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Library design: Sutton Courtenay CofE Primary School

objectives

  • To support vision of all children at the school having a reading identity
  • To create a library area that can be used as a teaching space for a whole class as well as a place for individual pupils to come and borrow books
  • To feel like a real library as there is no library in the community
  • To spread and pass on the love of reading and books
  • To entice with the entrance to the library (including the door and wall space)
  • To extend/spill out the library into the entrance, down the drive and into the community
  • To provide mini community libraries (potentially for the driveway and surrounding areas) where people donate and borrow for free
  • To include fiction and nonfiction books and show case a variety of reading materials
  • To promote books, face out to attract attention
  • To have ability to update wall displays and featured tabletop theme areas

considerations

  • Opening a book is like opening a door to another world to explore
  • The new library space at SCCEPS will be an immersive area to escape to another world
  • The experience will start in the entrance lobby 
  • The door and wall area will be wrapped to look like a book so that you feel like you are opening a book when you enter the room
  • Inside the library it will look like an enchanted forest like ones described in many children’s stories
  • There will be nooks and places to relax and read independently as well as spaces for class reading, story telling thrones and woodland décor

elements

  • Entrance to library
  • Windows (including stain glass effect)
  • Walls (inc paint, wallpaper, decals / wall stickers, 3d butterflies, quotes and framed book covers)
  • Flooring 
  • Shelving (inc shelving units, low shallow display book shelves for picture books, rotating bookshelf for featured books
  • Furniture & soft furnishings (inc teacher chair, low table, chairs, rug, cushions, ‘logs’, reading pods, cosy cove, other decor)
  • Lighting (inc free standing ‘street’ lamp)
  • Ceiling
  • Community libraries

Library design: Carterton Primary School

Library design: Carterton Primary School

objectives

  • To create a flexible/movable library area that can be used as a teaching space for a whole class as well as a place for individual pupils to come and borrow books
  • To involve pupils in design and decision process
  • To promote pupil ownership of space
  • To align with school branding and vision
  • To pass on passion for reading and books
  • To include fiction and non fiction
  • To have wall displays updated annually and featured tabletop theme areas that can be updated more frequently

considerations

  • To use the central space (next to the hall) as a library resource for all years
  • Retain intervention area at the back of the room with existing table and chairs
  • Block up doorway to other classrooms to avoid this space being used as a corridor / thoroughfare
  • Convert store room to sensory room [out of scope]
  • Some damp on some walls resulting in peeling/bubbling paint work
  • Lots of old white boards, wooden frames/borders, cables and other old
    elements left on walls

elements

  • Existing furniture
  • Entrance to library
  • Signage
  • Ceiling
  • Windows covering (inc blinds)
  • Flooring
  • Walls (inc paint, wallpaper, decals / wall stickers, quotes and framed book covers)
  • Shelving (inc shelving units, low shallow display book shelves for picture books, rotating
    bookshelf for featured books
  • Furniture & soft furnishings (inc teacher chair, tables, chairs, bean bags, modular seating, rug, cushions, reading pods, cosy cove, other deco

“Nicola’s expertise in marketing is adding real value to our schools and supporting our trust through a period of swift growth.”

“Nicola’s expertise in marketing is adding real value to our schools and supporting our trust through a period of swift growth.”

“Nicola’s expertise in marketing, and the thorough, research-based approach she has taken to create a marketing strategy for our schools, is adding real value to our schools and supporting our trust through a period of swift growth.

I’m extremely grateful to Nicola for her measured and strategic approach in working alongside our school leaders and for the quality of the work that she is producing for our schools and the trust.”

CEO, Ridgeway Education Trust, June 2024

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“Your work is invaluable to us”

“Thank you very much for the work you have done investigating new business opportunities and advising on improvements to existing revenue activities at Cogges.

Your work has been extremely thorough and enabled us to make both immediate service and sales improvements and to consider the potential of new income streams for the future. 

Your work is invaluable to us, particularly as we now pick up the pieces of the Coronavirus season and look towards making ourselves more resilient to future disruptions.”

Chair of Trustees, Cogges Heritage Trust, September 2020 

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“Thank you for your guidance and support on our latest Enchanted Wreath project. You have a wonderful ability to transpose our thoughts into text with pinpoint accuracy.

We like the way you have amalgamated the different aspects of the business into a unified website.

Working along with Colin we now have a new web friendly venture ready and waiting to take full advantage of this coming Christmas period.

What would we do without you!”

Enchanted Wreath – September 2019

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“Thank you…for helping to put some clarity on what is otherwise a minefield”

“That’s a real insight. Thanks again – you’ve been such a massive help.

Thank you for meeting, sharing ideas and helping to put some clarity on what is otherwise a minefield for somebody like me.

Your time and effort really was appreciated!”

Ian Carlisle – March 2019

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“We can’t thank you enough for…rebooting our message and giving our brand a fresh boost!”

“We can’t thank you enough for not only keeping the presence up during a period of transition from our side but also rebooting our message and giving our brand a fresh boost!

We are so glad we got Hanami Dream to kick start our social media campaign, it has been a very worthwhile few months.

We will of course be in touch should we need any additional social media support and look forward to working with you again.”

Katie, Oxleaze Barn – January 2019

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“I couldn’t think of anyone better to help us ”

“Nicola kindly agreed to assist our small, independent business in starting our own blog for our website. Being an award winning blogger, I couldn’t think of anyone better to help us on our way.

She gave us some great top tips that were easy to follow but in enough detail to really make an impact.
We now have our blog up and running thanks to Nicola.”

Erica, Busy Brush Cafe – December 2018

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