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.