Lower School Library

The Lower School Library (LSL) is used by the boys in Year 7-9. It is a comfortable room, less formal than the Senior library, which gives the younger pupils their own space. The collections of fiction and non-fiction are, naturally, chosen to suit their age and ability (boys from these years can borrow items from the Senior library if the book they want is not available in LSL).

The library is open to pupils at lunch time each day and all items (except for reference books) can be borrowed. In addition to fiction and non-fiction books, the boys can choose from a wide selection of audio tapes. Boys must sign out any items they wish to borrow and they receive a bookmark which is stamped with the date that they are due back. Fines are imposed for late returns. The librarian is assisted each day by a team of library monitors recruited from the Year 12 Sixth Form students. She also leads an editorial team composed of talented and dedicated members of Years 7-9 who produce the Lower School Library Bulletin. This a lively and interesting publication which gives an excellent impression of the younger boys' diverse enthusiasms.

Boys also use LSL in the course of some of their lessons. In Year 7 one period a week of English is timetabled in there and the boys are then introduced to the Dewey classification system and they learn a little about the ways libraries are arranged (they even design their own!). Other subject departments also use LSL for project work or group discussion (it makes an attractive alternative to the classroom); these include Art, Biology, Classics, Geography and History.

pupil in lower school library

Lower School library