The school library is getting refurbished!

Me to the kids:
"I have a good, not too bad, terrible news. Which one do you want to hear first?" 😅
Kids: Terrible first.
Me: Library is closing.
Kids: 😱!!
Me: But just for 5 weeks.
Kids: But why?! 😰
Me: Because it's getting refurbished🤩
Kids: 🥳🤸‍♂️🥳🤸‍♀️🥳🤸

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) October 25, 2022

In October, the school informed me that the library will be getting refurbished! It was a project pending since last year and couldn’t believe it was going ahead. But this time, it appeared to be more concrete since they gave me a frame time. The work will be done in approximately four weeks.

So, I started to invite ALL the S1 and S2 classes to come in, to borrow as many books as possible. The more they borrow the less I have to pack.

This week, I'm in "refurbishment mode", encouraging pupils to borrow as many books as they want #everythingmustgo
And today, a kid took around 10 books(!😱!) and said: "I'm going to be sooo smart after reading all that" 😅 pic.twitter.com/djU326EfYk

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) October 27, 2022

Later, I gathered my little army of minions AKA the library helpers to organise the work and to start packing. Pupils selected books by subjects to then been delivered in every department of the school:

"So it begins."
The library assistants organised books by subject for them to be delivered in each and every department base.#refurbishment #organising #packing #library #helpers pic.twitter.com/sZcpYYVTaA

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) November 1, 2022

The rest of the books were packed in boxes to be kept in a storage room:

And that the non fiction done 💪
My little army of minions #libraryassistants are doing amazing 👏 pic.twitter.com/fDBi68EeKY

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) November 3, 2022

The library helpers did an amazing job! In less than a week the whole library was packed!! We celebrated by having a small cupcake party:

We did it!! We packed up the whole library in a week 🤩 This would not have been possible without the help of the fantastic library assistants 💪#bigup #youresuperstars #celebrating #end #packing #library #refurbishment #not #possible #without #libraryhelpers ❤ pic.twitter.com/cVFovqP2Fh

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) November 4, 2022

The library cleared, the real work could finally start:

Workers started!! 🧑‍🔧🦺🛠#Sneakpeek👀 #library #refurbishment pic.twitter.com/YTU537XtrW

— St Mungo's Academy library (@stmungo_library) November 15, 2022

I’m really looking forward to welcome pupils and staff back into a beautiful new brand library!!

#Breakingnews: it appears that it will take more time than announced…Keep posted!