D.E.A.R Fortnight 2022
Drop everything and read. From 10th to 21st January, our students will not receive traditional homework but will instead be given time to read. [...]
Advent in the Library
“You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer [...]
COP26 Book Display in the Library
From 31st October to the 12th November, world leaders are meeting in Glasgow to discuss how to work together to tackle the climate crisis [...]
Lower Fourth Trips to the British Library
Lower Fourth began their trips around London with a visit to the British Library, accompanied by our School Librarian Miss Lawrence. After having admired [...]
Junior and Senior Book Clubs Update
Lauren Wolk has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Award before, so the question is will her latest novel Echo Mountain be more successful than [...]
Lower Fourth Prepare for Science Fair with Research Skills Session
Science Fair is a rite of passage for the Lower Fourth at Francis Holland, and this week they began work on their projects. To [...]
Book clubs meet to discuss power dynamics and stereotypes
Our book clubs met last week to discuss their latest reads: The Good Thieves and The Hunger Games trilogy. Katherine Rundell's latest novel, set in prohibition [...]
Junior Book Club
The Junior Book Club is underway with its latest novel - J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. We are taking part in Oxford University's [...]
International Women’s Day 2021: Reading List
To mark this year's International Women's Day, School Librarian, Sarah Lawrence has put together a selection of books written by inspiring female authors, which [...]
World Book Day 2021
Happy World Book Day! Or to be precise, happy World Book and Copyright Day. This year celebrations are taking place online. The Sixth Form have [...]
