In all the years I've been here, I've never had the chance to visit one of the local schools until now. Our visit came out of a connection that we made with their librarian last year. In the newspaper we saw an article about parents raising a complaint about David Walliam's book, Boy in a Dress. The librarian and her principal stood firm about the book's inclusion in their library. The principal even dressed up in a skirt for school one day to show people that it doesn't matter what clothes we wear. Off the back of this, we decided to send the librarian some books in English to show our support for her and her school. She was so excited about the gifts that she invited us to come and visit.
To say I was amazed at her library was an understatement. She has a huge team of parent volunteers who help her run her library and who do the most amazing displays and events for their children. I've included a few photos below. It really was an inspiring day.
Inset training day gave us time to be silly and take some candid photos for our library website and promotional posters. These are my colleagues - Angela, Maggie, and Marina. Sadly my other colleagues Shi-Yen wasn't in this day. I couldn't do half the stuff I do without their support. I'm very lucky to work with such great people.
