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    Library Insights: School Library Newsletter
    Great School Libraries
    • May 27, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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, 2020
    • 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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    Library Insights: Information Literacy Project at St Ninian's High School
    Great School Libraries
    • Feb 22, 2020
    • 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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    Library Insights - Chatterbooks Book Group
    Great School Libraries
    • Jan 6, 2020
    • 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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    Library Insights -Engaging Pupils in Raising the Profile of Ibstock Place School's Library
    Great School Libraries
    • 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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    Library Insights - Media Literacy: Ideas to get school librarians started
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    Library Insights - Media Literacy: Ideas to get school librarians started

    The school librarians role in Media Literacy
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    Library Insights - Yellow Books Everywhere!
    Great School Libraries
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    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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    Library Insights -A Day in the Life of an SLS Manager
    Great School Libraries
    • Sep 28, 2019
    • 4 min

    Library Insights -A Day in the Life of an SLS Manager

    From providing loans and advice on LMS's to organising author visits and supporting new technology an SLS' managers day is never dull.
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