Thorp Academy LRC
You want weapons? We're in a library! Books are the best weapons in the world.
This room is the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm Yourself!! - Doctor Who
Welcome to Thorp Academy Learning Resource Centre
The LRC is a busy resource centre which is a large part of the Academy. It is open to staff and students all day from Monday-Friday for information literacy lessons, Accelerated Reading lessons, curriculum subject lessons and during social times. We are also the main 6th Form study area.
The LRC has over 5,000 items of stock including Fiction, Non-Fiction, Text Books, DVDs as well as Magazines & Newspapers.
September 2016 - July 2017
8, 398 Loans
7,581 Returns
From September 1 2017
From September 1 2017
Before School
2,386
Break
2,852
Lunch
3,863
Eclipse.net is our online LRC catalogue.
Look at our Reading Cloud page to find out how we use this at Thorp.
If there are any books you see on this website which you would like to borrow, log in to your Reading Cloud to reserve them!
Achivement Club is on in the LRC every night after school with myself and Mrs Lemmon.
Any homework can be done from 2.45pm - 4.00pm.
Please sign in on arrival - refreshments provided.
In November we were honoured to be awarded with the Society of Authors Reading for Pleasure Award 2017/18
Thank you to Teri Terry for nominating us.
We now have 18 LRC Apprentices training in the LRC every day. Find out what they help out with on the LRC Apprentice page.
Tuesday 2.45-3.45pm
There is an opportunity for young writers to take part in the beep junior reporters group writing about and reviewing current topics.
Opening Times
Before School
Tue-Fri - 8.15-8.40am
Break
Mon-Fri - 11.00-11.15am
Lunchtimes
Mon-Fri - 12.15-12.45pm
Achievement Club
2.45-4.00pm
Thorp RIOT Readers
Book Group
Every other Thursday
2.45-4.00pm
Everyone Welcome
Beep Junior Group
Every Tuesday
2.45 - 3.45pm
Everybody Welcome