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SAVE THE DATE | Harry Potter and the 20th Anniversary Party

Monday 26th June 2017 | 15.30-16.30

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the publication of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. Join the students and staff of South Sefton College as we celebrate 'Harry Potter and the 20th Anniversary Party' in the Learning Resource Centre with sweets, treats and surprises. @SouthSeftonLRC #HarryPotter20

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Could it be Magic, Now?

Calling all Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Slytherins and Gryffindors!

SAVE THE DATE - HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT

Thursday 2nd February 2017

Come along to our third annual celebration of all things Harry Potter!

As if by magic, the LRC will be hosting another Harry Potter Book Night on Thursday 2nd February 2017 after college from 15.30. The theme is 'Professors of Hogwarts' - come along to get involved with Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures and Defence Against the Dark Arts classes as well as scavenger hunts and a Hogwarts Hall of Fame quiz.

This event is open to former students, current students and staff (and any prospective students). If you want to get involved, please email leane.kinsella@sssfc.ac.uk for more information.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

SAVE THE DATE: The LRC will be hosting it's first ever Christmas Fair next week.

Winter in Wonderland will take place on Tuesday 20th December 2016 from 17.30-19.00 and all are welcome to attend - this event is open to all students, staff, families and friends from Christmases past, present and future. The more the merrier!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Dream a Little Dream of Me

We had a week of magical celebrations for the one true hero of children's books—Roald Dahl. To celebrate his birthday on 13th September, we had a week packed with epic things; there was a daily fun filled scavenger hunt searching for elusive ‘Golden Tickets’, with the gloriumptious prizes of fizz-popping and whizz-banging sweets, sweets… and more sweets!

The LRC showed it's Roald Dahl colours with a dahlicious display of some of Dahl's best works, including the novels such as ‘The BFG’ (my  personal favourite) ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ‘Matilda’ (Leane's favourite).

The final touch was the Craft Club making Dream Jars for the display, sharing student’s dreams and giving off that true childhood enchantment we all experienced through reading Roald Dahl.

Student Librarian: Jessica MacCulloch

If You Like It Then You Should Have Put A Ring On It

On Thursday 31st March, the LRC closed it’s doors and allowed ‘no admittance except on party business’ when we explored the fantastical world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, with our Middle Earth Entmoot.

Beginning with a scavenger hunt around the college for the Fellowship’s lost Lorien leaves, the armies then battled in the war of the donut rings to win the middle earth quiz. The conquering army was the Elves - congratulations to our winners, Daniel Hill and Lauren Coady.

LRC Manager: Leane Kinsella

I Put A Spell On You

With a Spellathon Trivia Challenge, a Search for the Golden Snitches, a Spellbook Scavenger Hunt and some Wizarding Duels, the Harry Potter Book Night was filled with magic, mystery and comedy thanks to quizmaster Jack’s hilarious spell pronunciations.

The Wizarding Duels were by far my favourite. Nothing brings out the magic in the room like students from different houses screaming spells at other victims. Sophie from Ravenclaw astounded the team at her in-depth knowledge of just about everything. Basically a great night and a huge congratulations to Ravenclaw (my team) on their fantabbytastic victory.

Student: Jessica MacCulloch

This Is My Fight Song

In the LRC we love to celebrate and explore the worlds that different YA authors create; with the release of Mockingjay Part 2 in cinemas, the team decided that a theme night centred on District 12 would be fun, so on Monday 7th December 2015, the LRC hosted the first ‘Hunger Games Tribute’ to celebrate the world of Panem created by author, Suzanne Collins.

Based on her trilogy of novels The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, students chose their District from a glass bowl (the same as how tributes where selected in the books). There was a scavenger hunt to find each district’s hidden symbol in the LRC.

Students as ‘tributes’ from different districts then teamed up for the Hunger Games quiz. There was a healthy sense of competition, some tricky questions and a lot of laughter had by all.

After a fierce battle for points, the overall winners were Jack Lyon of District 3 and Adele Lennon of District 1 who were presented with their winner’s Mockingjay badges (see photo below).