Richmond School
Resources | Library
School Library
‘The Library is a major strength of the school’ Ofsted
Aims
The library aims to provide a wide range of resources to support teaching and learning throughout the school, and to promote information literacy and reading for pleasure. It is a pleasant stimulating environment in which to work or read and is very well used by all year groups either through class visits or at breaks and lunchtimes. The library is professionally staffed and open to the whole school community during and outside the school day.
| Main Library : | 9am – 5.15pm Monday – Thursday |
| 9am - 3.45pm Friday | |
| Lower Library : | Lunchtime openings only. |
Resources
Both the library on main site and Lower School library have a combined stock of over 15000 items, each carefully selected for relevance to the curriculum, or to support students’ wider interests.
The stock is constantly updated and staff and student suggestions are welcomed. In addition to books we have 30 networked computers with Internet access / DVD’s / CD/Roms / daily newspapers and magazines / Topic Files of newspaper articles/ printing and photocopying facilities.
The library has a computerised catalogue and issuing system and we can quickly locate/reserve items as required. Most items may be borrowed for home study and reading.
Activities
The library has constantly changing displays to highlight resources including new stock. We run a monthly Scholastic school book club and hold a wide variety of competitions and quizzes throughout the school year. A regular Library Newsletter featuring library events is posted on the school Intranet. The library is especially popular at breaks and lunchtimes when students can read and exchange books, read newspapers and magazines and seek assistance with homework research. In addition the main library is open after school Monday to Thursday for quiet study and Internet research.
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