Pembroke's Cool Library...
Welcome to Pembroke School Library's website. You can move around the site using the menu on the left of every page. On this page you can find some website hotlists to help you with research on different topics.
Coming soon: a new-look website for the Library, with lots more news, info, links, hot reads and much more. Watch this space!
For all the latest news, check out the Library blog
SPAIN
Use our set of links to help you to find out information for your 'Proyecto cinco' or if you are interested in finding out more about Spain - places to go, major cities, food, festivals, music, sport...
- Official Spanish tourist information site
- BBC Country Profile: Spain
- Spanish Fiestas
- Spanish Festivals: BBC slideshow
- BBC Good Food: Spanish recipes
CHRIS BRADFORD VISITS PEMBROKESHIRE
Lucky members of Pembroke School's Year 8 'Rocking Readers' and Year 9 lunchtime reading group recently had the opportunity to meet Chris Bradford, author of Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior, at Haverfordwest Library.
Find out more about Chris' action-packed adventure story, described as 'Black Belt Young Bond, Artemis Fowl with swords, Percy Jackson with ninja'!
Chris's book has also been shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award, along with Jenny Valentine's 'Broken Soup' and Sophie McKenzie's 'Blood Ties'. Pick up these titles from the Library today, read the three and have your say by voting online or in the Library - voting closes 11 May 2009.
CHARLES DARWIN 2009
To celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday in 2009, we have put together the following hotlist so you can find out more about this amazing man:
There's also the fantastic book by Robert Winston called 'Evolution Revolution' - a fun read, packed with information and lots of Monty Python-style jokes! Find this book and more in the Library at 572.8
Check out the Darwin display now on in the Science Department too!
HISTORY: EXPLORATION OVER THE LAST MILLENNIUM
- General sites about exploration
- Allen, Benedict (1960-)
- Amundsen, Roald (1872-1928)
- Armstrong, Neil (1930-)
- Ballard, Robert (1942-)
- Cabot,John (c.1450-1498)
- Columbus, Christopher (c.1451-1506)
- Cook, Captain James (c.1728-1779)
- Cortes, Hernan (c.1485-1547)
- Cousteau, Jacques (1910-1997)
- Da Gama, Vasco (c.1460-1524)
- Drake, Sir Francis (c.1452-1596)
- Fiennes, Sir Ranulph (1944-)
- Gagarin, Yuri (1934-1968)
- Hillary, Sir Edmund (1919-2008)
- Kingsley, Mary (1862-1900)
- Magellan, Ferdinand (c.1480-1521)
- Norgay, Tenzing (1914-1986)
- Peary, Robert (1856-1920)
- Piccard, Jacques (1922-)
- Polo, Marco (c.1254-1324)
- Raleigh, Sir Walter (c.1554-1618)
- Scott, Captain Robert Falcon (1868-1912)
- Shackleton, Ernest (1874-1922)
- Vespucci, Amerigo (c.1454-1512)
- Wallace, Alfred (1823-1913)
YEAR 7 - PEMBROKESHIRE MANAGING INFORMATION
- Activity Parks
- Animal Parks
- Art Galleries
- Beaches
- Boat Trips
- Castles
- Cathedrals
- Crafts
- Food and Drink
- Gardens
- Islands
- Museums
- Public Transport
- Sports
- Theme Parks
- Walking
- Wildlife
YEAR 13 BUSINESS STUDIES
Statistics hotlist and environment hotlist
HISTORY: NAZI GERMANY: THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES
- Spartacus Educational
- History Learning Site
- Channel 4 History: Warlords
- The Night of the Long Knives: History Channel
SIXTH FORM FRENCH
HISTORY BLOG
Take a look at the new History Department blog
GEOGRAPHY BLOG
Mr Lewis has created a Geography blog - take a look!
SHAKESPEARE
For background research on Shakespeare, try the Shakespeare themes hotlist
