Fast forward to today's library. A Stephen Perse library. Bright, fresh colours help stimulate young minds. Technology opens up opportunities to further resources and rather than somewhere that is silent, here they buzz with activity. The digital age far from sounding the death knell of school libraries offers schools an opportunity to create their own distinctive library space. Libraries have a history of offering inspiration – they also have a future.
A unique and visionary library helps to enable our pupils to become active thinkers and learners. Through our library we created a space all about the power of the story. The library is configured to invite children to engage and explore. It invites them into a world all about the imagination. In the spaces there are cultural signifiers referencing children’s literature which are integral to the power of the story.
Our Senior School library continues the journey for our pupils combining the power of the story with a concept premised on the Cabinet of Curiosities. Curiosity in its purest sense where a student’s learning is entirely unrelated to examination specifications and is encouraging learning for its own sake. This library space is unashamedly about inspiring a love of learning.