Libraries

The European School Brussels 1 in Uccle has 4 libraries: one for nursery, one for primary and 2 for secondary: levels 1-3 and 4-7.

In total, there are more than 38,000 resources available to everyone in all the languages taught at the school, i.e. fourteen different languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Bulgarian, Danish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Romanian, Maltese, Irish and Dutch).

These resources can be found in an online catalogue.

To ensure the best possible environment for everyone, all library users will be required to comply with the rules in the reader’s guide.

S1-S3 Library

Librarian: Gabriela Cseriova

The S1-S3 library provides access to a wide range of high-quality collections, where every student is welcome. The library offers novels, albums, comics, manga and documentary resources (see catalogue above).

Pupils can visit the library at the start of a free period or during breaks.

Every week, the library offers activities or books related to current events, recommends books for international days, etc. Quizzes, scrabbles, logic games, crosswords, etc. are always prepared for students.

S4-S7 Library

Librarian: Nathalie Vanherberghen

The S4- S7 library offers students and teachers the opportunity to work in a quiet space where they can read and consult :

• novels, mangas, comic strips and graphic novels ;
• books on art, science, mathematics, history, geography, philosophy, psychology, religion(s), economics, political science, social science, etc.
• dictionaries, encyclopaedias and anthologies ;
• atlases
• various magazines;
• DVDs.

Libraries also offer a lending service for these books, which can be read for school purposes or for pleasure.

Rules and spirit of the study area 

The study area is intended for students who have a lesson cancelled and not replaced due to the absence of a teacher. This space offers optimal conditions for working, meeting, discussing, exchanging ideas and even playing games.
The space is therefore dedicated to conviviality, which allows people to experience situations of well-being and contributes to personal fulfilment.
If we pay close attention to these aspects for our students, it’s because they are an absolute priority for us as educators.
We are fully aware that school work requires conditions of safety and well-being so that it can be built up and carried out properly, and itself become a source of intellectual fulfilment.
Priority is therefore given to school work or research related to educational activities or simply curiosity.
It is possible to play certain games chosen for their educational and/or convivial nature.