Hub News!

This year is the National Year of Reading, with the theme of “Go All In” which encourages everyone to read about the things that interest them to give a better understanding and depth of knowledge. Around the Hub, we have many non-fiction displays, showcasing the new non-fiction we have recently purchased on popular topics such as sport, war and conflict, saving the planet and mythology. We were also able to bid for some of our students to be on the judging panel for the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. They had a fabulous time reviewing and debating the shortlist of science books – eventually settling on “Patience” – and earned a new set of books for the college library.

In February, we celebrated the short story during National Storytelling Week, where pupils read, wrote and acted out short, spooky stories in class. These were then put up on display in the Hub for everyone to enjoy. Also  during February and March, our young people who were taking part in Ramadan were able to come to the Hub during break and lunch where we had many books by Muslim authors on display for the students to read and take advantage of the quiet space the Hub provides.

As always, World Book Day was celebrated with lots of competitions and activities in the Hub and throughout the College, highlighting the importance of reading for pleasure at HTCS. Year 7 completed a sponsored Read-a-thon, won by 7T1, which raised funds to buy books for children in hospital. Because of this, we were also able to choose some titles free of charge from Scholastic books for the library. This term’s Hub House Competition, decorating spoons as a character from a book, was also won by Turing – 8T1 so “Well Done Turing!” The teacher’s award went to Technology with the whole department dressing up as Disney villains.  A great team effort!

Lastly, this term, we held a party in the Hub to thank the year 10 reading mentors. They have done a fantastic job and were all reliable, patient, and kind while encouraging the younger students to read, allowing both mentors and mentees to have a positive and valuable experience whilst on their reading journey at HTCS.

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller