FATTO A MANO PIZZA WORKSHOPS

In February, we were delighted to receive a very generous donation of ‘Pizza for Schools’ kits from local pizza business, Fatto a Mano!

The kits came complete with all the ingredients our students needed to create delicious pizzas from scratch including pizza dough, tomato sauce, fior de latte, parmesan and basil.

The kits went down a storm with our students who had a great time getting hands-on with the ingredients and getting a taste of Fatto’s delicious pizzas!

It has been such a busy and exciting start to my new role as Library and Literacy Support. The library has been reconfigured and all new releases are on the shelves! We have over 100 new books in stock for the students to enjoy and new opening times from 8:00am to 4:30pm to accommodate before and after school.

This term we had successful World Book Day events, including a Pop-Up Library in D block, to encourage students who don’t normally use the library to browse our new selections We also did a Library ‘Book See’ where students brought books from home to share and swap with others But this is just the start we are hoping to go even bigger and better next year!

This term in partnership with Kemptown Bookshop, we have also launched the Stringer Book Group, which is open to any Year 9, 10 or 11 students who love reading challenging and thoughtprovoking literature and are keen to have a forum in which to discuss it with other book fans! It is taking place every half-term, with the next book chosen after each meeting.

Finally, we are in the process of installing a new library system that will allow students easier access to our catalogue, as well as looking into the possibility of an audio book collection Stay tuned for more information about this in the future!