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Musings from a Head of English…Why We Need School Librarians

Great School Libraries

Oct 11, 20214 min read

Musings from a Head of English…Why We Need School Librarians

Musings from a high school teacher. Why we need school librarians

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Great School Libraries

Sep 27, 20213 min read

Why we need great school libraries and librarians!

Guest blog written by Beverley Naidoo for Great School Libraries Campaign 25.9.2021 The last time I was in an actual school library was...

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Giving primary school libraries a lifeline

Great School Libraries

Apr 16, 20213 min read

Giving primary school libraries a lifeline

Jill Coleman, Director of Children’s Books at BookTrust, talks about Cressida Cowell’s Life-changing Libraries campaign.

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Step into a School Library and find yourself

Theresa Breslin

Mar 25, 20212 min read

Step into a School Library and find yourself

"Our school libraries are vital in supporting the Curriculum throughout the school". Theresa Breslin explains more

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Creating a Community of Reading Teachers – a collaboration between a librarian and a teacher.

Great School Libraries

Oct 9, 20204 min read

Creating a Community of Reading Teachers – a collaboration between a librarian and a teacher.

Ou teachers as reader groups

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Library Insights: Librarians Supporting Schools in Lockdown

Great School Libraries

May 13, 20209 min read

Library Insights: Librarians Supporting Schools in Lockdown

How school librarians have been rising to the challenge of lockdown.

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Library Insights: Developing links between Primary and Secondary School

Great School Libraries

Apr 28, 20203 min read

Library Insights: Developing links between Primary and Secondary School

Many children can feel intimidated when arriving in secondary school for the first time. Librarian Anne De'Ath tells us about an initiative

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Guest Blog - The School Library Is a Litmus Paper

Great School Libraries

Feb 8, 20204 min read

Guest Blog - The School Library Is a Litmus Paper

You can tell a lot about a school from its library. Says retired local authority school improvement advisor and occasional Ofsted inspector

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Library Insights - Chatterbooks Book Group

Great School Libraries

Jan 6, 20203 min read

Library Insights - Chatterbooks Book Group

How Whitchurch C Of E School library runs their Chatterbooks Book Club.

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Library Insight -Postcards for pupils from authors and illustrators with Book Pen Pals

Great School Libraries

Dec 16, 20195 min read

Library Insight -Postcards for pupils from authors and illustrators with Book Pen Pals

BookPenPals pairs UK authors and illustrators with UK schools to make book recommendations via postcards. Schools reply with a postcard of t

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Great School Libraries

Dec 2, 20193 min read

Library Insights -Engaging Pupils in Raising the Profile of Ibstock Place School's Library

Library Insights - Engaging Pupils in Raising the Profile of Ibstock Place School Library

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Library Insights -Patron of Reading/Book Bingo

Great School Libraries

Nov 4, 20195 min read

Library Insights -Patron of Reading/Book Bingo

Library insight blog from Ros Harding SLA school librarian of the year 2019. talks about the Patron of Reading scheme and Book Bingo.

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Library Insights - Yellow Books Everywhere!

Great School Libraries

Oct 5, 20194 min read

Library Insights - Yellow Books Everywhere!

Reading week meant every student reading the same book. Read how we went about this and some of our outcomes.

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Passion and commitment are key to successful primary school libraries

Great School Libraries

May 1, 20197 min read

Passion and commitment are key to successful primary school libraries

As a literacy and literature adviser and university lecturer I have visited many primary schools and worked with many hundreds of...

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Great School Libraries

Nov 13, 20183 min read

Reading for Pleasure – the bedrock of #GreatSchoolLibraries

“The active encouragement of reading for pleasure should be a core part of every child’s curriculum entitlement because extensive reading...

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Great School Libraries

Nov 2, 20183 min read

Mental Wellbeing and School Libraries

Christina Clark, Head of Research at the National Literacy Trust, is a member of the campaign working group. In this blog she introduces...

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