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GIFT ... pupils Fizan Tariq and Nomana Hussain with Anis Bakir, librarian Karen Taylor and deputy headteacher Brendan Hesketh
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School books in to help Tunisian pupils

YOUNGSTERS in Tunisia will soon be brushing up on their English language skills thanks to Springhill High School.

When the school replaced more than 100 fiction and non-fiction books in its library with new ones, teaching assistant Anis Bakir, who comes from Tunisia, hit upon the idea of sending the old books to the Lycee Fattouma-Bourguiba in Monastir.

Anis initially offered to buy each book for a few pence on behalf of the Tunisian school, but when Springhill heard about what he wanted to do, staff decided instead to donate the books as a gift.

Now Anis and his colleagues are hoping to create a new tradition by sending their old books to the Tunisian school – which is planning to create an English language library – every time they receive new ones. Anis came to Rochdale 15 years ago aged 21. He works as a teaching assistant in the modern languages department. He said: "The idea is to make a strong link between the schools.

"The headteacher in Tunisia was very keen and our school has been very supportive, everyone has done their bit."