QMGS Library

@Literacy_Trust @matthaig1 So much truth in this! Read to escape reality; read to confront reality. Read to know that you aren't alone; read to find solitude. Read to lose yourself; read to discover who you truly are. Above all, read for pure pleasure - it's self-care at its finest! But only 10 mins?!😲

Some of the books our students have read and enjoyed on @SparxReader displayed beautifully on an A Level student's DT project! @QMGSDT

One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, My Hero Academia, Naruto, Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul, Pokémon, Avatar & Black Bird barcoded, jacketed and ready for the #manga obsessed hordes to descend! How long will they stay looking so pretty?! Thanks to @qmgs1554qma for the funding for these new books

We will be inundated when word gets out that the new #Manga is here! Maybe I won't tell anyone and can keep them complete, pristine & pretty in their boxes! Thanks to @qmgs1554qma for funding and @Petersbooks @Books2DoorUK. #readingforpleasure #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading

We had great fun competing in @Literacy_Trust Reading Champions quiz today! Whilst we may have lost our position as West Midlands Champions, we still really enjoyed taking part. Thanks to @mrdillypresents for being a fabulous quizmaster. Training begins for next year's heat!📚📚

@YoungSamurai @Waterstones @BarringtonStoke @HGold_author The Bodyguard series is still really popular with our students as well, and Gamer has had a recent swell of interest with the year 7s 🎮! I know that if I've got a student who claims books are boring, one of yours will do the trick!

Popped into @Waterstones Hove and felt incredibly proud seeing YOUNG SAMURAI on the shelves — and still selling — 18 years on 🥷📚 Along with SPEAR @BarringtonStoke — and I couldn’t resist picking up The Lone Husky by @HGold_author for Christmas reading too🎄❄️(spot the Husky!)

@JenniferKillick Do you do return visits?! We would love to have you come to visit us again🥰

I know there are very few people left here now, but if any schools in the West Midlands are interested in booking me for an author visit on the week commencing 19th October, please give me a shout. 🥰

A fabulous day at the @Petersbooks #LoveLiteracy conference - wonderful to hear reading being talked about with such passion. @EarlyTrain @RashmiWriting @TolaOkogwu Funding for libraries is essential, especially in the #NationalYearOfReading2026 @Literacy_Trust @Go_All_In_2026

@Sally_writes @robmcd85 I know so many of our students who would love to receive this - one I have in mind who would, rather than enjoy it himself, would immediately want to give it to his younger siblings as a present😭🥰

Do you know a child from an underprivileged background who would benefit from receiving this trilogy for Christmas? Teachers - perhaps a child in your class? ✨GIVEAWAY!✨ Please comment & RT to be in with a chance. Offer ends 7th Dec. UK only Very kindly donated by @robmcd85

180 very pleased students in @QMGS_Year_7 with their #BookBuzz books from @Booktrust! Their patience has been rewarded and they could not be happier (although that could be the packet of sweets in the bag as much as the book!)❤️🧡💛💚💙💜📚 @qmgs1554 @QmgsSend #readingforpleasure

Win a class set of 30 copies of the Carnegie award winning Lark by Anthony McGowan. To enter is simple all you need to do is: like this post, follow our page, Share this post The competition will close at 9am Tuesday 21st October. You must work in a school to enter

We have 4 SPOOKY copies of #FearFiles #HideAndSeek by @edgechristopher to #win For the chance to dip into the Darkive with this bite-sized horror, and discover what is seeking out Adam & Sol on their disastrous camping weekend… RT & Flw by Oct 10 #WRDMagComp @WalkerBooksUK

📣Win one of these incredible fantasy graphics collection for your school. The full series of The Music Box worth £49.95. To win this just: follow our page, like this image and repost. The competition closes at 9am Thursday 9th October. To enter you must work in a school📚

It's #BookBuzz time! As a school, we are fully committed to promoting & celebrating the benefits & the joy of reading, so as a gift from us, all students in @QMGS_Year_7 get to choose a book from these tantalising titles!📚 #readingforpleasure @Booktrust @QmgsSend @qmgs1554

Where could the Mandarin Excellence Programme take you? 🎓 Hear from two MEP alumni, now studying at Cambridge, as they share their language learning journeys so far. Find out more: ow.ly/CIGk50WgVh4

During our final #SeeYourself group meeting, we heard some incredible presentations from students who had enjoyed reading the new books from @PenguinUKBooks lit in colour! The boys talked passionately & eloquently about the importance of stories, #representation & #identity.

Students & staff @qmgs1554 know that we support #LGBTQIA rights & celebrate LGBTQIA+ literature all year round. Our library is a safe, welcoming space with a large, visible, ever-growing collection of resources reflecting this. In #PrideMonth we just make it easier to find them!

We have 3 hardback copies of the THRILLING YA novel #BestOfAllWorlds from @kennethoppel to #Win! If you’re looking for an explosive tale of survival, teenage passions & an invisible enemy… WELCOME TO THE DOME! RT & Flw by June 6 to enter @guppybooks #WRDMagComp

Goodness me, that was a very difficult #NRCQuiz this year! Mr Mackenzie and I are very proud of our team who came a very respectable 10th out of 23! We are on the train back now, and are currently on schedule to arrive at Birmingham Moor Street just after 8pm. @qmgs1554

And we're on our way! #NRCQuiz @Literacy_Trust @qmgs1554