Several reading and literacy agencies are combining to celebrate a special day in celebration of reading in all its forms on July 16th. There is an exciting programme of events all day (see the programme here) and a host of wonderful authors and illustrators are giving their time to showcase their work and talk generally… Read More Reading Together Day
The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is Kindness, and while that is always important, it is perhaps more urgent than ever that we show kindness to each other in these days of lockdown. It means being aware of how others are feeling, the extra difficulties they may be experiencing, how this mighty… Read More Treat People with Kindness
2017 saw the first Empathy Day; a celebration established by the brilliant EmpathyLab team, to show how reading empathy-boosting stories and poems can help challenge prejudice and nurture connections between us all. There are lots of brilliant bits available should you wish to get involved with next week’s 2018 celebrations; we’d recommend EmpathyLab’s ‘Read for… Read More Empathy Day 2018
Once we’d dealt with the initial excitement of schools being back in session for a new academic year, we were faced with another harsh reality- one of our team was leaving! After nearly a decade of working for the School Library Service, one of our esteemed Librarians- Mandy- retired this week. Even though it’s been barely 24 hours… Read More Farewell Mrs Steel!
ONE WEEK TO GO! Norfolk Schools will have finished for the holidays this week and while we’re looking forward to a little break, we’re also keeping busy putting together project boxes for the New Year. If you’re feeling particularly organised and are looking toward 2016, you can find a list of our spring term INSET… Read More Festive Countdown- Week Three!
The Book Trolley 