Library News
June’s Top Picks for Young Readers: Discover This Month’s Must-Read Children’s Books! Click on the Firefly link below to check out Waterstones Best Books to look...
An article in ‘Masterclass’, outlines seven story archetypes or ‘plots’ put forward by the literary theorist Christopher Booker. He believes that the basis of storytelling in...
Diversity We offer a wide range of diverse and inclusive children’s books that spotlight characters who are often underrepresented in traditional children’s literature. Our curated collection...
CLiPPA Poetry Awards 2025 Shortlist for the CLiPPA 2025 Announced Now in its third decade, the CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Childrens Education) is the...
Easter Reading Challenge Congratulations to the girls that have completed their In-House Easter Reading Challenge! The deadline to hand your completed challenge sheet to Mrs Kewley...
Literary Awards The Waterstones website includes links to a number of prestigious literary awards sites, including their own … “No matter if you’re a Booker Prize...
Inspired Makes and Bakes! Mae has been very busy baking brownies from the ‘Kids Can Bake’ book purchased at the book fair held in March 2025!...
Year 7 Poetry Project Last term students in Year 7 completed some amazing Poetry Projects – many of which are now on display in the Senior...
Prep Easter Reading Challenge ‘Hop into the Inter House Easter Reading Challenge – Earn House Points and Celebrate Your Reading Success!’ Click on the Firefly Link...
Peters Children’s Book of the Year 2025 Winners. Voted by school librarians, teachers and public libraries, the award celebrates the best children’s fiction and non-fiction published...
All American Literature Millions of Superbowl fans tuned in yesterday to see one of the most prolific American sporting spectacles of the year. It was the...
In the Senior Library – we receive many requests for books, particularly from KS3 students. There is an ever-increasing interest in Graphic Novels, such as The...
Lunar New Year is celebrated by millions of people around the world. This Year marks the Year of the Snake. The Lunar New Year started on...
“A child’s vocabulary is a big predictor of their future success,’ says Alice Penfold, Project Manager of the Words for Work programme at the National Literacy...
In First News this week there is an article about the return of the actor Dani Harmer who played the very memorable Tracy Beaker – a...
