Library induction completed

Year 5 and 6 pupils celebrated their library induction with Mrs Mills, the School’s Librarian, on how to use the 'Reading Zone' at Broadhurst.

Research shows that the benefits of reading for pleasure are extensive and long-reaching:

• boosts academic achievement, and provides a foundation for critical, digital and information literacy;

• builds cognitive function and stamina when immersed in the flow of reading;

• develops empathy and knowledge - of self, other worlds, culture, heritage and ways of being and thinking;

• empowers students to become active citizens;

• improves and builds psychological wellbeing and healthy behaviours, and;

• crucially for young people, can be relaxing and provide an escape.