Happy Holidays!

Have a wonderful summer holiday, everyone, and make sure you keep reading!

I'm looking forward to catching up with my TBR (To Be Read) pile of books, which includes many recommendations from pupils and staff. See you in August.

Carnegie Award 2022

 

We are delighted to announce that our former book of the month, October, October by Katya Balen, won the Yoto Carnegie Award this year. 

Our book groups have been shadowing the Yoto Carnegie Award shortlist and you can see videos about the shortlisted books here: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1560615341569081345.

There is more information about all the books on the Carnegie website.

Empathy Day 2022

 

Empathy is our ability to understand and experience someone else’s feelings. It builds stronger, kinder communities. It’s a crucial life skill that young people need in order to learn, thrive and contribute. We’re not born with a fixed quantity of empathy – it’s a skill we can all learn. 

Research shows that books are an important tool to help develop empathy - when we identify with book characters, we see the world from their point of view. 

Here are just some of the Empathy superheroes from Armadale Academy