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  1. A large dragon, with its wings spread, stood in a rocky landscape and facing a human
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Step Inside Your Fantasy Adventure

    Join authors Katie and Kevin Tsang, and illustrator Viviane Schwarz to explore fantasy fiction, portal stories and magical creatures.

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  2. Author Katherine Rundell next to the cover of her book, Impossible Creatures The Poisoned King which shows a green and yellow illustration of a winged lion with horns.
    Years 5 – 8Free

    Katherine Rundell on Fantasy and Maps

    Multi-award-winning author Katherine Rundell will celebrate wondrous and mysterious maps in fiction in this student Q&A event.

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  3. Portrait of a man with short grey hair and glasses, next to a purple graphic with red text reading 'the history of information Chris Haughton'
    Years 5 – 9Free

    Chris Haughton on Maps and Information Literacy

    Award-winning author Chris Haughton will take a look at maps and secrecy through the lens of his latest book The History of Information.

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  4. An illustration of characters from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland including Alice, the Queen of Hearts and the Cheshire Cat in a snowy Christmas scene. Text reads The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, in partnership with Macmillan Children's Books and Lupus Films. With Carys Bexington and Kate Hindley.
    Year 2Free

    The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland

    An opportunity to celebrate reading for pleasure with year 2 in a fun-filled festive school trip treat just in time for the Christmas holidays!

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  5. Artwork for Secret Maps exhibition. Navy background with lots of different maps from history, and images of a flight tracker, an Enigma Machine, Minecraft’s Uncensored Library, D-Day, and a war room. Some of these are obscured by shadows or pixellation.
    Years 3 – 6 and Years 7 – 11Free

    Secret Maps Workshop

    Students will develop information literacy and critical thinking skills by exploring our maps collection.

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  6. A collage of images showing maps, globes, and military personnel marking a map.
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Sensory Storytelling: Secret Maps

    X marks the spot in this fun-filled sensory adventure around our latest exhibition!

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  7. Children reading books in our the reading corner of the Story Explorers exhibition at the British Library
    Years 1 – 6Free

    Self-Guided Visit: Story Explorers

    A self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our riotous new hands-on exhibition taking a fresh look at the Library’s collection.
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  8. A smiling man with grey hair, beard and moustache, wearing a suit jacket with a blue jumper and stripy t-shirt underneath
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Global Food Stories

    Save the date to join Michael Rosen and friends.

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  9. Two children outside of a gingerbread house in a dark forest.
    Years 1 – 6Free

    Self-Guided Visit: Fairy Tales

    A self-guided opportunity for schools to discover our upcoming exhibition all about fairy tales.

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  10. A black and white artwork projected on a screen, featuring a large eye, with a house where the pupil should be, and the wording 'Nobody chooses to be a refugee!'
    Years 3 – 11Free

    Refugee Week: No Place Like Home

    Save the date! The Sanctuary Foundation’s No Place Like Home competition prize-giving ceremony returns to the Library.

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  11. A collage image of seven people on stages, performing or talking to an unseen audience.
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Celebrate the Summer Reading Challenge

    Save the date for this joyous jamboree of Key Stage 1 reading.

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  12. Photograph of children in Tudor costumes included velvet caps and white ruffs, they are standing in an ornately decorated room with green patterned wallpaper and gold picture frames.
    Years 7 – 11

    Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens

    Experience Tudor life and explore the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
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  13. Illustration showing cartoon children wearing orange jumpers playing with boats and tree branches, they stand on an open book. The background colour of the image is bright yellow
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Refugee’s Journey: A Drama Workshop

    Use drama activities to explore space and characterisation, while learning about the experiences of refugees.
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  14. Illustration showing cartoon children playing against a red background. They are stood on an open book. One child plays a musical instrument, orange musical notes float above their heads and above that a blue, green and yellow mythical bird
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Musical Storytellers

    Combine literacy with music to have fun developing vocabulary, oracy and comprehension skills.
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  15. Illustration on a green background. Cartoon children standing on an open book. One child holds a homemade megaphone made of an inside out umbrella with trumpets attached to it.
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Write Like a Poet

    What makes a poem? Do they have to rhyme? Can they be silly?
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  16. Illustration showing cartoon children playing, three children are wearing pink pig masks, one has a grey wolf mask on, one holds a violin. They are all stop on an open book, the background colour of the image is bright blue
    Years R – 2Free

    Once Upon a Time

    Through exploring the story of the Three Little Pigs, pupils will develop storytelling skills, strengthening their literacy and oracy.

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  17. A group of 6 schoolgirls of varying heights but all dressed in school uniform have gathered around an exhibition display case to look inside of it.
    Years 3–6 and Years 7–13Free

    Self-guided school visits

    These flexible visits enable you to lead your group to explore our public spaces and Treasures Gallery.

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  18. Two schoolboys wearing shcool uniform and holding iPads stand together. They are both looking at their screens, their expressions are amused and interested
    Years 4–6 and Years 7–13Free

    Windrush Voices

    This session explores the arrival of the Empire Windrush in Essex in 1948 and the wider social and historical context of this moment.
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  19. Two students in school uniform sat at a desk. They are looking at each other and smiling, the student on the left has placed a hand on a piece of paper on the desk
    Years 3 – 6 and Years 7 – 13Free

    Write Here

    Students will explore the Library and our Treasures gallery to gain inspiration in this creative writing workshop.
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  20. School age students leaning over a map, two of them are reaching into the middle of the map to point out a location
    Years 3 – 6Free

    Voyage into Maps

    Students will explore maps on display in our Treasures Gallery, thinking critically about their many uses and styles.
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  21. Two young students seated at a desk. They are both writing on a worksheets. They are both wearing blue school polo shirts, the child on the right is also wearing a maroon zip up fleece
    Years 5 – 6Free

    Research Matters Primary

    Start developing your class's research skills in this session touching on information literacy, observation, analysis and more.
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  22. A line of four wooden booths with screen inside the booth. A school age child wearing school uniform is sat with their back to camera on a high stool at each of the booths. All children a wearing headphones.
    Years 4 – 6Free

    Listen Up! Sound Lab

    Students use a range of techniques to create, collect, amplify, mix, layer and record sound in this hands-on session.
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  23. A group of school students in uniform, the child in the centre of the image has raised her hand to answer a question, there is a pink tint to the photo
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Once Upon a Time: Make a Story

    Students will create a new story as a class, developing their literacy and language skills through imaginative play.
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  24. Three uniformed schoolchildren look with interest at something, their faces are lit by a pink light
    Years 1 – 2Free

    Once Upon a Time: Tell a Story

    Students take a well-known story and develop storytelling skills through performance, strengthening their literacy and language skills.
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