Every primary pupil deserves a school library, says new Charter
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Send to friendThe School Library Association (SLA) this month launches a new Primary School Library Charter arguing that investment in school libraries must start early, and quoting the UK Convention on the Rights of the Child to make its case. Articles 13 of the Convention (‘freedom to see, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers’) and 17 (‘encourage the . . . dissemination of children’s books’) imply effective library provision, the SLA states.
As the School Libraries Commission, chaired by Baroness Estelle Morris, invites contributions to its inquiry into the role of school libraries in 21st-century schools, the SLA charter outlines the benefits of a well supported and resourced primary school library, and suggests ways primary headteachers and governors can set up and run a school library or increase the contribution that their current library makes to the school’s effectiveness and pupils’ wellbeing and learning.
The SLA Charter is available now at www.sla.org.uk/primary-charter Print copies will be available through school library services and schools can order single copies from publications@sla.org.uk
