BELFAIRS ACADEMY

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE

LRC OPENING TIMES

MONDAY-THURSDAY: 7.45am-4pm

FRIDAY: 7.45am-3.30pm

TUESDAY: HOMEWORK CLUB WITH CO-EDUCATORS

MONDAY- FRIDAY: HOMEWORK SUPPORT WITH MISS HAWKES

THURSDAY & FRIDAY: MOVIE LUNCH CLUB

What have we been up to ?

September 2015– May 2016

BOOKS AND MUCH MORE

Belfairs Academy Learning Resource Centre offer

both students and staff a fantastic range of Fiction

and Non Fiction books. We also have a wide

variety of other learning resources to motivate and

encourage students.

The LRC celebrated the great author Roald Dahl’s birth-

day. Students participated in competitions, and quick

fact-finding quizzes for prizes. It was a really fun day with

all the authors’ books on display and available for loan. It

was amazing to see the students’ knowledge on this

author and his books. We also had a showing of the

movies based on Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Matilda’ during break and

lunch.

SEPTEMBER

2015

BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION

Students from year 7-11 were invited to participate

in a book review competition. After reading a

book of their own choice, they had to write a

comprehensive review, including information

about why they chose the book and facts about

the author. The entries were all of a very high

standard. Three winning entries were chosen from

year 7, 9 and 11. All three students received a

book voucher and their photographs and reviews

were displayed in the LRC.

SEPTEMBER

2015

James Beasley Year

10 New

LRC Ambassador.

Olivia Solomons Ashley Oakley

Vivienne Wade Luke Cook

LRC AMBASSADORS

Tess Hadley Year 7 Amy Baker Year 9

Ashley Oakley Year 11

The LRC exhibited displays about Halloween and how

different countries and cultures around the world

celebrated this festival. We also looked at Gothic Fashion & Music.

Students also participated in mini quizzes,

competitions and fact finding about the History of

Halloween and where it originated from.

GOTHIC HORROR

LITERATURE WEEK Students enjoyed a Gothic Horror Fest for the week

leading up to Halloween. We focused on all the

different genres of Gothic Horror Literature, from Mary

Shelley's ‘Frankenstein’ to R.L. Stine’s ‘Goosebumps.’

HALLOWEEN

OCTOBER

2015

GUY FAWKES THE PLOT,

HISTORY OF THE FIREWORK,

SCIENCE & COMPOSITION BEHIND THE

FIREWORK, FIREWORKS AROUND THE

WORLD.

The week leading up to November 5th I thought it

would be fun to create a Guy Fawkes/Firework

History display around the LRC . Each display was

themed, Guy Fawkes The Plot , The History of Fire-

works , Firework Culture/Countries, The Science &

Composition behind the Firework.

Students were fascinated to see the science behind

how a firework is created and the history behind

them. Also how fireworks are used in different cul-

tures and countries around the world. The students

shared information and took part in a quiz with ques-

tions such as ‘what colour is the most expensive &

hardest colour firework to produce?’ and ‘Where did

fireworks originate from?’ It was a great suc-

cess with mini prizes for the correct answers.

NOVEMBER

2015

TIME TO CELEBRATE THE AUTHOR

J.K.ROWLING, and

Many of the students and staff are huge fans of Harry Potter, I decided to make it a Harry Pot-

ter Christmas with a quiz that everyone could take part in. Over the weeks running up to the

Christmas break students and staff signed up. The three Academy Colleges Endeavour, De-

fender and Resolute would play against each other to see which college was the ulti-

mate Harry Potter Fan.

Heats between the colleges took place over two weeks in the Learning Resource Centre,

drawing a really good crowd of supporters from each College. We proceeded to eliminate

teams and the questions got more difficult. The final took place in the main hall with a huge

audience of both students and staff.

The Grand Final was Resolute V Defender; it was a nail biting grand final with some really

difficult questions. Resolute won the competition by only ½ a mark. It was so much fun, the Res-

olute team walked away with Amazon Vouchers and a certificate. We also showed all the

Harry Potter Films before school, during break, lunch and after school.

DECEMBER

2015

Winning Team Resolute College Scored 28 .5 out of 30

Chinese Paper Cutting

& Origami

During the month of January I intro-

duced the students to Chinese Paper Cut-

ting and Origami in the LRC. Students were

fascinated how they could make some-

thing so amazing out of just a plain piece

of A4 paper. To commemorate the release

of the new Star Wars Movie ,we began

making Star Wars Darth Vader Snowflakes.

Year 8 student Oliver Edgell was totally su-

perb and created a masterpiece of

Darth Vader. It is on display in the

LRC.

Introducing Jacob Harwood

Year 7, LRC Ambassador in

Training for September 2016

JANUARY

2016

Oliver Edgell Year 8

Miss Hawkes

LRC Manager &

Year 10 student

James Beasley

creating a giant

origami star.

FEBRUARY

2016 ADISA

THE VERBALIZER

In February Year 8 students had the opportunity to

participate in a poetry workshop with acclaimed rap

poet, Adisa. His “dapper” appearance and array od

different hats set the mood. He had pupils in stitches

but also thinking about profound questions, spoke

about ancient history, family love and current affairs.

He was inspiring and educational in one. Everyone

had a fantastic time with Adisa.

Visit Adisa world

@ www.adisaworld.com

MARCH

2016

To celebrate world book day the LRC promoted

‘Books for Boys’

We have a fantastic range of books for

boys, all genres and for those that like to

flick through a magazine we have all the

most popular ones available.

JAMES DASHNER is our most

popular author at the moment,

especially his fantastic

MAZE RUNNER Series.

APRIL

2016

Its time to celebrate

William Shakespeare's Birthday

This term Year 7 & 8 Students are studying

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The LRC displayed lots of interesting facts and

information about the famous bard

William Shakespeare’s life and especially his play

A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

April was also

Healthy Eating!

Lots of information on

‘The Hidden Sugar in our

Food’ along with some

great ideas for healthy

school lunches.

Visit www.nhs.uk/change4life

MAY

2016

New LRC Ambassador

Year 9 Student James Hayhurst has completed

his training and now joins our team of

LRC Ambassadors.

Learn to draw your favourite

Cartoon Character,

Wednesday Break &

Lunchtimes.

Its time for

Horrible Histories in the

LRC, full range of books

available.

Belfairs Academy LRC Ambassadors