CelebrationOfMusic featuring Hodgson session band and Academy band @blackpooloperahouse Hodgson Performing Arts and Music Hodgson Academy Millfield Science and Performing Arts College

Now it's a trilogy! Have to admit, I get a real kick out of seeing all three covers together. Book three, THE VANISHING OF AVELINE JONES, by the brilliant Phil Hickes Author & illustrated by me, is out 27th Oct from Usborne Publishing.

Remember when the library looked like this? Are you the student in the photo? Give us a shout out Blackpool Sixth #ThrowbackThursday #BlastfromthePast

I wouldn't have survived high school without the library. It was the one place I felt comfortable. Shout out to all librarians who create a safe haven for odd ducks like me.

A new ⁦Children's Laureate⁩ is announced tomorrow, so exciting, and I just wanted to thank BookTrust, my publishers and ⁦Waterstones⁩, and all of you out there who have supported our campaigns so brilliantly over the last 3 years #readingismagic and #magicisforeveryone ❤️📚

#librarytwitter #ReadingAacdemy #LoveyourLibrary

'It is a dream come true to be appointed as Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate, beyond anything my younger self could have imagined... I will endeavour to ensure every child can see themselves in books.' - @JosephACoelho

🌟STUDENT SUCCESS🌟 Recently a number of our students competed at the Dance World Cup, representing Team England, with their dance school Langleys. We're so proud of them coming back with 2 silver medals each and a further GOLD for Abi S! Huge congrats to you all! Hodgson Academy

It might be a little early to do the Monster Mash, but since #Halloween2022 is over Half Term and lately the demand for horror is insatiable, come stock up on spooky holiday reading! But watch out for spiders... #horror Lou Morgan Seanan McGuire Stephen Graham Jones Amy McCaw Alma Katsu - THE SPY WHO VANISHED is here!

🎄🎁✨ CHRISTMAS BOOK GIVEAWAY!!✨🎁🎄 To be in with the chance of winning these signed, sprayed edge editions of The Christmas Carroll books: ✨ ‘Like’ this post ✨ RT by 10.12.22 You can also find sprayed edge copies of The Christmas Competition in Waterstones stores and…

Calling all schools - don't miss this fab giveaway we're doing with our friends at @OEedDevelopment!

Boosting this, looks like an amazing #giveaway!

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... We lost some of the Student Leadership Team & Library volunteers among the festive forest! #library #teamwork

Don't forget to submit your forms for Y10 work experience placements in good time! Work experience week is 10th-14th July. If you are an employer & can offer a placement please get in touch! Ms. Foley will be on hand to take forms throughout next Thursday's Y10 parent's evening.

How do we become readers? By READING THINGS WE LOVE! So if you want kids to be readers, let them read what they enjoy. Comic books, picture books, joke books, maps, sports reports, all kinds of poetry & prose: it's all reading, and it's all good! #literacy (Art: Bill Watterson)

Just in time for the last day of #LGBTplusHM (but to be read year-round!), here's this morning's latest delivery of new LGBTQ+ fiction & non-fiction! 📚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Simon James Green @WriterikJB 2 Royal 2 Blue milly abraham @jamie_windust Erin Ekins (she/her)

Huge GIVEAWAY alert! I have 14 copies of VIPER I'd like to send to UK secondary school libraries. To enter, simply follow and RT and I'll pick winners from random. UK only, closes Tuesday 28th 7pm. Good luck! #libraries

⚽️ The year 7 girls became Wyre and Fylde Champions after beating Cardinal Allen in the final 2-1! The year 8 and 9 girls will also play in the finals against Lytham after half term as they also look to become Wyre and Fylde Champions. We are beyond proud! ⚽️

Reading really does have life-changing benefits - and the research backs it up. Explore the studies that show the effect reading can have on life chances, mental wellbeing, self-esteem, school performance, creativity and empathy right here: booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…