Loan Service

Learning Resources Hub (LRH) provides you with the opportunity to enrich and extend the breadth of curriculum coverage in your school with its comprehensive and rich range of high quality teaching and learning resources for loan to member schools.  Borrow rather than buy!  

 

Membership is open to all primary, special and independent schools in Wiltshire, Swindon and the surrounding area. 

Home educating families, childrens centres, nurseries and pre-schools are also welcome.

LRH is overflowing with relevant, inspirational and up to date teaching and learning resources and collections, all professionally curated to engage, enthuse and inspire the learner.  Scan the QR code to see what LRH member schools have to say…

 

Collections available to borrow include:

WOW! Collections - Bring the WOW factor to your classroom or library with the LRH WOW! Immersive Environments, all designed to help immerse children in their learning, suspend reality and transport them to exciting, magical and engaging places…

MultiMedia Collections - Aimed to capture the interest of pupils throughout Key stages 1 and 2, these collections are filled with books, puppets, soft toys,, teacher notes, photos and more. Collections include, Super Heroes, Explorers, Dinosaur Hunters, The Gruffalo, Rainforests, Safari, Chocolate, World War 1, Dragons, Early People, Mary Anning, MFL French collections plus many more.

Book Collections - Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, topic and themed collections, e-books, special targeted collections (for example reluctant reader, graphic fiction, readers with dyslexia), guided reading sets, book corner collections, play sets, listening books, animated books and dual language books.

Visual Resource Collections - Artefacts, models, specimens, equipment, a wealth of topic and themed collections for literacy, numeracy, history, geography, role play and early years as well as framed pictures and art reproductions.  Visual resource collections include original and replica items, IT equipment and some items are specially made/commissioned for us.  Most of the visual resource collections can be handled by pupils.

All LRH subscriptions include:

• Door to door delivery and collection
• Online requesting service
• Friendly, flexible and supportive service
• Advice, support and information
• 30% discount on-line bookshop

 

Additional Services available

LRH eBook Platform   

 

With specially selected titles to encourage reading for pleasure, and with Immersive Reader fully integrated into the LRH eBook Platform, KS2 children have the flexibility to fully customize their reading experience with LRH eBooks.

Great for ALL children, including:

• EAL children - All the eBooks can be translated into over 150 different languages, and they can be read aloud in the selected language too.  Single words or whole books can be translated.
• Children with dyslexia - There are a range of fonts to select from including a dyslexia friendly font.  Children can also select different background colours and choose how to view the book, for example as a single page view, a double page spread or even one paragraph or line at a time.
• Children with visual impairment - Children can enlarge their selected font to a preferred size.  They can also increase the space between letters, words and lines.

The LRH eBook Platform is internet based, so children can login and read anytime, anywhere, at home and at school and even during the weekends and holidays.

How to access the LRH eBook Platform

Access is free of charge for all LRH Platinum member schools. 

For all other schools (Gold, Silver, Bronze and non-members) there is a 5-user pack option available, priced at just £45 per annum. 

Simply tell us how many logins you require and LRH will set them up for you.  You then allocate and distribute.  (Please note, no individual/personal data is necessary). 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch wslr@wiltshire.gov.uk

Take a look

You can take a look at the titles available on the LRH eBook Platform by following the link here

If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

 

Bespoke Book Shopper Service

 

Would you like help choosing new books for your library or classroom?

LRH has a new bespoke book shopper service for 2026.  All you need to do is let us have as much information as possible about your requirements, for example:

• What is your budget?
• What ages/abilities are the books for?
• Are they to be targeted in any way (eg for children with dyslexia, hi-age/lo ability, reluctant readers)
• Do you want all fiction, new fiction, a focus on diverse and inclusive books, accelerated reader titles, graphic fiction, picture books, or a mix?
• Would you like your books to be delivered with protective jackets?

Simply email us with as much information as possible, at wslr@wiltshire.gov.uk, putting Bespoke Book Shopper Service in the Subject line, and we will get in touch.

