TLC is The Learning Centre at the Humberston Academy. This minisite aims to keep you up-to-date with what is happening in, and around, the Centre.
library@TLC is just what it says - the library inside TLC. For more details, see the library@TLC section.
TLC News Headlines
Short Story Competition Launched The Learning Centre is running a Short Story Competition each month. Stories must be 247 words long - or less - and there will be a prize of £10 for the winning ...
Posted 2 Mar 2012 05:05 by G. Taylor
Readathon 2012We're running a Readathon for Year 7 students to run from Monday 27th February until Friday 16th March. The purpose of the Readathon is toraise money for children ...
Posted 24 Feb 2012 03:17 by G. Taylor
Graphic Corner Arrives
On Thursday, December 1st, we opened 'Graphics Corner' in The Learning Centre.
This is a part of library@TLC that contains graphic novels - books whose story is conveyed through a ...
Posted 17 Feb 2012 02:30 by G. Taylor
It's coming ... Thursday, December 1st
What's coming? Well, you'll just have to wait and see. All we can tell you at this time is that all will be revealed on Thursday, December 1st
Posted 25 Nov 2011 03:02 by G. Taylor
Lots of New Books Added to library@TLC
Over the last month or so, we've added a lot of new books to library@TLC. You can find out what's been added by clicking here or going ...
Posted 20 Nov 2011 01:28 by G. Taylor
Students Receive their 'Booked Up' BooksAll year 7 students received their chosen books from the 'Booked Up' scheme this week.Hopefully, the scheme will still be in operation next year so that students joining in ...
Posted 3 Nov 2011 08:12 by G. Taylor
Booked Up - Update
All the students in Year 7 have now chosen their free book and the order has gone off to the Book Trust. All that's left to do now is ...
Posted 2 Oct 2011 01:08 by G. Taylor
All Systems Go
After a slight hiccup at the start of term, all systems are now ready for use in The Learning Centre. This means that students are now able to access the ...
Posted 12 Sep 2011 07:49 by G. Taylor
Booked UpBooked Up’s goal is to encourage reading for pleasure and independent choice. All Year 7 students get to choose a free book from a list of specially selected titles ...
Posted 10 Sep 2011 01:52 by G. Taylor
Disgusting Body Facts in Library@TLC
We've just added these two disgusting books to Library@TLC. They're so disgusting that, although you can read them in The Learning Centre, they cannot be borrowed (they ...
Posted 20 Jul 2011 09:01 by G. Taylor
World Book Day 2012World Book Day is Thursday March 1st.World Book Day is a celebration! It’s a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading ...
Posted by G. Taylor
Christmas NewsletterAll students should have brought home a copy of the Academy's Christmas Newsletter. However, just in case your child was absent or 'forgot' to bring their copy home, we ...
Posted 15 Dec 2011 06:15 by G. Taylor
Children in Need Update
We told you that we'd keep you up-to-date with information about how much the Academy raised for Children in Need this year.
So far, the amounts raised ...
Posted 25 Nov 2011 03:15 by G. Taylor
Children In Need : November 18th
Friday, November 18th was this year's BBC Children in Need day. We'll bring you up-to-date about how much was raised through the non-uniform day, cake ...
Posted 20 Nov 2011 01:27 by G. Taylor
How to draw... foxes
In today's lesson Owen Davey, author of Foxley's Feast, shows you the way of the fox. From their big swooping tails, to their banana-shaped snouts, study Owen ...
Posted 26 Sep 2011 01:43 by G. Taylor
How to draw ... bunnies
Your art teacher this month is the acclaimed comic book artist Simone Lia. Simone loves bunnies, and there's no one better to show you how to master everything from ...
Posted 26 Sep 2011 01:40 by G. Taylor
How to draw ... penguins
This month's tutorial is in the safe hands of Oliver Jeffers, one of the best illustrators around and a whizz at drawing penguins. Follow Oliver's ingenious step-by ...
Posted 26 Sep 2011 01:37 by G. Taylor
How to draw... a yeti
Alex Milway shows you how to draw a yeti. Follow Alex's step-by-step guide, then email your own effort to childrens.books@guardian.co.uk. The best entries ...
Posted 26 Sep 2011 01:34 by G. Taylor
How to draw... a monster
A hairy wart here, a yellowed fang there... Rob Steen, who drew Ricky Gervais's Flanimals, shows you how to master monsters.
Click here for more.
Posted 26 Sep 2011 01:31 by G. Taylor
Dragonese Day
Thursday, 6th October is Dragonese Day!
Learn to speak Dragonese and read the hilarious How to Train Your Dragon books by Cressida Cowell!
For more information, watch this site or ...
Posted 25 Sep 2011 14:17 by G. Taylor
