Blogs and News - St George's School For Girls, Edinburgh
The Library Homepage is the gateway for girls at St George’s to access online library resources and to manage their library account. From the Homepage, girls can renew books, place reservations and search the library catalogue. They can search for their favourite author, title and conduct keyword searches relevant to topics and school projects. There are also reading lists available on the Homepage ranging from ‘Thinking of Medical School’ to ‘Books to Scare You!’ along with a ‘Book of the Month’ feature and regular updates on new books available across each of the libraries at St George’s.
Girls can access the library homepage via this link or from the Office 365 SharePoint area using their school email and password to log in.
https://uk.accessit.online/stg05/
The Homepage also gives direct access to following online library resources:
The Day
The Day is an online newspaper that covers current affairs and the main issues in the news and is updated daily
Britannica
Britannica is an online encyclopaedia that publishes relevant and trustworthy information to help aid your understanding of many subjects and topics. The content is, age-appropriate and updated continuously
Issues
An online resource that contains information on social issues. You can search by topic, obtain key facts and analyse statistics.
Complete Issues
Complete Issues is a database which collates articles, statistics and key facts on current issues today
BorrowBox
Allows girls to borrow e-audiobooks and ebooks free of charge (More information can be found in our previous update.)
January
The Big Owls Learn All About Emotions
Owls Swoop into Visit Primary 1!
Primary 5 Documentaries Premiere
Primary 6 Junior Duke Bike Workshop
Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award
Primary 3 Rainforest Explorers
Primary 5 Assembly Celebrating Burns Night
Easter Tennis Camps with the Judy Murray Foundation
Primary 4 Learn about Life as an Evacuee
U6 Ball – A Former Boarder’s Visit
Seeing Frozen 2 at Fountain Park
February
Careers News Round-up February 2020
St George's U15 Lacrosse Team win Loretto Tournament!
Author Ross MacKenzie Visits Junior School
Trip to the Surgeons’ Hall Museums
Honey Pot Creative Café – Ceramics Painting
Meet 12 Scottish Boarding Schools
Primary 2 Learn How to Care for Their Teeth
Raindrops Make Rainbows - Australian Wildfire Fundraising
Primary 4 Study Electrical Circuits With Makey Makeys
Young Engineers Visit a French Navy Frigate
March
Careers News Round-up March 2020
L4 East District Hockey Tournament
Lower 5 'A' Hockey - S3 Scottish Cup Semi-Final
Travelling Book Fair Visits Lower School
Independent Women Magazine - 2020 Moving Forward
World of Work Day - Forth Bridges Education Centre
World of Work Day - Home Store + More
World of Work Day - Sainsbury's
The TCS Oxford Computing Challenge
Primary 6 Robot Programming Competition
Primary 3 Visit the Rainforest
High School of Glasgow 7s Tournament
Boarding Trip to Deep Sea World
St George's Win Junior Schools Hockey Cup!
St George's Moves to Supported Home Learning
Teaching online with Distance Learning
'We're Better Prepared for Distance Learning Than Ever'
An Outstanding Achievement at the Big Bang Engineering Competition
April
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