Staff were encouraged to start each lesson reading aloud from one of their favourite books, and during break and lunch-times they took turns to read to the pupils assembled in the Frayn Library.

Fiction and non-fiction, novels and short stories, classics and less well known works all had an airing as an art that sometimes seems to have been lost - of reading aloud (and of being read to) - was given a much-needed boost.

'Being read to is a rare treat nowadays,' said Librarian Mrs Serjeant, who masterminded the day's events, 'and it was a delight to have so much of it today. I so enjoyed just listening, and the children really appreciated the staff taking the time to read to them.'