Twice a year there are special award ceremonies, attended by the Mayor, parents, sponsors of the scheme and of course children themselves, to celebrate those children who have tried particularly hard with their reading. The summer holiday provides an opportunity for families to spend time together and for children to get some fresh air and enjoy themselves at community activities and sports events. For several years the library service has run a summer reading club with locally produced publicity and prizes. This year it will be even bigger and better, will be called the Reading Relay and will be publicised at the Town Show and all primary phase schools well in advance of the starting date. Since it s opening in September 1991, the LRC has played an important part in supporting literacy at All Saints.
All subject teachers require students to research a given project, on a termly basis.
The start of every English lesson is devoted to reading, either using the class reader or for private reading. Many students are using fiction books borrowed from the LRC or public library. Fiction loans from the LRC are good - 3,261 were issued from September 1999 to April 2000. Reading for pleasure has always been actively encouraged by the LRC staff.