Library@Trinity

On Monday, Mr Medley presented certificates and prizes to all the students who took part in the Spellbinding Book Award this year. Congratulations to everyone and well done to those who managed (or very nearly managed!) to read all ten books.

You should see a new icon like this on your desktop Click on this and you will get access to Oliver, the library's online catalogue or OPAC. You can search the catalogue to find particular book/s, titles or subjects. The librarian's also make lists of different resources on OPAC eg recommended books, reading lists. If you need any help please ask one of the librarians.

You can read all about what's been going on in the library this year in the summer term newsletter.  Click here  to view a copy.

Mrs Turnbull and 2 Year 7 students travelled to Penrith for the Spellbinding Award Day.  The three shortlisted books were  The Enemy by Charlie Higson , Candor by Pam Bachorz and Unhooking the moon by Greg Hughes.  Students from schools all over cumbria voted for the overall winner - which was Unhooking the Moon .

Thank you to Mike Garry for running 4 brilliant workshops in the Chapman Library for Y7,8 and 9 groups. Everyone had fun and really enjoyed all the poetry.  Mike's enthusiasm for poetry and reading was infectious.

Mike Garry is visiting the library on Monday 13th.  He'll be working with groups of students in the Chapman library all day. Find out more by following him on twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/mikegarry Look at his website http://ccgi.formidable.plus.com/cheersta/mikegarry.html

This half term Y7 start learning about Odysseus and his Odyssey.  Look out for the updated display and follow the journey taken by Odysseus on the map in the library. 

Today students who take part in the Questers reading group collected their certificates and a book token from Mr Mottershead.  Congratulations to everyone for all their efforts and keep on reading!

We've got lots of new science books and a new display in the collaborative end of the Carliol Library. Some of the new books will be useful for revision and there are some popular science books for everyone. The wall displays give you some tips about finding and using the information available to you to support your studies in science.

Are you information literate?  Do you know what information literacy (IL) is about? We all need to know how to access and use information both in our work and everyday life. This display aims to help you understand what information literacy is and how you can improve yours! Visit the 6th form area of the Library Website for lots more on IL including copies of the articles on display.

Year 7s are beginning work on their summer project this week. We've put up lots of displays to help with the research. You'll find plenty of books to help too - both on display and on the shelves. 

Click here to view some useful  new websites/ search engines!

Last term's student librarians came to collect their award certificates at break today. A big thank you to all of them!