Librarian: Miss Kay Tanner and Mrs Alison Curtis

Sixth Form Librarians are also available to help!

Opening Times: Monday - Thursday 8.15 - 4.30, Friday 8.15 - 4.00 (unless the library is being used by a class, in which case notice will be given).

Everyone is welcome in the school library. We try to provide a friendly and welcoming environment with a good variety of resources:

	Books (!):
	FICTION: We have a wide variety of fiction books, shelved in alphabetical order of the author's surname.
	NON-FICTION: Books are shelved in subject order using the Dewey System. Year 7 and Year 12 are given an introduction into how to use this in the first few weeks of term.
	daily newspapers:
	we take The Telegraph, The i, and The Week for Key Stage 3 students and The Stratford Herald.
	DVDs, from classics to latest releases
	periodicals and magazines
	...and much more!

We are always pleased to hear your ideas about other things you'd like to be available in the library!

We also provide other services:

	photocopying (a card with 20 credits costs £2.00)
	laminating

Borrowing Books:
All students are issued with a library card which allows you to borrow up to four resources. They will usually be issued for two weeks, and may be renewed as long as no-one else is waiting for them. Fines are charged at 5p per day per overdue book, with a maximum fine of £2.00 per item - we send students reminders of overdue books! Any lost books will be charged for at replacement cost. All resources are catalogued on the search computer and can be found under author, title or keyword.

Network Computers:
These are available at all times - schoolwork must take precedence, and of course NO e-mailing/chat rooms etc as per school rules! We are always pleased to see students and staff in the library, and we are pleased to help you.

What else can the library do for you?
Our main aim is to support learning, both in class and the independent learning of individual students, providing good quality resources but also delivering a program of research skills instruction to encourage effective use of resources across the curriculum.

However we also aim to provide a wide range of enriching activities, including:-

	the Warwickshire Secondary Schools’ Book Award scheme
	shadowing the Carnegie Book Awards
	author visits
	illustrator visits
	joint activities with schools across Warwickshire
	Reading Week activities – includes World Book Day and book quizzes
	charity events, such as Readathon and Balloon Races

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