Reflections Mag FINAL.indd - Handcross Park School

y our established suppliers, Wells of Winchester,
and many parents and children enjoyed browsing and
choosing some early Christmas presents.
The usual work of the library continued throughout
the year with the facilities being available to classes
and also to pupils in their free time to choose books,
read, do homework, use the computers and play
quiet games like chess. Plenty of new books were also
purchased and put on display. In addition, the
educational focus of the library was maintained with
weekly library lessons being held for Year 3 with a
new extension of this structured programme being
made into Year 4.
Activities in the Summer Term were particularly
directed towards the Lower School with great excitement
being aroused by the holding of the biennial
Library-Art Competition, which is run as a collaborative
project with the Art Department. Mrs Gooderham
spent many weeks coaxing the best out of the
children while they designed book covers of their
choice. It was difficult to choose the winners but
Poppy de Salis’ illustration of ‘Born to Run’ by Michael
Morpugo and George Gilbert’s ‘Captain Underpants’
by Dav Pilkey finally carried off the honours. All the
most outstanding pictures were used to create an
attractive frieze along the library wall.
Years 3 and 4 also enjoyed participating in their very
own book swap in the library towards the end of
term. It took a while for some children to get the hang
of what was going on but all those who took part
thoroughly enjoyed swapping numerous copies of
‘Horrid Henry’, Daisy Meadows’ fairy books and Enid
Blyton’s adventure stories, amongst other offerings.
All in all it has been another happy and successful
year in the library.
Mrs. Knights
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