“The library is a wonderful place to be because I feel like I am actually in the woodlands. I visit the library so often and love the new colour coded book baskets!” – Angelmary 5O
“I think the school library is great because it has such a wide range of books!” – Urszula 3E
“The library is nice and calming. I love reading there with my friends.” Jewelmary 1P
“I visit the library most days and I love how it’s decorated and how the books are in order. This makes it easier for me to choose a reading book at my level.” – Yasmin 6B
At St. Mary’s, we are constantly adding to our fabulous collection of books! We regularly host Scholastic Book Fairs, which enables us to earn new books for our school library throughout the school year.
Every lunchtime, from Tuesday to Friday, each year group has a library slot when they can visit the library and read with their friends. The children are able to browse books from a variety of genres and cultures to spark their enjoyment of reading! Here, at St. Mary’s, we have responsible library ambassadors who look after our library and manage our ‘Book Hospital’.
KS2 pupils are able to select their own home reading books from the library as a vast selection of our books are compatible with the Accelerated Reader scheme. All these books are banded so that the children have a range of books to select from within their reading level.
Our Reading Recommendations
“There are a lot of authors that I really like. My favourites are Julia Donaldson and Beatrix Potter. I like their books because they give me so much joy and happiness!” – Harlee 2W
“My favourite author is David Williams because his books are so interesting and funny!” – Joseph 5O
“My favourite book is, ‘The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me’ because ever since I read it, it got me interested because I was wondering who would have animals cleaning windows and it made me laugh!” – Aysia 2W
“My favourite book is, ‘Elmer and the Wind’ because Wilbur makes his voice come out of a hole in a cave and the other elephants think that the hole is making the noise.” – Alfie 3E
“I love reading The Guinness Book of Records because it has lots of amazing facts in it!” – Sofia 1P
