End of term is near

OK the library helpers have been having fun once again in my office. Seriously, a huge thanks to everyone who has helped out on the desk, with the shelving, the photocopying, preparing the new books and everything else this year. Your help as always is much appreciated. 

Wednesday lunch we will be having a "training" session in the library! See you then.

And the winners are...

The discussion from Book Group favoured "The Hate U Give" and "After the Fire" for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.


I loved "Where the World End" a beautifully told historical novel with a strong sense of time and place. Let us know what you think Book Group!

Summer reading

Last chance to sign up for our summer reading.    Staff and senior pupils will be reading "Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine" and our new S4 -S6 group "The man in the high castle" by Philip K Dick

Poet workshop

 S3 Students were treated to a visit by Scottish novelist and poet Sophie Cooke to help inspire them with their creative writing for the Scottish Studies Award.

Pupil comments 
" I learned a different strategy to write a poem. I enjoyed getting inspired to write things about Scotland"
" I enjoyed when we had to write just whatever comes into your mind"
"I enjoyed our group discussion about what Scotland means to different people"
"I liked hearing the poems and the use of the Scot's language"
 "I really liked how it made me think deeper about Scotland and what I like about it"
"I learned how to start my own poems"
"I enjoyed the poems and the video"

And there were so many more positive comments. Thank you so much Sophie Cooke.