Islington Council – Visit to our Library
Wednesday 15th June
We were delighted to welcome Sarah Callaghan Director of Learning and
Culture and Councillor Valerie Bossman-Quarshie to visit our school library.
They came at lunchtime and were taken on a guided tour by some of our
junior librarians from Years 5 & 6.
Our Library is housed in a separate building on the
school site. There is a room devoted to foundation stage picture books where
class sessions are hosted daily, a book nook and an early chapter book area for
KS1. Upstairs we have a room for fiction books and another for non-fiction. We
have a reading area outside with benches and sun umbrellas for use in the
spring and summer months.
Our visitors spent time learning
about our library and how our children enjoy using this resource.
Junior librarian, Enitan, Tanzanite
Class, showed our visitors around the fiction room pointing out the different
genres of books we have.
“My favourite
books are by the author, J.R.R. Tolkien”, said Enitan.
We have a well-stocked library
with a wide range of titles that cover fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama,
folktales, etc. We have graphic novels, comics, manga, magazines, multi-lingual
books, dyslexia friendly books, and now ebooks and audiobooks. Diversity and
inclusion are celebrated across our provision.
Junior librarian, Cosima, Indigo
Class, talked to our visitors about all her favourite literary events that are
organised throughout the year.
“Frank
Cottrell Boyce came last week to visit and he was so funny and read a bit of
his book ‘Noah’s Gold’. It was great!”, said Cosima.
Our visitors seemed delighted with
our children and library and left us feeling very positive about our Library
and its role in encouraging our children be happy and confident readers for
pleasure, well-being and learning.
