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We have a vast array of resources for every need. In the library you will find all of the following:
Books
- Non-Fiction Books: Covering the all National Curriculum and IPC subjects, and a wide range of other supporting material
- Fiction: Board books, picture books, fiction, and graded readers from beginners to secondary and adult fiction
- Big books: Divided into fiction, non-fiction, folk tales and nursery rhymes.
- Dual language: Fiction, non-fiction and dictionaries for 40+ languages, mainly at primary level
- Booksets: For KS1 and KS2 group reading
- Playsets: Key Stages 1-4, sets of six copies
Posters and art
- Posters and Picture Packs: Covering all National Curriculum and IPC subjects and more
- Original works of art: Click this link to see collection.
Literacy and numeracy collection
The Literacy area houses:
- An extensive collection of bookband sets at all KS1 levels and beyond
- A large collection of big books for shared reading, arranged by level, genre and text type
- An array of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays and anthology KS2 guided reading sets
- A collection of games to aid literacy teaching
- Sample copies of other literacy schemes
The following may be found in the Numeracy area:
- Sets of 6 books on specific themes such as time, measurement and data handling
- Various Numeracy schemes (refence only)
- A selection of games that may be borrowed
All resources are carefully selected by Literacy and Numeracy consultants whom work closely with the Schools Library Service.
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Artefacts and costumes
- Artefacts: An extensive collection of artefacts from around the world. In addition there is a collection of world musical instruments and historical artefacts from Britain
- Religious Artefacts: From Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam
- Suitcases of history: Such as Victorian Britain, the Tudors, Romans, Britain since 1930s etc. Please book these in advance.
- Religious artefact collections: Boxes by religion and by theme e.g. prayer, weddings, holy books
- Costumes: From Nativity play to flappers, from Romans to Victorians. Children's costumes, 'people who help us' outfits, and contemporary traditional costumes
- Story props: Puppets and props from traditional stories and classic fiction to enliven storytelling time
- Story Sacks: Bags containing a popular picture book, a related non-fiction title, artefacts to go with the book and a relevant game
- Multi-sensory stories: For use with children with severe learning difficulties
- Electronic babies: For secondary PHSE. Pre-training needed. Please ask for details
- Road safety equipment: Costumes, traffic lights, zebra crossings, posters and more
- Skeletons, models of organs, teeth, and tabards: Supporting the teaching of the human body
- Science artefacts: Solar system mats, magnetic kits, life cycle storyboards, etc
Multimedia
- DVD, Video, CD-ROM and electronic resources: Range of fiction, non-fiction, drama and film videos & DVDs
- Audio CDs and audio books: CDs for all ages of fiction. Also Music and historical cassettes
- Book and CD Packs: Unabridged audio books and matching texts
Professional development collection
The library also houses a Professional Development Collection of books, folders and multimedia resources to complement student study and contains educational theory and classroom activities resources. All subscibers to the Schools Library Service are entitled to borrow books from this section. Resource and activity books are generally loaned for a term
Professional development books have loan periods of 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month
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