2, and we also have some back copies of SFX, Games TM, Rugby World & NME.
New DVDs: Anna Karenina; Argo; Dark Knight Trilogy; Now is Good; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Skyfall; Amazing Spiderman; Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3; Untouchable.
Last but not least, new books too: Itch Rocks; Beautiful Creatures; Scorched Earth; Geek Girl; Maggot Moon; OMG! Is this actually my life; Perfect scoundrels.
If you really fancy a reading challenge, have a go at Booker Prize winners Wolf Hall & Bring Up The Bodies.
Friday, 14 December 2012
Filmclub @ Fresher's Fair
Come and see us in the Hall at the Fresher's Fair on Tuesday P2 (Yr 7) and Lunchtime (P8 & P9). We shall be promoting all the delights and goodies of Filmclub!
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
New books!
Lots of new fiction books in the Hub over the half-term break: "The Perks of being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, "Sacrifice" by Charlie Higson; "The fault in our stars" by John Green; "Rebel heart" by Moira Young; "After" by Morris Gleitzman; "Now is good" by Jenny Downham; "The Chronicles of Egg" by Geoff Rodkey. Lots more new fiction on display, too many to list here. In non-fiction, we now have: the "Rough Guides to Cloud Computing & the iPhone"; "The Book of Dance"; "Big ideas that changed the world"; "The Economics book"; and "The Book of Bond". Check out the displays in the Hub.
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