Librarian / Resources Co-ordinator: Mrs V Lane
Welcome to our recently extended and refurbished multi-media resource centre.
The LRC is open every day, see below for opening hours. Monitors assist the Librarian and the students who choose to work here.
Classes use the LRC for English, IT and group work and the Sixth Form has privileged access. Students may use the computers, do research, browse through magazines and periodicals or read fiction of their own choice.
Staff negotiate with the Librarian to send students out of lessons to use the facilities, giving them the opportunity to find their own material for research – a skill which is valuable for their lifetime. This gives students a sense of responsibility and is based on trust.
Students are given the opportunity and encouragement to use the wealth of resources to develop their skills in a spacious and comfortable area that is well used and stimulating.
Resources
3,500 fiction titles – updated regularly and ranging from Harry Potter to The Edge of Reason. Six thousand non-fiction titles – ranging from Who Wants to be a Millionaire? to Advanced Social & Human Biology.
Reference – a section with dictionaries, English and foreign languages, encyclopaedias, newspaper articles and much more.
Display of daily and local newspapers. A choice of magazines and periodicals including Science Reviews, White Dwarf and the popular reads chosen for that month.
Suite of thirty-eight network computers with access to the internet, network printers, colour scanner and printer, books on tape and educational videos.
Reading lists
Opening times
- Morning and afternoon breaks.
- Monday – Thursday 8:30 – 4:30
- Friday 8:30 – 4:00
Loans
Up to 3 items may be borrowed from the LRC at any one time.
Loan Periods – Fiction 4 weeks Non-fiction 2 weeks
Students coming into the LRC at break times may use the computers, do research, browse through magazines and periodicals or read fiction of their own choice. There is a dedicated Reading Room for this purpose.
Stationery items available from the LRC
- Biros 15p (Black, blue,red)
- Pencils 5p
- Rubbers 10p
- Sharpeners 25p
- Fine liner pens 50p
- Highlighter pens 40p
- Rulers 15p
- Cartridge pens 60p
- Cartridges 2p
- Pen erasers 40p
- Protractors 10p
- Compasses 50p
- Pritt Stick £1.00
- Pencil cases large 90p, small 75p