Every child deserves a great school library

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ou teachers as reader groups

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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