The Flagpole

Please click on the link here for a copy of the Christmas Reading Times, a Christmas TV guide that is created each year by the Librarian at Eckington School in Sheffield. It contains TV programmes and films that are showing over the Christmas period that originally started out as a book!

At the start of the academic year our school photographers, Gillman and Soame, with whom we have an excellent and longstanding relationship, came to school to take the start of year photographs.

Photographs were taken of pupils in Years 7, 10, 11 and Lower Sixth, as well as all pupils new to the College in Years 8 and 9. 

If you haven't already, you will still be able to create an online account with Gillman and Soame, which will allow you to view and order prints directly online, with email notifications when new photos are available to view. 

Please refer to the link sent to you earlier in the term via iSAMS by Louise Eaton (Foundation Data Manager) and register as soon as possible if you would like to purchase your child's photograph. If you have any problems registering your child’s account, please email action@gillmanandsoame.co.uk and they will be happy to assist you. 

The Day is an online daily newspaper for young people.

It publishes analysis of the news that provides context for debates that explore the deeper currents shaping our world. All resources are created by a team of journalists to help schools teach critical thinking, real-world knowledge and civic engagement. 

Articles are available in five different reading levels for children between the ages of five and eighteen. It is interactive and has voting on hot topics where pupils can share their own views.

It is an excellent resource that can be used in school or at home. There are lots of articles that support all parts of the curriculum and provide additional reading around topics that are studied here at the College.

Pupils can find the link to The Day via the School Portal in the Library section.

Princethorpe Library subscribe to the JSTOR. This is a digital library containing academic journals, books and primary sources, in many formats and disciplines. It includes current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences and supports further reading around subjects and research.

There are over 2300 full text journals, more than 100,00 ebooks from academic publishers, images that are contributed from institutions such as universities, museums and private collection as well as audio content. It is an excellent resource that pupils can use in school, or at home for research. 

Pupils can access JSTOR via the School Portal in the Library section.

The MS Team for Bronze, Silver, and Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award participants for 2024-25 is working well. Please check in with your participant to ensure they are making full use of the support on offer. There is lots of information under the 'Files' tab including a document with links to free online courses that would count towards the Skill or Volunteering sections. 

Participants are encouraged to use Teams chats with their Young Leader or individually with Tamsin Frost, Natalie Hardy or Sion Murphy for any extra help.

The presentation, expedition dates and other useful information including the links to online courses is still live on My School Portal under the Co-curricular - Princethorpe page. Link here.

The Duke of Edinburgh's staff team have been aiding last year's participants to sign off their awards this half term. Participants have been contacted on Teams highlighting the areas that needed completion by the Christmas deadline.

For any Duke of Edinburgh's enquires please use the dedicated email dofe@princethorpe.co.uk with the subject DofE-B, S or G-Surname.