Literature in Colour for Black History Month

Our library will be bursting with even more new books during this October's Black History Month after we received a significant donation from Eduqas and Penguin’s ‘Lit in Colour’ initiative.

The English Department decided to change one of its core GCSE texts to reflect the modern-day experiences of our pupils.   

As part of this change, we received books for the school library written by a range of authors from different ethnic backgrounds.

English teacher and Head Librarian, Mrs Elliott said: “We looked at our curriculum and decided to introduce a more contemporary author into our Key Stage 4 GCSE English.

“There is plenty of room for William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and JB Priestley but we just decided, for our Year 10s, to bring in a more modern author to reflect the current times.

“We are therefore introducing ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ by Malorie Blackman to our curriculum which was written in 2010.

“In return, we have received a large donation of books reflecting authors from different ethnic backgrounds which is a big boost, especially for Black History Month.”

The books are being launched as part of Black History Month to raise awareness of Black authors and issues which may affect our pupils during their daily lives.