Our Accelerated Reader Target Achievers this term were rewarded with The Greatest Showman themed party yesterday to celebrate their success. They watched the film, ate hot dogs and freshly cooked popcorn, along with lots of treats. There were also magic tricks and a selection of...

We had the huge pleasure of taking a group of our year 7 and 8 students to Waterstones book store last week to give presentations on four of the  books that had been nominated for this year's prestigious Carnegie Award.  Our students had met with a...

The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards, recognising outstanding writing and illustration in books for children and young people. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded every year by children's librarians for an outstanding book written in...

We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 7th March and this year’s theme, due to popular demand, was Harry Potter. The library was magically transformed into Hogwarts to celebrate year 7 and 8 students who have achieved their Accelerated Reader target and some students for being...

We've created a new interactive chalkboard display in the library.  As we're hosting lots of Harry Potter themed activities this term we thought we'd start our displays with a daily "Would You Rather" question.  So far we've had "Would you rather take a Potions class...

                    This year World Book Day will be held  on Thursday 7th March.  To celebrate World Book Day the School Library will be holding a week of events and competitions.  The biggest of these will be our Grand...

Last term one of our librarians, Mrs Dennis, put in a bid for some Christian books for our library, funded by the charity "Speaking Volumes".  We were successful with our bid and now have some lovely new books on our shelves for students and staff...

The interform library challenge is running until the end of the day on Friday 11th January. All year 7 and 8 tutor groups were issued with a challenge to read and quiz on Accelerated Reader over the Christmas holidays to score points for their tutor group. ...

Christmas has arrived in the library! We've worked hard to make a Harry Potter themed Christmas tree, complete with miniature scarves, wands, broomsticks and Harry Potter themed hand painted baubles.  It even includes a sorting hat on the top.  If you haven't popped down to...

  Celebrate reading at our Book Fair! The Book Fair will be arriving in school soon, with many new books to browse and buy.  All the books at the fair will be half the marked price – including the ones in this leaflet! Come and join us! WHEN:  Friday...