Our Work with Schools
Now most schools are back from a half term break, we thought it would be a good time to update everyone on our work we do with schools.
October Books have wonderful partnerships with local Southampton schools and some beyond the city boundary. These connections are particularly important to us as we wish to help inspire children in the wonder of reading and all the riches gained.
We are part of a network of local schools who wish to explore ideas together to increase literacy and inspire local children in the love of books and reading. We are also a partner with University of Southampton’s fantastic Reading Buddies Scheme, where university and college students buddy up with pupils to read together regularly.
We are very happy to meet up and talk about your needs and creative ideas, so please do contact us if you would like to work with us or know more by emailing Suzanne@octoberbooks.org.
Our Offering -
We offer 20% DISCOUNT for all orders of 15 or more books. These books are delivered FREE of charge to your school.
We order and provide World Book Day books to local schools for FREE.
We can connect you to other schools in the area so you can share ideas and resources.
We can link you to local authors for school visits and other events.
We offer a creative connection to a community business and can host projects in the shop for pupils to engage in.
For example, in the past pupils have written poems for our social media and taken over a shelf in the shop.
Buying books from us
Schools often choose to buy their books from us as they want to support Southampton’s Independent bookshop, a bookshop that is community inspired and owned. Many schools also want to champion us for our environmental initiatives and principles which include having solar panels, having a cleaning product refillery and purchasing goods and services from other local suppliers.
So if you are a teacher/parent/guardian and wish to get in touch regarding our offering to your school, please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you. Please email Suzanne at suzanne@octoberbooks.org
