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                                        UMnu Victor Coop waqeshwa njengenqununu ye-The Grove ngo-1962. Wakhawuleza waqalisa uthetha-thethwano ne-CED malunga nokutshintshwa kwamagumbi okufundela asele elungiselelwe. Noko ke, uhlolo kwagqitywa ukucwangcisa isakhiwo esitsha ngokupheleleyo .Igama izicwangciso kwisakhiwo esitsha ezo zinto zabuya ngumzobi nguMnu Norman Inkukhu, naye usihlalo wekomiti yesikolo ngexesha .Construction yaqala ngo-1964 kwaye zokuqala Isigaba sagqitywa ngo-1968.

Ngelishwa, izicwangciso owesibini nesokugqibela isigaba, apho ithala leencwadi yaba yinxalenye, zaye lumiswe ngenxa imeko yezimali ngexesha mfundo unyamezelo kwicala uMnu Coop kunye nekomiti yesikolo, umsebenzi waqhubeka ngo-1974 waza wagqitywa ekuyeni ekupheleni kuka-1975 .Lo kwenzeka ngomhla wama-20 Oktobha 1975. ikomiti yesikolo yagqiba ukuba kwithala uza kwaziwa ngokuba umnqobi yeenkuku LIBRARY- likufanelekele nembeko uMnu Coop's  ukuzinikela kunye namandla okuqhuba emva kokwandiswa kwesikolo.

Ithala leencwadi lakhiwa laze labonelelwa ngokupheleleyo ngemali eqokelelwe liqumrhu labazali. Ngelo xesha, iCED yayingaboneleli ngeelayibrari kwizikolo zaseprayimari.            

Uninzi lwale nkxaso-mali ibikwindlela yomsitho wonyaka kwaye ibikhokelwa nguNksk. Helaine Gorin. Ngokutsho uMnu Coop, kwingxelo yakhe 1967 yenqununu lowu, "imali echithwa izibonelelo zamathala eencwadi akayi kuba yinkcitho njengoko kubalulekile kakhulu ukuba imikhwa ukufunda lukhuthazwe kumgangatho wezikolo zamabanga aphantsi kunye nokuba ixesha kudala ukuba imfundo ukuthatha indawo nge indlela yeprojekthi."

Saba njani...
     ibali elingemva kweThala leeNcwadi likaVictor Coop
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Mrs Des Oldfield (nee Gous) took charge of setting up the library. Large donations were received from past and the then current pupils to boost the library stock and within 5 months of opening, the library stock had increased from 4000 to 7000 books.Library prefects were appointed to help with the running of the library and  a team of dedicated moms helped with typing the catalogue cards.The library was also used for chess practices and matches.

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Ngowe-1979 Nksk Gill Palmer waqeshwa nje unolayibrari. Ekuqaleni , ithala leencwadi lalijongene ikakhulu neSigaba se-Intersen, nangona kunjalo , uNksk . UShield ukhumbula esa neklasi yakhe yeBanga loku-1 elayibrari ngenjongo yokubalisa !

Kwagqitywa lokusungula ikomiti oomama ukuba uncedo osithelisayo, belungisa kunye stock-bathathe iincwadi. Iibhodi ukubonisa enkulu ekuphelelni kwelayibhrari zafakelwa kwaye kwathengwa kuma incwadi elibonisiweyo. Ngo-1980, ithala leencwadi walityhutyha inguqulelo yaba liziko eendaba, iiteyiphu izindlu kunye neerekhodi ngokunjalo. Ngowe- 1982, umfundisi-ntsapho wexesha elizeleyo, uMnu . Barkhuizen, wamiselwa .  I n 1984, iikhompyutha ezintathu Apple kunye BBC computer zithe zafakelwa kwithala leencwadi kwakunye umatshini TV neevidiyo, ngokulitywina yenguqu sayo kwiziko media!

