World Autism Acceptance Week 2023

This week is World Autism Acceptance week and the theme this year is colour.  In the UK, The National Autistic Society provide help, guidance and support for autistic people and campaign to "change attitudes and transform lives".

Below is an infographic created by The National Autistic Society giving the top 5 things that everyone should know about autism and highlighting celebrities with autism, including Chris Packham, the naturalist and wildlife presenter, Greta Thunberg, climate change campaigner and former Love Islander, Niall Aslam. 

 

We have lots of books in the Libraries, fiction and non fiction, that help you understand what autism is, how it feels to have autism and what you can do to help an autistic person feel seen.  Click here to view the list on OLIVER.  

Authors with autism include Holly Smale, author of the tremendously successful Geek Girl series, Elle McNicoll, author of the award-winning A Kind of Spark and Abigail Balfe, author of A Different Sort of Normal. 

Books by all these authors are available to borrow from the Lower Library.

Fully Booked Quiz at Bromley Central Library

Last Friday afternoon we took a small group of our Year 8 students to Bromley Central Library to take part in this year's Fully Booked Quiz.   The quiz is an annual event run by the Bromley Libraries Children’s Librarian team for schools in the local area. This year EPHS was one of six schools taking part.

There were 7 rounds of questions on children's literature, including including one round on a chosen book.  This year the book was Red Stars by Davide Morosinotto - an historical novel set in Russia at the start of the second world war told in diary form.

Congratulations to Langley Girls for their win and to our team Jemmimah, Beau, Lucas, Riley, Bakshish and Matilda for coming a close fourth!  All of the team members received a copy of Red Stars to keep and were awarded a certificate and book, The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean, which they have kindly donated to the Lower Library!

The team loved the chosen book and had a great time taking part in the quiz - they all agreed that they would love to go back next year!

Award-Winning Author Alex Wheatle to visit EPHS!

Unfortunately this event has been postponed.  Alex is an amazing author and a brilliant speaker and we look forward to being able to run this event later in the year instead. 

We are delighted to announce that award-winning author, Alex Wheatle MBE will be visiting Eden Park High School on Thursday, 30th March.  Alex will be performing for students in Years 8, 9 and 12 and signing copies of selected books:

Alex, also known as the Brixton Bard, has been writing novels, plays and lyrics and performing to great acclaim for many years. He was awarded an MBE by the Queen for his services to Literature in 2008, and he won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for his second YA novel, Crongton Knights in 2016.  

Most recently, his book Cane Warriors was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2022 and won the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award 2021.  Alex has also been the subject of one of Steve McQueen's Small Axe films for the BBC. 

For more information visit Alex’s website at https://www.alexwheatle.com/.

Alex's books are available to borrow from the EPHS Libraries - click here to view on OLIVER. 

Yoto Carnegies for Writing and Illustration - shortlists announced!

The Yoto Carnegie Shortlists for Writing and Illustration, formerly the CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway Awards, were announced on Friday, 17th March.  This year, seven books all by women authors, have been shortlisted for the Writing Award, with six books being shortlisted for the Illustration Award.

We are really looking forward to Shadowing the Writing Award again this year with our Shadowing Group, the Eden Park Readers. All the books on the Writing Award shortlist are available to borrow from our Libraries for students and staff.

British Science Week 2023 - Smashing Stereotypes

This week is British Science Week, a celebration of all things related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This year the focus is 'connections!'.  

There are lots of brilliant activities and competitions available on the British Science Week website, including a fantastic poster competition on the theme of connections.  You can get some inspiration for these from the many super science books in the Library. 

We have put together a display to highlight diversity within the STEM industry inspired by the smashing stereotypes campaign. The display shows some of the amazing people that have made a huge impact in the science world and showcases some of the many books we have in the library relating to science.

International Women's Day 2023

Today is International Women’s Day and this years theme is #EmbraceEquity. International Women's Day is a opportunity to celebrate the amazing achievements of women around the world, as well as campaigning for equality between men and women.

To find out more about some of the amazing women who have changed the world, such as Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst, Marie Curie, Mary Seacole, Coco Chanel, Mother Teresa, Oprah Winfrey and Malala Youzafsai click here and here.  

Check out the International Women's Day Recommended Reading list and Inspirational Female Authors  reading list on OLIVER for a great selection of fiction, non-fiction and biographies to borrow.

Match the Teacher to the Book Competition - winners announced!

Congratulations to all those who correctly identified the teacher with the book in our World Book Day ‘Match the Teacher to the Book’ competition. The correct answers were:

There were fifteen correct entries who will all receive prizes!  Our winners are:

Rebecca, Sophie S, Orla, Clara, Rania, Jess, Leah, Megan, Keisha, Lulu K, Kendra, Rahmah, Eva and Maya from Year 7 and Georgi from Year 8.

Well done to everyone who entered - SPARKS points have been awarded for taking part!