Library House Competition
Published 14/01/26
More than 40 students participated in the Library House Competition, where they had to create A2 book covers for their favourite books.
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Read MoreTrinity School Book Award Book Club
Published 03/12/25This week we finished our Trinity School Book Award book club, with a wonderfully creative group of readers.
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Read MoreDavid Farr ~ Author Visit
Published 01/10/25We were thrilled to have David Farr visit our school to talk to the Year 7s about his book series, The Book Of Stolen Dreams.
Read MoreCarnegie Book Awards 2025
Published 25/06/25The Carnegies have been great fun to participate in. This year there has been a great variety of books. The books were 'All That it Ever Meant' by Blessing Musarari, 'The Final Year' by Matt Goodfellow, 'Glasgow Boys' by
Read MoreCelebrating BGS Readers!
Published 30/04/25
Read MoreTrip to the Trinity Schools Book Awards Ceremony
Published 23/04/25
Read MoreThe TSBA Book Club
Published 26/03/25The TSBA Book Club has been running for the past couple of months, coming to an end last week. During those months, we got to read 6 books ranging across a variety of genres, including romance and historical fiction. The group met every Thursday,
Read MoreWorld Book Day 2025!
Published 11/03/25The History and Importance of World Book Day
Read MoreTSBA+ Reading Group ~ latest news
Published 26/02/25This week our book club has been making entries for the 'Creative Response' competition for the Trinity Schools Book Awards. Two groups made dioramas of the books they had been reading, and the other group recreated the book cover for Seven M
Read MoreLGBTQIA+ History Month
Published 05/02/25We are celebrating LGBTQIA+ History Month in the library with a huge selection of books to choose from.
Read MoreTSBA Book Group
Published 08/01/25Last term, Year 7 and Year 8 students participated in the TSBA book club, thanks to the generosity of the PA. They read eight books on the theme of 'You Are Here', a selection of books set in far-away countries or different historical periods. The book they voted as their favourite was A Flash of Fireflies by Aisha Bushby, a book about a young girl relocating from Kuwait to England. Their second favourite was Dogs of the Deadlands by Anthony McGowan, a book which focused on the dogs who were abandoned after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. All the books that we read are available on a display in the library, so please pop up and borrow a book.
Mrs Carey, Librarian
I really enjoyed attending Book Club after school because reading is definitely my favourite hobby, and we did lots of fun activities based on books we read at the Book Club and even got to make our own imaginary movie trailers! I liked when we made a podcast the best, as we got to discuss in detail the book we chose (Dogs of the Deadlands, in my case). Making trailers was also quite fun too, as was acting out the storyboard. I also got to know new people from Year 7, because I was placed in a group where I only knew one person.
There are definite perks to joining the Book Club, like indulging in your hobby and meeting new people, but other than that, we had biscuits at every meeting! I especially enjoyed the last meeting, because we played a Kahoot quiz and ate three kinds of cake -Victoria sponge, carrot and chocolate as well as chocolate biscuits!
I would definitely recommend going to the Book Club; it was a fun and an easy way to settle in and make new friends!Safaa Abdul-Aziz, Year 7
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Read MoreBook Club trip to Townley Grammar
Published 08/07/24Today, a few schools from Bexley came together at Townley Grammar School to discuss the Yoto Carnegie book club books. Each school performed a presentation about one of the books. The book that BGS chose was Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher, an amazing and engaging book written in verse about a boy named Erik who makes a lot of bad decisions and ends up being tangled up in organised crime. Our presentation consisted of our Year 10s reading out poems from key points in the book, while the talented Year 8s and 7s did a short performance to complement the poems. The other schools also gave incredible presentations about the other Carnegie books. Afterwards, all the schools voted for our favourite book. The winner was Crossing the Line! Personally, I thought it was an amazing trip. It was so nice to meet people from different schools and talk about books we enjoyed. It was a very pleasant afternoon and I enjoyed it very much!
Sofie Rygielska, Year 10
Carnegie Book Group
It was our last book group this week, and the students took part in a quiz on all the books we have read this term, which was closely won by Sofie in Year 10. We all voted for our favourite book, which was Crossing the Line by Tia Fisher. The National Winner was announced the same day, and was The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho, the current Children's Laureate. Both books are written in verse, Crossing the Line tells the story about a boy being groomed to get drugs across county lines and The Boy Lost in the Maze entwines the story of Theseus and the Minotaur with a modern story of the journey a boy must go on to find his father. The students approached all 8 books with enthusiasm and creativity, making podcasts, writing poetry and drawing emoji reviews. It was a pleasure running the group with them, and I was very proud of their performance at Townley Grammar.
Mrs Carey, Librarian
