LRC Recommended Read – Issue 38
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was...
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The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Briseis was a queen until her city was...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
n line with our current drive to encourage all students to read for pleasure, widen their vocabulary and develop their literacy skills, on Wednesday of this week we held our first...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The Crystal Stair by Catherine Fisher Life in the Settlement is not as perfect as Caz and Will had hoped – they live apart in the Boys’ and Girls’ Towers and...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
It was so good to supervise one of the weekly reading lessons in the Learning Resource Centre or LRC this week and see so many of our Year 7 students clearly making the most of...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The school fell silent again last Friday morning during Character Development Time as students read quietly with their Character Development Coaches and Teaching Assistants. At...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
Having recently introduced our new CDC ‘Reading Fridays’ it has been really powerful to see first hand the impact of these dedicated sessions. For 20 minutes the whole...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
The Murderer’s Ape – By Jakob Wegelius Sally Jones is on the run and trying to clear the name of her dear friend the Chief. She’s a great protagonist: kind-hearted,...
Posted by Danielle Bowe
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now.
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?
Discover the greatest Greek myth of all – retold by the witness history forgot.
This is in the KS5/adult section of the LRC.
In addition to the Carnegie award, the Kate Greenaway medal is awarded for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. In library studies we often...
The first Study Saturday of 2018 saw an impressive start to the final countdown to the all important forthcoming GCSE and A level examinations. A number of Sixth Form students who...