This term has been one of welcoming our new Y7 cohort and also new students to Y12 joining Sixth Form. We appointed 9 new Y7 Library Champions to promote the library, reading for pleasure and our book clubs to their peers and teachers. They have been most impressive; attending meetings, helping others to find books, learning how to shelve and helping to put up or take down library displays. All Y7’s completed two library & information training sessions this term, which has shown them how to use the library, the library catalogue and eBook collection. A whopping 1460 books have been borrowed by year so far by Y7 alone this term, which is half of all our book loans this term. Well done Y7!

The Library has purchased and processed over 270 new books for the Library this term across a wide variety of genre, age and interest.

 

The annual Queens’ School Poetry Competition run by the English Dept and the Library was won by Sergio K 9FD with his wonderfully playful poem “Cheeky Lords”. The library awarded him a £10 book token. Christina S 7FD was runner up and also received a prize.

 

We hosted several subject classes this term as well as our monthly English Classes.

MFL held a wonderful “Language Lab” at lunchtime in the library on European Day of Culture, as Sixth formers and staff gave language taster sessions. Ms Besse brought her three Y7 classes to read French fairytales online the library. It was lovely to see them working so hard.

We have hosted A Level economics and geography classes, each using the library online databases and resources to complete wider reading and research. Lastly, the whole PRE dept had Y7 lessons with us, using our great non – fiction book stock to read about various faiths and write book reviews.

We look forward to more departmental collaborations next term!

 

  

The library showcased factual reading in November with prizes for reading and writing book reviews about non-fiction books. Awards will be made in at the very end of the term but you can find some award-winning fact book suggested reads on these sites if your child loves to read non-fiction.

• Information Book Award (December 2025)

• The Bookseller Children’s Non Fiction Book of the Year

• The LOLLIES Non-Fiction category

• Spark Book Awards – Non-Fiction category

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year!

The Library Christmas display is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens an iconic tale of Christmas written in 1843. Our students study this text for GCSE in Year 10, so it is lovely to see so many of them recognizing the props that have been created or purchased by Mrs Greatrex.

Students love our in person and online advent calendar which you can access HERE

    

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