We were enthralled by @LawrencePatrice who spent yesterday with all of our Yr 9 students and some Yr 10 English classes, giving insights into her biography and the inspirations for her writing. Thank you Patrice - it was wonderful to meet you! Haslingden High

Readers taking part in the LitFest Readathon in the Library at break time today. Haslingden High Read for Good

TJ, Ethan & Stanley won the WBD Book Bake-Off this year and here are some of the runners up: Clara, Isobel, Faye, Scarlett, Ted & Robbie. Brilliant baking from our students to show off their love of books! Haslingden High

SCHOOL CLOSED TODAY. We have had a major water leak in a science lab, which has affected the electrics and the ceiling below. The building is unsafe - toilets or canteens are out of use, so cannot open safely. We will update later in the day on tomorrow. PLEASE SHARE!

Mrs Parish delivered a copy of The Glitch to the Library this morning. It’s a collection of thrilling short (100 word) stories written by students all over the the UK including a huge number from Haslingden High Young Writers

The amazing Ava Fallon of 7N who is the 2nd person EVER to receive GOLD in Year 7 for Go For Gold! Ava has read and reviewed 30 books in the course of the year and will go onto Platinum next year. Well done Ava! Haslingden High

Final Book Club of the year as well as a pic of (most of) this year’s amazing Carnegie Shadowers 2024! What an amazing bunch of book lovers! 📖

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Books, biscuits and Year 8 Book Club today! We are reading The Screaming Staircase Jonathan Stroud and The Haunting of Aveline Jones Phil Hickes Author Haslingden High this month. 📚🍪🙂

Elisso Chalvantzi in 7P was the first Yr 7 student to achieve Bronze in our Go for Gold reading award this year and hot on Elisso’s heels was Issy Jones from 7E! They have both read and reviewed 5 books and are on their way to Silver! Haslingden High

Thank you to the writer Nathan Parker & John Haigh at LCC for an inspiring writing workshop today where our students thought about how writing can support health and wellbeing and created a poignant poem in the process! Haslingden High Nathan Parker Lancashire Libraries Lancashire County Council

Thank you to Lancashire County Council for the Reading Well for Teens collection of books aimed at promoting confidence and emotional well being. A wonderful gift for our students! Haslingden High Lancashire Libraries

Sophie & Millie from Year 8 have been helping wrap more ‘Mystery Library Books’ for students take home, unwrap & read in the holidays. All 50 books have gone! Haslingden High #readingforpleasure

The Library Escape Room is proving successful again this year with a fantastic group of Year 7s saving the Library from peril & having a treat for their hard work in the first term of high school! Haslingden High XxX porn 🍌

A lovely end to the year with our final escapees from the Library Escape Room! Wishing all of our school family a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! From the Library Team Haslingden High 💕📚🥳🎄

Reaching out to Writer’s who would be up for an online writing workshop with our creative writing club, the Writer’s Room. Full disclosure: I have no budget left 🙏 but I do have a group of enthusiastic, imaginative young writers! 🖋️

We've received these lovely Factopia books via Read for Good, courtesy of @whatonearthbooks- Thank you! Our Book Club students are keen to get reading. What fascinating new facts will they discover? We can't wait to learn their thoughts on the book and to read their reviews!

World Book Day Book Bake-Off! So many fabulous entries from our students and a lovely range of characters and books represented. Here are just a few. World Book Day UK 📚 Haslingden High

These are the winning cakes for our World Book Day Book Bake-Off. Congratulations to their creators and well done all who participated! World Book Day UK 📚 Haslingden High

Excited to receive the Lancashire Book of the Year 2025 shortlist books during our visit to Accrington Library for the LBOY workshop. Who will be this year's winner? Haslingden High Lancashire Libraries #LBOY2025