Librarian

Congratulations to our Lower Sixth finalists who took part in this year's Symposium event, this year with invited speakers from RGS Guildford, giving fascinating talks on a variety of topics ranging from medieval history to theoretical physics.

At our final Book Club meeting of this year, we enjoyed cakes and bakes on a literary theme! Have a good summer everyone!

Find out more about the history of the Pride movement in these books in the library for #PrideMonth

We were thrilled by a visit from author Ross Welford yesterday who entertained pupils from Yr 4 to Yr 7 with his talk about the magic of reading, throwing in some dazzling magic tricks as well as a thoughtful presentation about how creative writing works. Thank you @rosswelford!

Looking forward to our Parents' Book Group meeting this evening, when we will be discussing The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn and The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes @jenlynnbarnes

Congratulations to Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock for winning this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!

Congratulations to the creators of this year's titles in the Yoto Carnegie Medal shortlists!

Year 7, 8 & 9 pupils enjoyed exploring our collection of library books from a variety of cultures during Languages Week. @TormeadMFL

Royal Society Young People's Book Prize - And this was our favourite! #YoungSciBooks

Deadly and Dangerous Animals: "Full of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations" Live Like a Hunter Gatherer: "I loved the images and the different topics, and the map showing where stone-age tribes were based" #YoungSciBooks

Bodies, Brains & Bogies: "Easy to read, funny and interesting pictures, and a great quiz on p 110" Germs: "Interactive, informative and colourful, with facts hiding behind every flap" #YoungSciBooks

A Bug's World: "Really entertaining with some painstaking illustrations and fascinating facts" Am I made of Stardust? - "Colourful and appealing whilst still informing the reader with scientific information about our universe" #YoungSciBooks

Our Year 7-9 Book Clubbers gave some fantastic presentations about this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize shortlisted books - their comments to follow... #YoungSciBooks

This term, our Book Clubs are focusing on a different genre each week. Last week was Murder mysteries and this week we have been looking at how to draw Manga:

With our pastoral focus this term on physical and mental health, you might like to find out more about how a good night's sleep can impact both - and how to achieve it!

Our Book of the Month has just become @Waterstones #BookOfTheYear ! And coincidentally, here's today's Library Quiz Question:

Our Book Clubs have been making Advent Story Calendars this week.

Our "12 Days of Christmas" Library Quiz starts today. Collect an entry form from the library desk.

Our Book Clubs made a start on reading the shortlisted books for this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. This week we were identifying 'fascinating facts' from each book. @royalsociety

Celebrate #NonfictionNovember with a look at one of our new books covering a multitude of subjects.