Opening Times
Our school library is open before school from 8.00 till 8.20, during break time and lunch time every day and after school 15.00-16.00 ( excluding Mondays where the library closes at 14.30).
Resources and Facilities
Our stock includes over 4,500 fiction and non-fiction titles. Books are provided for a range of reading levels and include many dyslexia-friendly texts. We pride ourselves on showcasing a diverse range of resources, including authors and characters of various races, religions, disabilities, sexual orientations and gender identities.
The library houses the student supplies boards, which provides free basic equipment throughout the day. Pupils also have access to self-guidance texts, mindful colouring sheets, quizzes and a selection of board games for use in the library at break and lunch.
Study space is available for individual and group work/revision, supplemented by a large collection of GCSE textbooks, workbooks and past papers.
Our wellbeing corner, with soft seating and a range of self-guidance resources, offers space for mindfulness, reflection, or talking with mentors.
The library’s colourful displays change regularly, offering information on cultural and social topics which may benefit students both in school and out. This can include subjects such as censorship, Black History Month, Pride and more. Pupils are provided with a range of activities and resources to provoke reflection around these subjects.
The library’s colourful displays change regularly, offering information on cultural and social topics which may benefit students both in school and out. This can include subjects such as censorship, Black History Month, Pride and more. Pupils are provided with a range of activities and resources to provoke reflection around these subjects.
Clubs and Activities
Within the library we run two different weekly book clubs. We have our Junior Book Club on a Wednesday after school which is aimed at students in Year 7 and 8. Whilst on a Thursday we have our Senior Book Club for students in Year 9 and above.
World Book Day is an important event in school, and the library coordinates weeklong celebrations for all students to enjoy such as themed activity booklets, treasure hunts, creative writing workshops, author visits and much more!
Archway Learning Trust Book of the Year Award
In collaboration with other schools across the Trust, the library takes part in the Archway Learning Trust Book of the Year Award.
Students can read books from a shortlist and vote on their favourite to determine the winner. The shortlist has been carefully selected by the Trust’s librarians to showcase new diverse, inspiring and entertaining reads that cover a range of reading abilities to both challenge students and ignite a love for reading.
Reading for Pleasure
As well as reading for pleasure during form time and English lessons, students are encouraged to use the library to foster their own love of books.
Books within our library are organised by genre, enabling students to easily find titles that reflect their own interests and passions. Amongst these book genres are fantasy, sports books, horror and graphic novels.
Library and Literacy Interventions
Students may be selected to take part in group or individual intervention sessions to offer additional reading support and enhance their reading for pleasure.
Individual interventions are carried out once weekly in 20-minute sessions. Students engage with Accelerated Reader; a specialised tool designed to track and improve reading skills through quizzes and activities and choose their own books from the library to read with their reading mentor.
Group interventions include up to six students and take place during reading for pleasure English lessons. Students read a chosen text together, engaging in structured discussions around the book.
Other literacy interventions include Lexia and phonics.
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