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New September Display - 2021

Welcome back to school! We have loads of new books available for all year groups to enjoy.
All new solo books including: 'Lore', 'Firekeeper's Daughter', 'The Falling in Love Montage', Clementine and Rudy', 'The Dragon and her boy' and 'The Cousins'.
We've got more sequels to your favourite series: 'The Hand on the Wall (BK 3)', 'Skulduggery Pleasant - Seasons of War (BK 13)', and 'Siege and Storm (BK 2).
Great Fiction Quick Reads: 'Ultimate Football Heroes: Kane', 'Rock Bottom - A Midsummer Nightmare', and 'Tindims and the Ten Green Bottles'.
Brand new Graphic Novels & Manga: 'The Recruit', 'Adventure Zone', 'Pokemon VOL 3', 'Attack on Titan VOL 3' and 'One Piece VOL 2'
Educational Non-Fiction: 'Hallucigenia'
Don't forget you can see a list of all our new display books on Eclipse. Simply log on and check out the Reading List tab!
Where will September's display take you?
Spotlight Books:
Wink by Rob Harrell
Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn't want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don't know what to say to the cancer kid. But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the table.
When Life Gives you Mangoes by Kereen Getten
Nothing much happens in Sycamore, the small village where Clara lives - at least, that's how it seems. She loves eating ripe mangoes fallen from trees, running outside in the rainy season and escaping to her secret hideout with her best friend Gaynah. There's only one problem: she can't remember anything about the previous summer.
When a quirky girl called Rudy arrives from England, everything starts to change. Gaynah stops acting like a best friend, while Rudy and Clara roam across the island and uncover an old family secret. As the summer reaches its peak and the island storms begin, Clara's memory starts to return and she must finally face the truth of what happened last year.
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence:
You know what you did. They never hear from her again.
Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives. This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy. This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone.
- Learning Lounge Awards Evening
...and Tamsin Winter! (13/07/2022) - Tamsin Winter is going to be at the Learning Lounge Awards Evening!
Would you like a signed Tamsin Winter book? (05/07/2022) - Reading Relay Challenge Winners Waterstones Trip
91 books, 52 quizzes... (29/06/2022) - Mark Ballabon - Author Visit
Home: My Life in the Universe (05/05/2022) - World Book Day 2022
All our booky activities (03/03/2022) - Harry Potter Book Night 2022
Get you wizard hats ready because the Harry Potter Quiz is back! (03/02/2022) - Celebrate National Storytelling Week 2022
Learning Lounge Creative Writing Competition Begins!!! (02/02/2022) - New Booktrust Challenge January 2022
Malamander by Thomas Taylor (20/01/2022) - Getting Ready for Reading Week 31st of Jan to 4th of Feb
Here's what you need to know about Reading Week (13/01/2022) - Brian Conaghan - Author Visit
Author of Cardboard Cowboys visited Toot Hill School! (10/12/2021)
- HydroFRED STEM Videos now published
Student presentations have now been professionally edited and can be seen here. (STEM Pathways - 22/07/2022) - Year 9s presented brilliantly at the HydroFRED STEM morning
We we pleased to welcome Freedom Foundation to the school to run a session on careers in Hydrogen (STEM Pathways - 14/07/2022) - Learning Lounge Awards Evening
...and Tamsin Winter! (Learning Lounge - 13/07/2022) - STEM careers "field" trip to John Deere
Our year 10 students had a great experience out in the field learning about Agricultural Engineering (STEM Pathways - 12/07/2022) - Year 8 & 9 Space Centre Trip sells out in one day!
Our trip out to the National Space Centre in Leicester proves extremely popular and is now full. (STEM Pathways - 07/07/2022) - STEM Trip to John Deere Apprentice Training Centre
A great chance for students considering an engineering apprenticeship to see what that involves. (STEM Pathways - 05/07/2022) - Tamsin Winter is going to be at the Learning Lounge Awards Evening!
Would you like a signed Tamsin Winter book? (Learning Lounge - 05/07/2022) - Year 9 STEM Morning - HydroFRED - 11th and 14th July
A new & exiting opportunity for year 9s. A STEM morning on 14th following a meeting on the 11th (STEM Pathways - 29/06/2022) - Reading Relay Challenge Winners Waterstones Trip
91 books, 52 quizzes... (Learning Lounge - 29/06/2022) - Queen's Garden Tea Party
A long-standing member of support staff at Toot Hill was invited to attend the Queen’s garden part (Whole School - 17/06/2022)