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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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
- 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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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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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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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
- 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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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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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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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
- 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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Great School Libraries
- Mar 16, 2020
- 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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Great School Libraries
- Mar 2, 2020
- 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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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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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 18, 2020
- 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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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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