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    Update - Deadline extended!
    Great School Libraries
    • Apr 19
    • 1 min

    Update - Deadline extended!

    We have extended the deadline for being on the Campaign Committee by a whole week, to accommodate people's differing Easter holiday...
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    Great School Libraries
    • Apr 12
    • 2 min

    Support from the Department of Education

    On the launch of Phase Two of this campaign, Nick Poole (CEO of CILIP) wrote to the Secretary of State for Education to bring the...
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    Join our Campaign Committee!
    Great School Libraries
    • Apr 1
    • 3 min

    Join our Campaign Committee!

    We are looking for Volunteer Committee Members to be a part of Phase 2 of the Great School Libraries Campaign. Are you a primary or...
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    SCHOOL LIBRARIES VITAL IN SUPPORTING READING RECOVERY AND LEVELLING UP
    Great School Libraries
    • Feb 17
    • 3 min

    SCHOOL LIBRARIES VITAL IN SUPPORTING READING RECOVERY AND LEVELLING UP

    CILIP, CILIP School Libraries Group and the School Library Association announces a second phase of the Great School Libraries campaign....
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    We are hiring!
    Great School Libraries
    • Jan 27
    • 2 min

    We are hiring!

    Great School Libraries Campaign Project Manager (Freelance) Working from Home. £450-£500 per month 16 hours per month (flexibility may be...
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    New research into school libraries
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    New research into school libraries

    We are delighted that the Great School Libraries team have been working with Nottingham Trent University to develop some further research...
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    Musings from a Head of English…Why We Need School Librarians
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Why we need great school libraries and librarians!
    Great School Libraries
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 3 min

    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, 2021
    • 3 min

    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, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Moray School Librarians in Lockdown
    Great School Libraries
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Health & Wellbeing, and the National Strategy for School Libraries
    Great School Libraries
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 4 min

    Health & Wellbeing, and the National Strategy for School Libraries

    In line with our Health and Wellbeing aim SLG Scotland gave kind permission for this blog to be re-posted here. Every month we showcase...
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    Working with HEE and the NHS Trust – health and school librarians in collaboration
    Barbara Band
    • Nov 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    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, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    Library Insights: The School Library as Sanctuary: Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library
    Great School Libraries
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 5 min

    Library Insights: The School Library as Sanctuary: Mental Health, Wellbeing and the School Library

    Whilst the library has an essential role to play in supporting learning, through providing resources as well as access to computers and...
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    Creating a Community of Reading Teachers – a collaboration between a librarian and a teacher.
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    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: Supporting Student Social and Emotional Well-being through Inquiry Based Learning
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 5 min

    Library Insights: Supporting Student Social and Emotional Well-being through Inquiry Based Learning

    Working in a school library, you quickly realise that one of its key roles is as a place of sanctuary for many students, one that...
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    Update Phase 2 - Inquiry as an approach to learning
    Great School Libraries
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    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, 2020
    • 1 min

    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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    Library Insights: St Benedict's Library and the EPQ
    Great School Libraries
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Library Insights: St Benedict's Library and the EPQ

    Supporting the school’s strategic vision to create intellectually curious, independent learners I’m pleased to acknowledge that St...
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