Rachel Marshall

At SCA we promote a lifelong passion for reading for pleasure both inside our school and beyond the school gates. Here are two year seven students highlighting the E – platform library service we offer. Over the school holidays – please keep reading!

Sun’s out! ☀️ Summer’s here! Five books guaranteed to turn reluctant readers into repeat readers! @BarringtonStoke @NosyCrow @bbcbitesize @philearle @mossmontmomery @edgechristopher @alastair_ch bbc.co.uk/bitesize/artic…

Government commits to ensuring all primary schools have libraries by 2029 thebookseller.com/news/governmen…

Got a nice mention in the Bookseller! Heading your way this Halloween 🎃

Who's up for booze, bantz and signed books? I'm chuffed as chips to say that Nottingham's illustrious @FiveLeavesBooks will be hosting the launch of #THIRST from 7pm on 11 September. Register at fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/darren-…. Come along and say hello! 👋

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#southasianheritagemonth starts today 🥳 #SharedHistory of British Asian characters #NoorInayatKhan #SophiaDuleepSingh #RosieRaja #Timetravellers

I am so delighted to be shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award again this year. If the world needs anything right now, it needs little (and big) rebels, learning from our history to imagine different, better, flourishing futures.

Congratulations @Derekkeilty! Pride of place on the mantelpiece! 🥳 #IvyNewtAndTheStormWitch #ACNISupported #NationalLottery

I couldn't have asked for a nicer author visit to see out the school year. The pupils at @SuttonAcademy were vibrant, engaged and gleefully creative, in a day led by the wider mission of a passionate English Lead. All very heartwarming and lots of fun to be part of. 📚✒️👏

I never really get any response on X but sure here goes.. Look what arrived on my birthday- my 'magical' trophy for winning the 2025 InspiRead Award! 🧙🌟♥️ So thrilled! #IvyNewtAndTheStormWitch @Scallywagpress @bouncemarketing

Congratulations to the outstanding school librarians on the honours list for the 2025 @uksla Secondary School #Librarian of the Year Award, the Peter Usborne Primary School #Library of the Year Award, & the Enterprise Award. Be inspired🔽 booksforkeeps.co.uk/the-school-lib…

Congratulations to NI children’s author and Arts Council Major Individual Artist awardee, @Derekkeilty, whose book, 'Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch', has won an award in the Education Library Service’s InspiRead 2025 Book Awards! Written By Derek Keilty and illustrated by Magda…

A fun afternoon at The Royal Society where Boy Like Me won the secondary fiction category at the ‘What Kids are Reading’ awards. Fascinating insights into what kids are actually reading too! Thanks @AccReader 😀

#THIRST. Dark folky thrills coming 11 September from @PushkinChildren. Available for early reads at netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book/6…

READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. We need to help every single child enjoy all its lifelong benefits. That's why I'm excited to see the @Literacy_Trust National Year Of Reading - and will support it in every way I can!

Shared reading makes a real and immediate difference in childhood - and beyond. And we know what it takes to get and keep children reading. We reached over 1.3 million families last year - find out more about our work in our latest Impact Report: booktrust.org.uk/about-us/what-…

A National Year of Reading will take place in 2026 aimed at curtailing the reading crisis among children and young people 👇 ebx.sh/OH8vxh

We are delighted to support the National Year of Reading 2026, a campaign designed to encourage reading for pleasure and change the nation's reading culture for good. Visit nationalyearofreading.org.uk to find out more and get involved. @WalkerBooksYA @WalkerPicBooks

"Teach your children how to think, not what to think". - Margaret Mead