Regents Review - Summer 2026

The Regents Review Summer 2026

GENERAL NEWS

Library National Year of Reading We are continuing to celebrate the National Year of Reading, a UK wide campaign to help more people rediscover the joy of reading. Students have been enjoying some of the events we have planned throughout the year to celebrate reading and books.

Share a Story Month It was National ‘Share a Story Month’ in May, which seemed a good time to launch our Secret Story Club. Students have been joining us on Fridays in the Library after school to share stories and take part in book-themed craft activities. Our ‘Paired Reading Group’ continues to meet on Friday mornings during tutor time and the students are making great progress with their reading skills. We had some lovely craft activities for students to join in with during Mental Health Awareness Week, growing cress seeds was a particular favourite. We have also been sewing and decorating suncatchers in beautiful colours, as well as making friendship bracelets for Pride Month. We took part in the #ReadwithPride relay along with 60 other schools across the UK, where we promoted LGBTQ books on social media.

Library Clubs Our chess and board games 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 are welcome to attend these clubs, just turn up in the Library or pop in and see the Librarian for more information. The Dyslexia Support Group hosted our first parent drop in session. The students did a fantastic job of demonstrating the resources and parents were able to find out more about the support available to them and their child. We are hoping to run more sessions in the future. ReadEasy Scheme 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: readeasy.org.uk/how can-we-help-you/ Free Online Resources 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 3000 e-books on the e-platform, which includes audio books and the text can be changed to help students with visual impairments. The books can also be read to you or be translated into many other languages so that families can

School Library Association Conference Our Librarian attended the School Library Association Conference in Winchester, where she was asked to speak about the SEND and wellbeing provision in school libraries and how we can make our spaces inclusive and welcoming for everyone. This was a fantastic event with over a hundred school librarians, as well as some inspirational speakers, including Dame Jacqueline Wilson and the incredible Michael Rosen.

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