Accessit Library is the programme you will use when using the Learning Resources Centre (LRC). It helps you search for books, websites, film clips, external databases and more. You can reserve books, set ‘interests’ for notifications, renew loans and view past loans, write book reviews and much more. Our Home […]
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Bookbuzz ’24 – time to choose your book, Year 7
Welcome Year 7! We hope you are enjoying our treasure trove that is the Learning Resources Centre (LRC). You are now tasked with tricky decision of choosing a brand-new book to keep as your very own. With nearly every interest and genre represented (thriller; mystery; adventure; sci-fi; dystopian; magical realism; […]
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A round up of our favourite reads this summer term. Pick up this book if you’re keen to be transported to a side of London you’ve never seen before. One of magic and realism, fear and bravery, life and death. The protagonist Adam’s connection to the Tyger and determination to […]
Continue readingA Sea of Stories: our Year 7 ‘Bookbuzz’ titles arrive
Year 7 received their ‘Bookbuzz’ books this week thanks to the generosity of the George Green’s Trust. This means that every student from Year 7 to Year 10 has a book they’ve specifically chosen to keep for their own personal library. This year saw some fantastic titles (please see below), […]
Continue readingBookbuzz ’23 – 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 twelve selected titles to keep as your very own. Which book will you choose? Browse our top picks below by reading each blurb, […]
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, […]
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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 Wellbeing
Books can help us navigate life’s big challenges, providing advice and support in understanding and managing our feelings and personal growth. It’s reassuring, and often illuminating, to see ourselves or others in what we read when trying to take better care of ourselves and those around us. Our new ‘shelf-care’ […]
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 readingThe CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist 2021
The CILIP Carnegie Medal is the UK’s oldest children’s book award, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing for children and young people. The shortlist this year includes our most recent YA Fiction Staff Book Club’s Book of the Month Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo as well as […]
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