Tag: Library Visits

  • Opening the new library at Mowmacre Hill School, Leicester

    I was so pleased when Hope Toms-Fitzgerald, the Reading Champion at Mowmacre Hill Primary School near Leicester, asked if I would come and visit the school for the day and open the new library. Ans so I did, a couple of weeks ago. Where has the time gone? Hope and her army of helpers have been…

  • School Libraries and Librarians – The Beating Heart of the School

    The recent report by the Libraries all party parliamentary group came to the conclusion that school libraries and school librarians are a good thing. I tweeted the following: If you want to raise literacy standards in schools, isn’t a school library and a librarian who knows about books an obvious place to start? I’ve been…

  • How to get a home tutor really cheap

    I heard on the news this morning that more and more families are hiring home tutors. While that may be a good thing if your children need particular specialist help, there are things that you can do that will have a much deeper effect on your children’s education and also on the happiness of your…