One Thousand and One Nights (created during the Islamic Golden Age), The Welsh Legend of King Arthur, Brothers Grimm’s Little Red Riding Hood, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, Rudyard Kipling’s How the Camel Got his Hump, Cinderella (found in widely different cultures), Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare… […]
Continue readingBookbuzz ’22 – time to choose your book, Year 7
Welcome Year 7! We hope you have discovered our treasure trove of a library. You are now tasked with tricky decision of choosing a brand-new book from sixteen selected titles to keep as your very own. Which book will you choose? Browse our top picks below by reading each blurb, […]
Continue reading‘Protéger l’environement’
Last term, students in Years 7, 8 and 11 collaborated with Juliette Dodu Middle School in Réunion (an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France) to co-write and design Protéger l’environement a graphic comic which explores the wonders of the natural world and […]
Continue readingStudents in conversation with acclaimed writers
As part of the BBC Teach ‘Lessons with Leaders’ series, four of our Year 11 students met with acclaimed writers Cressida Cowell and Benjamin Zephaniah. Kamile and Hasib interviewed author and illustrator Cressida Cowell of the hugely popular How to Train Your Dragon series about the importance of play in […]
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Continue readingNew diverse reads both fiction and non-fiction
We are grateful to SEI Investments for choosing to gift our LRC a generous set of powerful reads, furthering our commitment to ensuring culturally inclusive representation in our fiction and non-fiction books. You will recognise authors such as: Alex Wheatley, Elizabeth Lard and David Olusoga as well as popular titles […]
Continue readingYear 7 Bookbuzz Bonanza!
Just in time for February’s half-term break, Year 7 received their titles from Bookbuzz thanks to the generosity of the George Green’s Trust. This means that every student in Key Stage 3 now has a book they’ve specifically chosen to keep to add to their own personal library. The most […]
Continue reading‘The Race’ by Roy Peachey (KS3)
‘Not your typical happily ever after, Roy has written a wonderfully relatable and inclusive tale, where all are welcome, and the beauty of sport brings everyone together in the end. There are life lessons to be learned in this inspiring story with friendship at its heart.’ Shaunagh Brown, International Rugby […]
Continue readingBookbuzz ’21: a new book for every Year 7
Welcome Year 7! You have the wonderful, if not slightly difficult, decision of choosing one book from thirteen selected titles to keep as your very own by October 22nd 2021. You will be able to register your choice in your English lesson. The question is: which book will you decide […]
Continue readingOur new ‘Shelf Care’ Section for Well-Being
Books can help us navigate life’s big challenges, providing advice and support in understanding and managing our mental health and well-being. Our new ‘shelf-care’ reading section is a mixture of fiction, non-fiction, personal accounts, picture books and poetry covering topics including anxiety; stress management; OCD; depression; body image; self-esteem; gender […]
Continue reading‘After the War’ by Tom Palmer (KS3)
Longlisted for the The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021 Synopsis: Summer 1945. The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Morecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they’ve finally reached a place of […]
Continue reading‘Amal Unbound’ by Aisha Saeed (KS3+)
Amal is a young girl who dreams of being a teacher. She stays behind to help her teacher regularly and is a keen reader. After her mother gives birth to another girl and develops post-partum depression, Amal stays at home to look after the home and family and has to […]
Continue reading‘The Hate U Give’ by Angie Thomas (Mature Upper KS3+)
Be aware that there is strong language, though it is completely within context and appropriate for the nature of the book. One of the most powerful YA books I have ever read. This is a story of one young girl’s witnessing of police brutality and institutional racism, the impact it […]
Continue reading‘Clap When You Land’ by Elizabeth Acevedo (KS4+)
Clap When You Land follows Yahaira and Camino, two half-siblings from contrasting worlds who are unware that the other exists until the death of their father and carefully kept secrets begin to surface. The story is a powerful exploration of the rawness and complexity of loss within a family in […]
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