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The Regents Review Spring 2026

GENERAL NEWS

Library 2026 is the National Year of Reading, a UK wide campaign to help more people to rediscover the joy of reading.

during tutor times to find out how the resources here can help them with their reading journey.

are welcome to attend these clubs, just turn up to the library or pop in and see the librarian for more information. Our Dyslexia Support Group continues to meet once a week and our students are progressing and growing in confidence. It has been fantastic to see them supporting each other and we are very proud of the way they have applied themselves. We have continued our paired reading sessions in the Library on Friday mornings, with Year 8 reading with students from Year 10. It has been wonderful to see the progress made and confidence is growing every week. Well done to everyone involved. If you, or someone you know is struggling with reading, you can get help from the ReadEasy scheme. You can also help others with their reading journey by volunteering with them. Find out more here https://readeasy.org. uk/how-can-we-help-you/

In February, we had National Storytelling Week, which we celebrated with our Tremendous Tales event. Staff read out their favourite poems, stories and song lyrics and we had some fantastic songs played by the school band. We also celebrated a ‘Love of Reading’ with our ‘Blind Date with a Book’ event, where students could collect a surprise gift bag from the library to try and find their perfect match. March has been a very busy month with World Book Day, which was great fun. Staff dressed up as fabulous book characters. We gave out over 400 free books to students and there were competitions and activities to join in with throughout the day. We have also created some fantastic displays for British Science Week, International Women’s Day, Women’s History Month and Shakespeare Week. Students have enjoyed break and lunchtimes in the library with some lovely seasonal craft activities and board games. Our Chess Club continues to meet for some very competitive games on Thursdays after school and students have been attending Homework Club on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, to get a head start on their home learning. Students

Reading has always been very important at RPCC and we take our responsibility to promote and encourage reading for pleasure very seriously. We are lucky to have a lovely, well stocked library for students to visit and we have around 10,000 books for students to borrow. We have several events planned throughout the year, to celebrate the National Year of Reading. We have got off to a great start with our ‘Starbooks Reading Reward Scheme’, where students can gain prizes for reading as many books as possible. Year 7 and 8 students have been visiting the Library

We have some fantastic online resources, which are FREE for students to borrow via Google Classroom. Please do make use of these, there are over 2,000 e-books on the e-platform, which includes audio books and the text can be changed to help students

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