Musings from a Head of English…Why We Need School Librarians
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Great School Libraries
- Feb 8, 2020
- 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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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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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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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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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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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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Great School Libraries
- May 1, 2019
- 7 min
Passion and commitment are key to successful primary school libraries
As a literacy and literature adviser and university lecturer I have visited many primary schools and worked with many hundreds of...
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Great School Libraries
- Nov 13, 2018
- 3 min
Reading for Pleasure – the bedrock of #GreatSchoolLibraries
“The active encouragement of reading for pleasure should be a core part of every child’s curriculum entitlement because extensive reading...
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Great School Libraries
- Nov 2, 2018
- 3 min
Mental Wellbeing and School Libraries
Christina Clark, Head of Research at the National Literacy Trust, is a member of the campaign working group. In this blog she introduces...
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