Friends of John Blandy - Library Fundraising

For 2024 we are excited to be fundraising to improve the school library. Your donations will go towards:

Making sure school library texts are up to date and encompass a wide variety of interests and genres – poetry, graphic novels and picture books sitting alongside fiction and non-fiction books
Ensuring non-fiction books in the library reflect the curriculum that the children are learning about
Fresh, new resources to help children learn our phonics scheme (RWI)
Facilitating ways to make reading recommendations to each other, encouraging positive peer-to-peer and pupil to-teacher relationships through the common interest of the books they enjoy
Improvements to the space to improve its function and purpose but also inviting and relaxed, engaging readers and drawing them in

A school library is so much more than an educational space. Good school libraries generate an excitement around literature and facilitate a lifelong love of reading.

Reading enjoyment is important; research shows that it is the single most important indicator of a child’s future success, and Ofsted has also recognised the vital role that reading for pleasure plays in improving literacy levels.

New books and an engaging environment allow children to be introduced to a broad range of quality authors and illustrators. They are also representative of the diverse and multicultural world in which we live and provide children with ‘windows and mirrors’ through which they can see themselves and learn about the lives of others [Sims Bishop 1990].

How to donate

Support our fundraising events happening this year or make a donation to our charity - if you are able to support us with a financial gift, or maybe you have time or resources that could help us, please email us at johnblandyfriends@gmail.com

Thank you!

[Sources: National Literacy Trust and the Book Trust's Life Changing Libraries]

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