This week we were delighted to welcome into the Library, Ivan Turner MBE. Ivan joined the school in 1930 as a foundation scholar. Leaving in 1938 with a scholarship to study Classics at Cambridge, his education was disrupted by the 2nd World War and he joined … Continue reading
Mukul and Harry, two more in a long line of distinguished High School authors, presenting their Spanish novels to the Librarian, for inclusion in the MFL collection. Coincidentally both titled Mi Tiempo Libra or My Free Time, using StoryBird software, the … Continue reading
The Hunger Games film is keeping uncountable feet dry this half term so when I was sent this link to a brilliant Pinterest on Young Adult Dystopian Novels by Nottingham librarian Fiona Crawford, I asked her if I could pass … Continue reading
I am often asked this question and I wanted a good answer because our lives are very busy and reading a classic requires generosity of time and attention that we are often unused to giving to books. Happily, I have … Continue reading
Part of the Year 8 Reading Challenge this year is to read some Classic fiction; one ‘Contemporary Classic’ and one pre 1945 ‘Classic’ (at least). It’s like pulling teeth. They are really grumbling. So I was interested to find the results … Continue reading
On March 1st, World Book Day, Year Seven had a visit from A.M.Crawford, a writer who has turned her hand to YA Fiction, from the world of political journalism, and published her first novel, The Titan Prophecy last month. I … Continue reading
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Last year, a photograph appeared in a box of old items that had been buried deep in storage for some time. It had no identification and seemed much older than everything with it. It showed a Vicar with a medal. … Continue reading
One of the casualties of cuts in education funding last year was the excellent Resource Development Network (RDN) Portal www.Intute.ac.uk. A directory of free high quality information for students (still partly available but not kept current) which was supported by seven major UK universities, Intute … Continue reading
When the Year 8 forum made the suggestion last month that that the Library should get some Kindles , I realised I was going to have to address the issue head on. Some of my local School Library colleagues already … Continue reading
Stephen Lawrence by Carol Ann Duffy Cold pavement indeed the night you died, murdered; but the airborne drop of blood from your wound was a seed your mother sewed into hard ground- your life’s length doubled, unlived, stilled, till one … Continue reading