 

30% Discount book purchasing with Learning Resources Hub & Peters the booksellers

 

Is your school thinking about treating your library, and your pupils, to some gorgeous new books this term?

Our long standing partnership with Peters the booksellers gives you access to a huge range of titles, with up to 30% discount off recommended retail prices.

Simply shop using the link here LRH Portal at Peters  

Access honest book reviews by expert librarians and curriculum specialists, recommended reads, perform keyword/key stage/genre searches, access information on reading levels and much much more, all helping you to make the right choices.

Choose from thousands of titles and get free delivery on orders over £50.

Open to ALL Wiltshire schools, primary, special and secondary schools, and you don’t have to be a member of LRH either!

 

Virtual author events programme

 

What better way to encourage reading for pleasure in your school, than by having a top-quality author or illustrator enthuse and motivate your pupils about the joy of reading?

Meeting an author, illustrator, poet or storyteller, even virtually, and hearing them convey their passion for their work can fundamentally alter a child or young person’s relationship to books and help ignite a life-long love of reading. 

“We cannot overstate how important author visits are for sparking a love of reading and writing in children that will ignite their imaginations, enhance their wellbeing and transform their life chances.”  Jonathon Douglas, Director, The National Literacy Trust

Learning Resources Hub (LRH) are delighted to be offering all primary and special schools access to a range of virtual author events, with wonderful authors and illustrators

What to expect at our events
Each event will be different as our authors have different styles.  We have one event for your Early Years and Reception children, a second for your Key Stage 1 pupils and a third for the Key Stage 2 pupils.  Keep an eye on our social media, Right Choice and our website for when to register for the events.

Our events are live and we also record them.  After the event we send you a link to the recording.  This lets you watch it again, or at a time more suitable if you couldn’t make the live event.

All our events are interactive and children can ask questions at the end.

Benefits to pupils

• Excites and inspires pupils to read!
• Sparks ideas and creativity
• Get pupils excited by the people behind the books
• Insight into writing process, including plot and characters, drafting and commitment
• A chance to ask questions
• Opens up possibilities – children see authors as real people

Benefits to school

• Incredibly cost effective
• Easy to access and reduced admin for school compared to arranging own events
• Helps you build a reading for pleasure culture in your school

How much will it cost?
Platinum level member schools will be able to access all the events completely FREE of charge.

Gold, Silver and Bronze PAYU member schools will be invoiced £45 for the session, and the session may include as many pupils as you wish.

Non-member schools will be invoiced £57 for the session, and access will be school wide.

If you have any queries, please contact tina.ward@wiltshire.gov.uk

 

School Library Advisory Service and practical support

 

‘School libraries are vital to giving all children access to books and reading’  BookTrust 2021

 

Reading is central to the Government’s Plan for Change: it supports success in school, work and in life, boosts wellbeing, brings people together and increases empathy.  Sadly, many of your pupils may not have many (or any) books at home.

With decades of research continually demonstrating the life-changing impact that reading for pleasure has on a child’s educational development, health and well-being, personal growth and future prospects (no matter their starting point in life) your school library really matters!

Are you proud of your school library? 

Is it a vibrant, colourful, warm and exciting place to visit and spend time in?

Is it filled with gorgeous books, tempting children to pick them up? 

Does your library promote positive associations with books and reading? 

Or, would your school library benefit from some tender loving care and attention?

We believe a school library can be the beating heart of a school. 

Let LRH help you revitalise and reinvigorate your library, and support you to turn your designated library space, no matter how big or small, into a colourful, vibrant, warm and exciting space filled with books to take your readers on journeys and adventures.

We can help you with advice and practical support to:

• audit your book stock - removing old, tired, damaged and out of date information books and unfriendly, unappealing fiction
• plan your space - looking at displays, shelving, signage and layout for example
• classify stock - using our primary school friendly Dewey system, InfoTracker

Book us now, for your one hour Library Health Check (just £85), or get in touch to discuss your practical support needs further.

Email wslr@wiltshire.gov.uk and we will get in touch