This is a very strange time for everyone, and there isn’t a single part of any of our lives which feels unaffected by COVID-19. We miss hearing about what you are reading as well as sharing recommendations with you in person. A number of organisations are offering their resources and […]
Continue reading‘The 57 Bus’ by Dashka Slater (KS4+)
The 57 Bus is an amazing book. It really opened up my mind and helped me to understand things I had never fully understood before. It really showed society’s mentality as a whole, and I think it’s a book that needs to be read by everyone. Emeli, Year 11 ‘The […]
Continue readingBringing the LRC to the classroom
Thanks to the generous support of the George Green’s School Trust Fund, we have installed ‘mini-libraries’ in each of our Year 7 and 8 English classrooms to supplement the wonderful array of titles in the LRC, and on VLeBooks. Each mini-library houses multiple copies of some of our most popular […]
Continue readingJust in!
Hitting the shelves this week in the LRC, are a range of brand new fantastic graphic books and novels including the powerful Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano, George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Philip Pullman’s Northern Lights and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. You can now visit […]
Continue readingWelcome Year 7
Staff from the across the English faculty share their favourite books and poems in anticipation of meeting our new Year 7 students.
Continue readingFrom Extract to Novel: KS4/5 Fiction
‘Books are a uniquely portable magic’. Stephen King The English Language GCSE Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing introduces a range of prose fiction drawn from either the 20th or 21st century in extract form. So many are fantastic works of fiction (and personal favourites) that we think […]
Continue readingYear 9 Recommended Reads
‘Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well’. Mark Haddon Reading for just 20-30 minutes everyday helps to improve your knowledge and understanding of the world around you, your confidence, and your reading and writing skills. It also helps to you to relax and […]
Continue readingYear 8 Recommended Reads
‘A book is a dream that you hold in your hand’. Neil Gaiman Reading for just 20-30 minutes everyday helps to improve your knowledge and understanding of the world around you, your confidence, and your reading and writing skills. It also helps to you to relax and exercise your imagination; […]
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‘That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet‘. Jhumpa Lahiri Reading for just 20-30 minutes everyday helps to improve your knowledge and understanding of the world around you, your confidence, and your reading and writing skills. It also helps to you to relax and exercise […]
Continue readingMs Harrison’s Desert Island Reads
‘Each peach pear plum, I spy Tom Thumb…’ – opening pageEach Peach Pear Plum, Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg (1978) My first text is the children’s book Each Peach Pear Plum – a classic picture book that introduces children to a number of characters from traditional stories like Robin Hood, […]
Continue readingBookbuzz: a new book for every Year 7 & 8 student
From September 2020, all Year 7 and Year 8 students will be asked to choose one book from ten selected titles to keep. Which book will you decide on? Browse our top picks below by reading each blurb, and click on individual book covers to discover more about the author […]
Continue readingThe George Green’s 20 in 2020 Challenge
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Dr Seuss There’s no better way to find comfort, inspiration and solace during these times than with a good book. By exploring free audiobooks currently online or through using […]
Continue readingThe Top 20 Must Reads
Shared with students throughout March, here are the top 20 books as voted for by teenagers for teenagers (source: World Book Day). These are the sort of books that you can’t wait to press into the hands of your friends. The books that everyone’s talking about and the stories that […]
Continue readingThe CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020
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 saw stories full of hope, discovery and understanding a little more about ourselves and the world we live in. Here’s our pick of […]
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