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Junior School

3-11 years

Senior School

11-16 years

Sixth Form

16-18 years

Library

Students using the SGS Library

The Hallam Library provides a modern study space stocked with some 20,000 books, over 60 periodicals, daily newspapers, audio books, DVDs and electronic subscriptions along with networked computers and laptops.

The facilities enable pupils to read widely, study quietly and develop information literacy skills so that they become confident, discerning users of the wide range of information resources available. The Library stock is continually updated to ensure that its range is both wide and of good quality, from books to web-based resources. Stock is selected to support the curriculum and pupils’ interests and requests; reviews in school library literature, periodicals and the media help inform these choices.

Pupils were delighted to meet author Danielle Jawando

In addition to class visits, various activities run throughout the year to promote the Library aims – these include reading groups, author and poet visits, “Spotlight On…” talks, Junior Café Sci and Symposium talks, shadowing the Carnegie prize for children’s literature and book weeks involving extra activities.

Pupil doing a Spotlight On talk in the Library

The Library is open and staffed by the School Librarians between 8am and 5.30pm every weekday during term time. Pupil library assistants from different year groups support the smooth running of the Library during the lunch break.