Our Library is officially open!
Children gave a spectacular performance to our visiting dignitaries, including our MP and the deputy mayor.
The Bristol Post covered the event in the article below.
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PUPILS at Cabot Primary School are celebrating the opening of their new library.
The school in St Pauls has so far been without a dedicated library space, but now they have a new £35,000 facility housing story books, textbooks and iPads.
Gemma Davies, a reading recovery teacher, said: "This is a fantasticresource
and opportunity for the children.
and opportunity for the children.
"Before we had the library, we had books in classrooms but no space for the children to go and read and research. It is brilliant to see it open.
. It is brilliant to see it open.
"It has got brand new furniture, computers
, places to sit and books for them, it's an amazing space. We are grateful to have it."
, places to sit and books for them, it's an amazing space. We are grateful to have it."
Around 190 children attend the school, which put aside part of its budget to turn the building into a library.
The school also has Reading Recovery teaching, an intervention scheme for children with reading difficulties.
Specially-trained teachers work with six-year-olds who are in the bottom 20 per cent of their class in terms of reading.
with six-year-olds who are in the bottom 20 per cent of their class in terms of reading.Read more: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/New-chapter-St-Pauls-pupils-
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