Harry Potter Book Night

On Friday 25th February, GCH Library held their annual Harry Potter Book Night at The Grey Warlocks distance-learning branch of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardry!

 

Upon arrival, students were assigned their new Hogwarts house by the sorting hat and joined either Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Gryffindor. Together with their new housemates, all students then embarked upon a wide range of magical studies.

With Madam Cygnus, our pupils learnt more about the art of wand making before each attempting to craft their very own wands.

Ancient Runes also proved to be a useful class as students decoded secret messages before going on to search for dragon heartstrings during Potions. 

Of course, all students tried their hand at Quidditch and each played a very lively (and mostly honest) game!

Congratulations to Gryffindor for winning the Quidditch cup this year!

Spotlight on 'History Today'!

This week, the Library team would like to highlight another of the great online resources available to Grey Coat students.

As upper school students may be aware, new copies of the periodical History Today are always on display at St Michael's Library but did you know that you can access a large backlog of their articles (old and new!) online?

History Today is a brilliant resource for students of all year groups and is of particular use to those studying for their GCSEs and A Levels.

As March is Women's History Month, we've highlighted a couple of fascinating articles here for you to check out and help you get to grips with accessing History Today via the Library App! 

Olwen Hufton, 'What is women's history', History Today, Vol. 35, Issue 6 (June 1985). 

Sean L. Field, 'Holy Women and the Rise of Royal Power in France', History Today, Vol. 69, Issue 10 (October 2019).

Ellora Bennett, 'Women at war', History Today, Vol. 71, Issue 10 (October 2021).

Ella Sbaraini, 'In Praise of Older Women', History Today, Vol. 69, Issue 11 (November 2019).

Anna Field, 'On Her Own Terms: the Highway-woman', History Today, Vol. 65, Issue 2 (February 2015).

Image: 'The Chess Game', Sofonisba Anguissola, c. 1555. National Museum Poznań /Wiki Commons.

1. Follow the attached link here or search for 'library' in SharePoint. If you're using SharePoint, click on the 'Library Catalogue' icon as pictured bellow. 

2. Login using your school account or click 'Login via SSO'.

3. Search for your subject e.g. 'Women's History' in the search bar and then select 'one search'. 

 

4.This will bring up a range of online databases including History Today.

 

5. Select 'History Today' and enjoy access to thousands of high quality articles.

As ever, please contact us at the library if you have any difficulties accessing our resources.

Happy researching!