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Welcome to EPHS Library
We are proud to be a Reading School. The library is a central point in school for students’ reading and research needs and is located on the ground floor of C Block. We have close to 10,000 items in our collection including fiction and non-fiction books, comics, graphic novels, text books and revision guides, journals, magazines and newspapers.
Every Elthorne Park High School student is automatically a member of the Library - their school ID card is their library card. The library is open Monday-Friday, and is accessible to specific year groups during morning break and lunchtime, when students can borrow and return books, research or do homework, access the printer/photocopier and library chromebooks or read quietly. The professional library staff are always available to help with student enquiries and book requests. If you would like to find out more about our library and all it has to offer, please contact Ms Martino (Senior Librarian.)
What we offer
- A quiet space for individual reading, research, homework, small group work and whole class learning
- A dedicated study area for Sixth form students
- Regular opportunities for Year 7 and 8 to visit the library during fortnightly English library lessons
- A wide range of books for all abilities and interests including children’s, teen and YA fiction, graphic novels, comics and Manga
- An extensive collection of non-fiction, information resources to support homework in all subjects and for general interest. We are working hard to ensure our collection is as inclusive, diverse and representative of our school community as it can be
- Online access to the library catalogue from home to search for and reserve books. Students can also write reviews and recommend books they have enjoyed
- A stationery shop where students can purchase basic stationery such as pens, pencils, rulers and maths equipment
- Special events throughout the year to promote and encourage reading and literacy in addition to our usual work supporting students and staff – including National Reading Champions Quiz, World Book Day, author visits, and book awards including the Ealing Teen Read
- Regular writing and reading competitions, and bookclubs including the Carnegie Medal Shadowing Group
If there is anything you need help with, please ask!
Ms. Martino and Ms. Shopova
Check here and in the school newsletter for the latest library news and events.
This summer, we once again invite students, staff, parents and families to get involved in our WHOLE SCHOOL READ. We have announced the book we’ve chosen and we would like you to make it one of your summer holiday reads.
Told in the voice of Tommo, a 16-year-old boy who misguidedly enlists in the army, Private Peaceful captures the joy of his childhood in rural England as he struggles to come to terms with the death of his father whilst also charting his growth and burgeoning confidence as a working-class young man.
The novel charts eight hours in his life at the Front during WW1 and it is one of Michael Morpurgo’s best-loved books. It is at once a coming-of-age story and a poignant exploration of love, cowardice and the futility of war.
“…full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive…” – Sunday Times
Borrow it from your school or local library, buy from local bookshops or online, read on Kindle or audiobook and tell us what you think.
And enter the TWO fantastic summer competitions. Choose which one appeals to you most and PARTICIPATE!
Competition 1 - WRITING“Remembered Voices” – creative writing competition. Write a piece of fiction (up to 500 words) that explores one of the novel's core themes: brotherhood, injustice, the passage of time, or the human cost of war. Entries can take any form — a short story, poem, a diary extract, a letter, or a monologue. Your writing can be any genre or setting (other than WW1). Remember – show, don’t tell, and focus on small, human moments over generic statements about war Closing date: 22nd September 2026 |
Competition 2 - CREATIVITY"Trench art" object design — students design or make a small object (real or illustrated) that Tommo or Charlie might have kept in their pocket, with a short artist's statement explaining it. Graphic novel page — adapt a single scene from the book into a sequential comic/graphic novel page (no full illustration skill needed, storyboard style matters.) Judges from the Art and DT department will be looking for originality and creativity! Closing date: 22nd September 2025 |
Upon entry, all Year 7 students are screened using the Renaissance Star Reader assessment which assesses their reading comprehension. This score is used to offer a tiered range of support to students who may have a need identified. Some students will be offered an intervention including Accelerate Reader, an online system which recommends appropriate books to students based on their current reading level and offers the opportunity for quizzing to track progress.
To access Accelerated Reader please use the following link:
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