Library Christmas Tree

All pupils are invited to create a book themed decoration for the Library Christmas tree. All decorations that are placed on the tree with receive a treat! All welcome to come up to the Library and have a look.

New books in the Library!

The Library has more new books for you to take out.

• Glass Sword                                          V. Aveyard
• Red Queen                                             V. Aveyard
• After Tomorrow                                     G. Cross
• The Red Pyramid                                   R. Riordan
• The Road of Bones                                A. Fine
• Hero                                                        P. Moore
• The Knife of Never Letting Go              P. Ness
• I'd Tell You I Love You.....                     A, Carter
• Between Shades of Gray                        R. Sepetys
• Night Rise                                              A. Horowitz
• All The Truth That's In Me                    J. Berry
• The Disreputable History of Frankie...  E. Lockhart
• Just Listen                                              S. Dessen
• Ready Player One                                  E. Cline
• 2 Boys Kissing                                       D. Levithan
• Ice Cream Star                                        S. Newman
• Duff                                                        K. Keplinger

Please feel free to come up to the Library and take one out.

Science Week

Science Week

Science Week was celebrated in The High School from the 13th to 20th November. The Library ran a "Guess the Science Objects" competition. This was won by Stepan Letsko 2RW. Congratulations to Stepan!

Banned Book Week September 25th - October 1st

Do you dare to take out a banned book?

Come into the Library and see what banned books are there for you to read - are you brave enough?

European Day of Languages

The European Day of Languages was celebrated in the Library on Monday 26th September.  We had quizzes in French and word searches in German.

The Library also hosted a collection of international dolls, and there was a quiz to see which dolls were European.

Welcome all 1st Year pupils

Welcome to all our new 1st Year pupils! Come up to the Library and say hello - you might even wish to take out a book!

And welcome back to all returning pupils. I hope you had a wonderful summer break and I look forward to seeing you up in the Library this week.

Water Week 11th - 15th April

This week is Water Week in The High School, being run by the Green Schools' Committee. The Library is hosting a Water Poem Competition. Come into the Library to see our display of books and to collect a choice of water quizzes for some fun and brain stimulation.

Please get composing your prose - anything water related, from conservation to energy production, the beauty of water to it's many uses. Drop your poem into the Library anytime this week, 11th - 15th April.

Water Haiku

The water is light
like air under floating wood
peaceful still and calm

New books!!

New books in the HSD Library for April


Asher, J. - "Thirteen reasons why"

Chevalier, T. - "The Virgin Blue"

Clarke, H. (ed) - "The Vikings in Ireland and Beyond"

Duffy, J. - "Children of the Rising"

Feynman, R. - "What do you care what people think?"

Grant, M. - "Front Lines"

Martin, G. - "My Autobiography"

Muchamore, R. - The Cherub series

Russell, R. R. - "The Dork Diaries"

Yancey, R. - "The 5th Wave"

Design Your Own Bookmark Competition Winners!

The winners of the World Book Day "Design your own bookmark" competition were:

1st prize: John Kennedy
2nd prize: Brian Carter
3rd prize: Thea Walsh Molony

Congratulations to the winners, very well done. Thank you to all who entered the competition - the bookmarks have made a colourful display on the Library wall!

World Book Day

World Book Day competition

We had plenty of contributions for the High School Library's World Book Day competition - "Design your own bookmark". There were some amazing entries, and choosing a winner was very difficult.

All bookmarks have been laminated and those pupils that submitted them are welcome to come into the Library and collect them when the summer term starts on April 4th.

Winners will be announced at the start of next term. Congratulations to all who entered and a very special congratulations to those who won.

Get Ready for World Book Day!

World Book Day in the Library Thursday 3 March 2016

* Book tokens available for all

* Junior and Senior Library Quizzes available

* Films being shown in the Library

* Display of all new books recently acquired

* Competition:

Design your own bookmark. This can be of any design, and all competition entries will be laminated for future use. Entries need to be named by each pupil, either incorporated into the design of the bookmark, or included on the back. There will be competition prizes. Please drop them up to the Library on, or before, Thursday 3 March. All entries will be displayed in the Library.

Some new books - just in!

New Books in the Library – February 2016

 Anonymous – “Go Ask Alice”

 Atwood, M – “The Handmaid’s Tale”

 Burgess, M – “Junk”

 Freud, E – “Hideous Kinky”

 Herrndorf, W – “Why We Took the Car”

 Hornby, N – “High Fidelity”

 Orwell, G – “Animal Farm”

 Rennison, L – “Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Vol. 1”

 Shute, N – “A Town like Alice”

 Walker, A – “The Color Purple”

 Wyndham, J – “The Day of the Triffids”

 Zimmer Bradley, M – “The Mists of Avalon”

Lollipop Day at The High School