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Great School Libraries
Feb 9, 20214 min read
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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Great School Libraries
Jan 26, 20214 min read
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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Barbara Band
Nov 21, 20203 min read
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, 20204 min read
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
Nov 2, 20205 min read
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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Great School Libraries
Oct 9, 20204 min read
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
Oct 5, 20205 min read
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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Great School Libraries
Sep 21, 20205 min read
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, 20201 min read
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
Jun 10, 20204 min read
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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Great School Libraries
May 27, 20203 min read
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, 20209 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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 9, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20203 min read
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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