Reading is the most important skill for children to develop and a love of reading has life-long benefits. Currently, we have a small non-fiction library (in a corridor) but we have no space for children to browse or snuggle up and enjoy a good book. We came up with the idea of renovating an old double decker bus as a Book Bus, with space to read, and relax! After writing lots of emails, Ensign Bus Company in Purfleet generously gave us an old bus which is now on our playground! Tragically, in April, one of our pupils suddenly died, aged 5. After such a hard half term following Lylas death, we thought that working together to create a book bus, dedicated to her memory, would bring us all together and be a positive and creative project to undertake. There is a huge amount of work to do to transform the bus into an exciting library for the children and we are hoping that parents, staff, children, friends, the local churches and the wider community will come together the help us achieve