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

Great School Libraries

Oct 9
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
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 support...

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Update Phase 2 - Inquiry as an approach to learning

Great School Libraries

Sep 21
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
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
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 Benedi...

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May 27
3 min

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
9 min

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
3 min

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
3 min

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
3 min

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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Inquiry as an approach to learning - Phase 2

Great School Libraries

Mar 9
4 min

Inquiry as an approach to learning - Phase 2

In phase 2 we will be focusing on approaching learning through inquiry. Here we lay out our plan to take this forward.

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Great School Libraries

Mar 2
2 min

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
3 min

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
4 min

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
3 min

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
3 min

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, 2019
5 min

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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Dec 2, 2019
3 min

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: Delivering information literacy skills: a work in progress

Great School Libraries

Nov 18, 2019
6 min

Library Insights: Delivering information literacy skills: a work in progress

Sally Dring, Learning Resources Manager talks us through her role in teaching and supporting digital literacy in her school.

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Library Insights -Patron of Reading/Book Bingo

Great School Libraries

Nov 4, 2019
5 min

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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