Web Portal

Here is a link to Intute, a site that collects useful pages from the web in one place. It is UK based, and has a great deal of useful information for curriculum areas that are taught at Harrow.

Donation From Parents of Japanese Students

At the last Friends of Harrow meeting, the library was presented with 91 new books donated by the parents of Japanese students.

The parents had raised the money for the books from a stall at the Harrow Fair. I am extremely grateful that they then selected the library as a beneficiary of their hard work - the books will add tremendously to the richness and diversity of the library collection. So, a million thanks to the parents for being so generous for providing the library and its users with access to the best possible resources.

There are a range of titles, from non-fiction texts about Japan and Japanese life, to Shakespeare and classic English literature, to modern Japanese fiction and picture books in translation. It's all wonderful stuff!

Some of the books are pictured above. The rest will be available to all students in the library in the coming weeks.

World Book Week

World Book Week 2009 was a fantastic experience in the library. Students and parents loved the Arabian tent erected in the library, the slightly gruesome story of Ali Baba, the performance of Arabian Nights by talented drama students (and the chocolates that went along with all of it!).

The Primary School had an exciting week too, incorporating Book and Art Week together. The result was some great stories and some high quality illustrations of favourite book characters. Some of these will be on display from the middle of this week.

The dress-up day in Primary was also a hit - apart from one slightly dodgy Mr Twit who kept appearing in the oddest places and saying the strangest things! And who was that giant animal cavorting around the school?

The book fair was also a success. Personally, it is magical to see so many students excited by books - browsing, buying, touching, smelling and talking about them. Long may it continue.