Tag: library

  • 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…

  • What’s the point of Libraries in Secondary Schools?

    The Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group has called, as a minimum, for every child in the UK to have a good library in their secondary school. It really does make you wonder how people are allowed to waste time and money coming up with such drivel. First, make sure there is a library in every…

  • 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…