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Make the most of your Library Web app!

Browse your Library online 24/7 with Accessit.

With Accessit, you can:

• browse the catalogue
• reserve books and other items
• renew online and keep on top of your loans
• find suggestions for good reads
• find resources for your schoolwork - including information books, fiction, websites, video clips, magazines and journals, links to other sources, and more
• create reading lists
• read and write book reviews [earn house points for your reviews!]

How to log on and reserve a book:

• To log on: Log onto your school Google account
• Go to our Accessit page, (or, alternatively, go to your bookmarks in the browser and find 'YHT Library' which will take you to it)
• Click on Guest near the top right of the page and then the blue button (Login via SSO)
• Search for a title, author's name, keyword, etc in the Search box.
• To reserve a book: Drag the cover of the item you'd like to reserve to the Reserves tab and hold it until a number appears in red. Alternatively, you can search for a book, click on the cover or title for more information, and then click the 'Make a Reserve/Booking' button. and then 'Reserve'.

For more information, watch the video on 'How to Use the Accessit Library Web App' on the Accessit dashboard.

You can collect your reserved items at breaktime or when you are booked in for a lesson with one of your classes in the Library!

Recommended Reads and Activities

A proven boost to our wellbeing and mental health, as well as a great way of keeping our minds active, is to lose ourselves in a good book!

Put your books for return in the Returns Box just inside the Library door.

Here are some recommendations from Mrs Smith for reading-related activities, videos and author and illustrator websites; suggestions for book, ebook and audiobook sources; and suggested good reads, etc.

• Links to reading-related activities
• Suggested good reads for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4

Mrs Smith is happy to help with any questions regarding reading for pleasure, book recommendations, research and study skills, and print and online information sources. Just get in touch.

Opening Times

Our Library is open throughout the day Monday - Thursday 8.30 am - 4.30 pm, and 8.30 am - 3.15 pm on Fridays.

... for browsing, borrowing, study and homework help, research, reading, listening, creating, sharing, exploring and discovering...

As well as being open throughout the day for classes, small groups and individuals, we are open for Year 7, 8 and Sixth Form learners in their two breaks, and then for Year 9, 10 and 11 learners in their two breaks.

During some breaktimes, specific clubs are on offer for learners to take part in; the Library will be closed at these times for those activities to take place.

While every effort has been made to minimize this, owing to timetabling constraints, some breaks for Years 9, 10 and 11 will be closed to allow lessons for Year 7 or 8 learners to take place. A timetable will be posted outside the Library giving details of those breaks affected.

Clubs in the Library

The Library offers a range of clubs in breaktimes and after school, allowing our learners to take advantage of a supportive, welcoming environment to enjoy their interests and meet others with similar interests.

For Year 7 and 8 learners:

• Chill & Create Club - Mindful Monday (Monday, Break 2B). Start the week with some relaxing mindful colouring, drawing, creative writing, origami and simple craft activities.
• Rebel Readers Club (Tuesday, Break 2B). For books, activities and games, chat and fun! Share your favourites, discover new authors and books, and meet others who share your interests.
• Read-In (Wednesday, Break 2B). Time to sit back and enjoy some great reads in a relaxed, comfortable and quiet environment.
• SciFi, Fantasy, Comics and Manga Club (Thursday, Break 2B). Sharing, drawing, reading scifi, fantasy, comics and manga series, plus games and activities.
• Games Friday (Friday, Break 1A). End the week with a game of Uno, Top Trumps, Chess, Bananagrams, Articulate, Boggle and lots of other board games.

Break 1B Monday—Thursday is available for Year 7 and 8 learners to enjoy the Library to browse, borrow, read, research, and discover.

For Year 9, 10 and 11 learners:

• Study, Read, Revise (Tuesday and Thursday, Break 1A). Enjoy some quiet time to study, read and revise.
• Reading Group (Wednesday, Week A, Break 1A). For books, activities, chat and fun! Share your favourites, discover new authors and books, and meet others who share your interests.
• Wellbeing Wednesday (Wednesday, Week B, Break 1A). Relax on Wednesdays with some relaxing mindful colouring, drawing, creative writing, origami and simple craft activities.
• Games Friday (Friday, Break 1B). End the week with a game of Uno, Top Trumps, Chess, Bananagrams, Articulate, Boggle and lots of other board games.

• Break 1A (Monday) and Break 2A (Monday—Thursday) are available for Year 9, 10 and 11 learners to enjoy the Library to browse, borrow, read, research, and discover.

On Fridays the library is open to all years in Break 2.

After school clubs open to all learners:

• Gaming Society (Tuesday from 3.15 pm - 4.15 pm): Building on the success and popularity of our D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) Club, this new, extended club offers D&D, as well as all kinds of board games, role-playing games and tabletop games. Play head-to-head, as part of a larger group or solo! The school would like to thank Kienda Game, Bedsit Game and Big Potato games for their generous and kind donations to boost our existing games collection. Players in all years, whether experienced or beginner, are all welcome!
• Choices Club (Friday 2:00 - 3:15 pm): Friday Enrichment afternoon for anyone who wants to stay to read, be creative, explore their interests or work on homework after the end of formal learning.

Classes in the Library

During lesson time the Library is frequently buzzing with classes who have been brought in by teaching staff to undertake learning-related activities. Mrs Smith, the Librarian, works in partnership with the class teacher to prepare and run the lessons, enabling pupils to enrich and extend what they are learning in the classroom, as well as develop their all-important independent learning skills and confidence in using the wealth of resources, online and print, available to them.

At the start of Year 7, all pupils visit the Library on a regular basis in their Transition Curriculum lessons to help them familiarise themselves with their new Library, getting to grips with strategies for learning, and for finding, choosing and using information. They then consolidate those skills on future visits with their teachers to investigate specific topics further over the course of the year, and continuing into other years.

In their monthly 'IRead' lessons in English, Year 7 pupils are helped along their personal reading journeys, being introduced to a variety of genres, authors and themes and new strategies for discovering exciting things to read. They are given a Reading Journal, which is their creative space for responding to their reading.

Library Activities and Events

A series of ongoing fun activities - some one-off, some annual or termly - help to give pupils an extra perspective on reading and learning. The Library runs a calendar of events, displays and activities throughout the year.