☃ Winter Reads

Why not embrace the winter season by curling up with a good book?!  We have selected some excellent books with a winter theme for you to browse and borrow. 

Waterstones Bromley - Children's and Teen Book Clubs

If you enjoy chatting about books, why not try out the book clubs at Waterstones in Bromley?  For more information click here.  

The teen book club current book of the month is Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo, part of the Six of Crows series.  It is a fantasy epic, described a Game of Thrones meets Ocean's Eleven, and is available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

If you are looking for book recommendations don't forget to check out our new books pages or ask your librarians!

New Year 2018

Crisis at Christmas 2017

Thousands of people will be homeless this Christmas.

Each year, some of the staff at TRS choose to make a donation to Crisis instead of sending Christmas cards.  This year the total raised is £290.  

In addition, our amazing Teaching Assistants organised and funded a cake sale and staff raffle, with the money raised also going to Crisis. This brings the total raised to £435, which will reserve more than 17 places for homeless people this Christmas.

Crisis is a charity which offers shelter, companionship and life-changing services to people who are homeless.  To find out more visit the Crisis website..

🎅Books into Film at Christmas

What are you reading over the Christmas holiday? Come and browse and borrow from our display of Christmas books in the War Memorial Library and books with a film tie-in on TV in the Discovery Library!

School Librarian, Helen Smith, has compiled her annual list of Christmas book and film tie-ins that are on TV over the Christmas period.  Please click on the link to view: Christmas TV List 2017.

The Ravensbourne School - Eden Park High 2017 Poetry Anthology

So excited about The Ravensbourne School - Eden Park High 2017 Poetry Anthology! All proceeds go to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

 Contact mshuttleworth@e21c.co.uk

 for details.

Reading for Pleasure increases vocabulary regardless of background

Research by the UCL Institute of Education (IoE), has revealed that teenagers who read for pleasure on a regular basis have a better vocabulary than those who never read. 

11,000 14-year olds were given word exercises and even taking into account factors such as parents’ qualifications and profession, teenagers who read every day understood 26% more words than those who do not read in their spare time.  

According to lead author, Dr Alice Sullivan, “the link between reading for pleasure and better vocabularies suggests that if young people are encouraged to discover a love for books, it could alter the course of their lives, regardless of their background.”