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    Mar 2024

    Last Updated: 19/03/2024
    Education
    Education

    Harrogate primary school launches campaign to fill new library

    by Lauren Ryan

    | 19 Mar, 2024
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    St Peter's Library

    St Peter’s CE Primary School in Harrogate has unveiled its new library.

    The library aims to give children a place to build and nurture their love of reading. It was funded by the Friends of St Peter's and a grant from local charity the Johnson and Mukherjee Trust. St Peter’s worked with York outdoor play company Playscheme to develop the design.

    To celebrate the opening, the school and the Friends of St Peter's have launched a wish list campaign in partnership with independent Harrogate bookshop Imagined Things, which aims to restock the school library with additional books.

    Debbie Phillips, the manager and school’s co-ordinator from Imagined Things, said:

    “We love partnering with local schools and encouraging that love for reading within their communities. We’re so excited by St Peter’s new library and can’t wait to help fill it with new books.”


    Head teacher Paul Griffiths



    Paul Griffiths, headteacher at St Peter’s, said:

    “Reading from physical books in an inspiring environment is incredibly important to us all St Peter’s. It is at the heart of our focus on enabling children to become fluent, confident, lifelong readers, giving them access to all the wonderful opportunities available to them now and in the future.
    "That’s why we are we are truly delighted to have been able to provide such a wonderful child-friendly and exciting space within our school."




    St Peter’s is a member of Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust and is housed in a Victorian building formally home to Harrogate Hospital. The primary school is now looking at plans to further develop its nurture space The Nest.

    Anyone can support St Peter’s library by visiting Imagined Things Bookshop on Montpellier Parade to buy a book of their choice that will be placed in the new library, including a personalised note if they wish.



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