Windmill Integrated Primary School and Nursery Unit is currently working towards its second ECO flag.
The Pupil Council and Eco Council worked together to organise a book swap for all classes from Nursery to Primary 7 to celebrate World Book Day.
All the pupils within the school were invited to bring in any books that they don’t read any longer and would like to change. Both councils were overwhelmed by the response to their request.
The Pupil and Eco Councils organised the books into Early Years/Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and set them on tables in the Assembly Hall so everyone could see them.. Classes were given a timetable and staff brought the classes down to the Assembly Hall to browse through the books and to choose one they would like to read.
Class teachers, classroom assistants and children on the pupil and eco- councils were on hand to help the children make their choices. They were able to steer the children to the right reading level and /or interest area.
Parents donated lots of books. Even though some children were unable to bring in books to swap, there were enough books to enable the whole school to get at least one. The pupil and eco-councils gathered up the left-over books and examined them to see if they were affiliated to Accelerated Reader. Any book that was linked to AR was given to the relevant class for their class library and the books not linked were given to P7 for their upcoming Sale to fund their P7 residential.
Thanks to the Pupil and Eco- Councils book swap efforts all the children from Nursery to P7 were able to sit back, relax and enjoy a good book as well as add new books to their collection.
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