Reading

At Holyhead, we acknowledge the significant impact that reading can have on attainment, creativity and wellbeing of our students; and have invested greatly over the last few years in giving students access to a selection of reading opportunities. Students will have access to challenging subject specific reading material whilst in lessons but it is vital that students continue to develop their reading in their own time. To support this, not only can students borrow books in the traditional manner from our newly refurbished library; but they can also borrow books from our extensive eBook collection using Sora

How do I borrow ebooks?

Download and read over 2,000 eBooks and audiobooks via student Chromebooks, mobile phones or other electronic devices.  All of the books have been carefully chosen with secondary age students in mind.  We have sent some suggested reads available on Sora to all students and they can ask for more personalised recommendations by sending a message to library@holyheadschool.org.uk.

Key Stage 4

Students in years 10 – 13 are encouraged to use the Sora website to access our online collection of ebooks.

What’s trending at the moment?

Why not check out some of the Collections that are available on Sora now.    Collections are lists of books that are grouped together based on genre, format, theme, or appeal term. 

A small selection have been added to this page but there are many more on Sora.   Please click on the collection links below and have a look:-

Key Stage 3

Students in years 7 – 9 are encouraged to use the Reading Cloud website to reserve books from our on-site Library situated in 708 or download eBooks and audiobooks from our on-line collection of ebooks.

Other useful documents

How literacy can benefit your child’s wellbeing

7 top tips to support reading at home