Ngowe-1985, unyaka wekhulu likaGrove, wabona utshintsho oluthile kwithala leencwadi. Umnyango Yasikwa, a kwigumbi elinqatyisiweyo, ootitshala 'umsebenzi-igumbi kunye igumbi yokurekhoda / yokugcina zaye lenze izicwangciso laza lagqiba kunyaka olandelayo. UNksk van der Riet waqeshwa njengomncedisi kamabhala ukuze, phakathi kwezinye izinto, agcine ikhathalogu isexesheni.

IReadathon yokuqala yabanjwa nakulo nyaka . Imali efunyenwe koku yasetyenziselwa ukuthenga iirekhoda ezimbini zokusetyenziswa eklasini kunye nesiqu somntu! Ngo-1989 ukwenziwa kwalo msitho kwanikezelwa kwithala leencwadi.

Ngowe-1993 uNksk . UShirley Sender wonyulwa njengomncedisi wethala leencwadi. Ngowe-1994, kwaqalwa kwenziwa kwi idijithali khathalogu kunye ingcamango computerising yonke yezolawulo lweelayibrari.

 

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In 1999, Mrs Ryan oversaw a complete refurbishment of the library. The blue and bright lime green colour scheme and dodo patterned curtains transformed the library and is the way many generations of Grovites remember their beloved library. Mrs Ryan was also responsible for entering the first Grove teams in the inter-schools lit quiz. They consistently performed well and in 2007 reached the world finals and travelled to Oxford where they were placed sixth.

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Xa uNkskz . URyan wemka waya kuqalisa ishishini lakhe leencwadi ngo-2009, ithala leencwadi lathatyathwa ngomnye wootitshala beBanga lesi-4, uNksk . UBernadette White-Phillips. Amaqela eLit Quiz aqhubekile nokwenza kakuhle phantsi kukaNksk . Isikhokelo sikaWhite-Phillip. Ukwavule iKlabhu yoNcwadi yabantwana ababekuthanda ukufunda.

 

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Kwi- 2014, uNksk . UBev Pettit uye wathabatha ulawulo lwethala leencwadi kwaye ngoko nangoko waqalisa ukwenza ithala leencwadi libe lelanamhlanje nokulenza lihambelane nemigangatho yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye. Iindonga kunye neeshelufu zazipeyintwe ngemibala engathathi hlangothi kwaza kwaziswa nezihlalo ezitofotofo apho abafundi babenokufunda khona ukuze baphumle. Kwafakelwa isikrini semiqondiso yedijithali emva kwedesika yokukhupha ukuqaqambisa iincwadi ezintsha nezilungileyo zokufunda. Kwasekwa indawo yethala leencwadi ukugcina abafundi besazi ngokwenzekayo kwithala leencwadi. Iincwadi ezindala kunye neziphelelwe lixesha zikhutshiwe kwisitokhwe. Isitokhwe esingeyonyani sahlelwa ngokutsha ngokweNkqubo yeDewey ehlaziyiweyo. Iqela loomama lincedise ekucoceni iincwadi ezindala, libuyisela iileyibhile ezibhalwe ngesandla ezibhalwe ngesandla kunye nokubuyisela iincwadi.

Iiklasi zeBanga labaQalayo zaqala ukutyelela ithala leencwadi ukuze ziboleke iincwadi okokuqala ngqa kwaye zimisele uthando nokuxabisa iincwadi nokufunda kwangethuba.

 

I-Readathon iye yahlala iyimbalasane yekhalenda yethala leencwadi kwaye iqhubekile nokuba yinkuthazo enkulu kubafundi ukuba bafunde ngakumbi nangakumbi. Amaqela eLit Quiz aqhubeleka nokukhula . I Grove wahlala host yokhuphiswano kwaye ngowama-2016, wafika kuqala kumjikelo yengingqi Kapa, waya Rhawutini ukuba ukuthatha inxaxheba bamazwe. Babekwa kwindawo yesine.

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