Role

Our Junior Librarians are a team of pupils chosen each year to support the English team and champion a love of reading throughout the school. They act as reading ambassadors, helping to promote the library and encouraging children across the school to develop positive reading habits and enjoy books for pleasure.

Responsibilities

Junior Librarians carry out a range of important responsibilities to support reading across the school. These include promoting the school library, leading and supporting ‘Reading for Pleasure’ initiatives, helping with events such as World Book Day, and fundraising for new books. They also help to keep the library organised, up to date, welcoming and appealing to all pupils. In addition, they offer book recommendations, support younger readers through reading buddy activities, and help ensure that all children can access and enjoy the library's resources.

Selecting Junior Librarians

Our Junior Librarians have been chosen from a selection of strong readers who show a passion for reading and an enthusiasm to share their love of reading with others. From this group of children, the selection has been made by the English leader based on these pupils’ good leadership qualities, behaviour and ability to interact/ support other children on their reading journey. This year we have chosen pupils from Year 5.

Projects and initiatives led by the Junior Librarians

Our junior librarians have the responsibility for the following:

• Checking in/out books.
• Generally keeping the library area organised and tidy, returning books to their correct locations.
• Reading partners with peers who wish to read in the library during breaks and lunchtimes.
• Recommending their favourite books to others in a monthly book review which can be shared on the school Dojo story.
• Displaying work.
• Keeping the junior library catalogue system up to date, once up and running.
• Supporting the English Team to gain pupil voice for organising Book Week and World Book Day Events.