‘Above all, our aim is to support your work, and to promote a life-long relationship with books and learning’
The Mansuri Library is a bright and open space suitably equipped and furnished to support the study requirements of the modern independent learner.
The library currently holds 6,000 volumes fairly evenly split between fiction and non-fiction and it is planned for this to grow over the next two years to hold a stable collection of 10,000 volumes. We also have a growing range of digital media including DVDs. We are in the process of preparing our music collection.
The library is equipped for computer based learning with computer terminals as well as lap-tops when increased computing capacity is required. We also have a range of digital media devices including MP3 players and recorders, DVD players and digital cameras.
You are always welcome to check in with us if your child uses the library after school – just call us directly and we will let you know. We realise our students sometimes lose track of time or forget to inform their parents they are staying late at school.
Personal reading and personal learning are the two drivers of our library and learning resource centre.
In operational terms:
The library opens at 8am and remains open until 5.30pm to maximise access to our services when they are most useful to students.
The library holds daily newspapers covering a variety of political viewpoints and reading ages
We also carry magazines from a range of teenage interests
The library computing facilities are linked to the rest of the school so students use the same log-in information
No library cards are required we use the same card as for other areas, such as cashless catering
A statement from the reading agency:
‘Reading can transform people’s lives. The more you read, the more you know. The more you read, the more you imagine. The more you read the better you understand and the better you connect to people’
The Reading Agency