February and March have given the Library minions many opportunities to create some wonderful book displays.

S4 Rene and some friends kicked things of with a Valentine’s day display, complete with red and pink confetti.

To say farewell to their favourite TV series, Our Flag Means Death, S6 pupils Lucy and Scarlett created a celebration of all things pirate (yaaar). We mourn the cancellation of the show; it had such potential. We can commemorate its demise by honouring the Pirates Code, some tenets of which feature in the book display.

February was LGBT+ History Month, celebrating the work LGBT+ people have done in the field of medicine, with the hashtag #UnderTheScope. The Library book display was more of a general celebration of LGBTQ+ people’s presence and achievements, but identified a need to seek out more books about their work in the medical field.

In March, S6 Molly took on the job of creating a book display to celebrate International Women’s Day, with the input of the latest additions to the cohort of Library Minions, S1 Julia and S3 Will.

S6 volunteers Mariam and Melissa put together this year’s World Book Day display, including stories set in different parts of the world, and non-fiction about the wide variety of cultures, food, art, festivals, religions, history and so on around the world. There’s a lot to find out about!

The Library noticeboard on the ground floor – a new addition to the Library Kingdom – is also getting busier and brighter, with lots of new notices, particularly about World Book Day. Don’t forget to look at it when you’re going past to find out what’s going on at the Library!