Welcome back to all our students from the KWS Library Team. We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable summer, and that everyone has settled back into school life quickly and happily. We thought we would use this newsletter to remind our users of the services we provide, our opening hours and our facilities.

Our library caters for all students aged 11 – 18, and everyone is very welcome. The library is staffed from 08:30 – 16:30 Monday through Thursday, and 08:30 – 16:00 on Friday. All students can access the library at break and lunch times and also during Home Learning Club.

A Google form will be sent to parents of year 7 students which can be filled in if permission is granted for students to read books deemed to be above their chronological age.

Year 7 and year 8 will have a library lesson once a fortnight during one of their English lessons to choose a book either in print or on our ePlatform, they will have a chance to read for pleasure and have their reading trackers signed. Of course, if students wish to listen to audiobooks they must bring their own headphones.

The library has a selection of magazines (Beano, The Week, Phoenix) but we always welcome donations of these to keep our collection updated.

We have some exciting new reading challenges launching soon, which we hope will encourage our readers. Launching soon we have The Big Purple Reading Challenge for year 7 and The National Year of Reading for year 8. We’re hoping lots of our students will engage with the challenges and enjoy furthering their reading skills.