School Libraries

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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Feb 9, 20214 min read

Moray School Librarians in Lockdown

This blog has been reposted by kind permission of Shelagh Toonen and the SLG group. This blog post is part of Librarians During Lockdown,...

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Working with HEE and the NHS Trust – health and school librarians in collaboration

Barbara Band

Nov 21, 20203 min read

Working with HEE and the NHS Trust – health and school librarians in collaboration

In one of my previous blogs, I updated developments around the Campaign and health education and mentioned that I had attended a...

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Update phase 2 -Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library

Great School Libraries

Nov 16, 20204 min read

Update phase 2 -Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library

An NHS survey highlighted that lockdown has made conditions like depression and anxiety worse. The school librarian can offer support.

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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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Update Phase 2 - Inquiry as an approach to learning

Great School Libraries

Sep 21, 20205 min read

Update Phase 2 - Inquiry as an approach to learning

An update of the second phase of GSL's campaign aim - Inquiry as an Approach to Learning.

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School Libraries after Lockdown - twitter chat

Great School Libraries

Jul 9, 20201 min read

School Libraries after Lockdown - twitter chat

We held our first ever twitter chat on the 8th July discussing School Libraries after Lockdown. Check out the discussion here.

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May 27, 20203 min read

Library Insights: School Library Newsletter

A school librarian raises awareness of the school library resources and activities through producing a library newsletter.

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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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Library Insights - School libraries during UK lockdown

Great School Libraries

Apr 15, 20203 min read

Library Insights - School libraries during UK lockdown

Many school librarians are having to adapt to help students and teachers from home. Read how one school librarian took here support online.

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Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library -phase 2

Great School Libraries

Mar 16, 20203 min read

Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library -phase 2

Secondary aim number 2 is Mental Health and Wellbeing led by Barbara Band.

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Mar 2, 20202 min read

Campaign Update - Phase 2

The Campaign has now launched Phase 2 in which we are looking to deepen our political involvement further.

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Library Insights: Information Literacy Project at St Ninian's High School

Great School Libraries

Feb 22, 20203 min read

Library Insights: Information Literacy Project at St Ninian's High School

Pamela McLean explains how her information literacy programme supports student learning at St Ninias's High School

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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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Guest Blog - Developing a culture of information literacy by Andrew J Stark

Great School Libraries

Jan 18, 20203 min read

Guest Blog - Developing a culture of information literacy by Andrew J Stark

Establishing cultural change in schools is not an easy task. It needs to be managed, seen to be beneficial, and considered a necessity.

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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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