Cottenham Through aspiration and endeavour, we flourish
Cottenham Through aspiration and endeavour, we flourish
At Cottenham Village College we value reading for all students and our well-equipped, bright and spacious library, located in the centre of the college, plays a vital role in encouraging and promoting reading for all. We have a dedicated librarian, Miss Fisher, who oversees the library collection and ensures that we continue to develop our collection in the light of student feedback.
All students are automatically members of the library and can borrow books. Our collection holds wide variety of genres of fiction, including graphic novels and Manga. The fiction is arranged by genre (type of story), then alphabetically by author’s surname. Our non-fiction collection supports curriculum subjects and further reading on these subjects. The non-fiction books are arranged by subject. In recent years, our subject collections have been supplemented through funding via the Willingham Trust who have given grants to our history and geography teams to buy a range of books to supplement in curriculum.
In addition to borrowing books, students can also use the library space for study – there are 18 pcs and a printer to support students to complete homework or research. Our librarian supports students to be able to study or use the library to read or borrow books by supervising students in the library every break and lunchtime and after school on a Wednesday.
The library plays a vital role in supporting and encouraging reading. Our librarian organises regular themed displays and a ‘book of week’ of to help students make informed choices about their reading. There is a library book group which takes place every Wednesday lunchtime. The book group takes part in the annual Carnegie Award Shadowing. As part of the School’s World Book Day Celebrations there is Readathon (sponsored read) to raise money for the charity Read for Good. There is also a team of dedicated student library monitors, from all year groups, who help our librarian with the daily running of the library, advise on book buying and help with creating displays to make the library an attractive place to spend time.