Covid Support As both CILIP SLG and SLA have created wonderful list for school librarians to find the support they need, we have decided that this is not something that we need to repeat. Here are the links to those services we think will be useful. ​ CILIP Covid Guidance CILIP SLG Resources SLA Covid community project Ask a Librarian from GSL's Things to do when your school library is closed by Sarah Pavey Libraries Connected - Copyright rules relaxed CILIP SLG (Scotland) - Online resources for school librarians

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Case Studies Teaching, Learning and Inquiry Case Studies > reading for pleasure/ information Case Studies > school libraries during lockdown Case Studies > wellbeing/ diversity Case Studies > Please consider writing us up a Case Study of how your library contributes to teaching and learning in your school. These will form part of a very important body of evidence that we need in this campaign. Please use the template below. Please see the links below to already submitted case studies. They cover Reading for pleasure/Information, Wellbeing and Diversity and Learning through Inquiry. To find out how your information is used, please refer to our privacy policy. Please submit your case studies to Barbara Band. ​ Case Study Template ​ Case Study Template Examples of online support during COVID-19 Case Study Submission Form

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Write to your MP Support the Great School Libraries Campaign As we move closer to a General Election, there has never been a more important time to engage our politicians in our campaign to ensure that every school child has access to a staffed library in their school. ​ We need our policy makers and MPs to understand the impact that a school librarian can have on the outcomes of children and the value that they bring to the school community they serve. We want to encourage MPs to sign the Early Day Motion on School Libraries and Librarians and to put school library provision in their Party manifesto. ​ Please download this letter template to amend where necessary and send it to your local MP. Please let us know if you receive a response. MP Letter Template

Life Changing Libraries Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell's flagship campaign showcases the impact of primary school libraries The Great School Libraries campaign is a whole sector campaign to improve school library provision in the UK. We are pleased to be working with organisations across the sector to improve and enhance each other’s work and impact. The Life-Changing Libraries initiative was launched in April 2021 by BookTrust to showcase the transformative impact a well-resourced primary school library has on a child’s opportunities in life, as well as the shocking inequality currently facing children across England. Over the course of a year, six very different primary schools across England were helped to develop a reading for pleasure culture, focused on the four pillars of a successful ‘gold standard’ school library – space, book provision, expertise, and whole-school and community involvement. Cressida Cowell, then Children’s Laureate, launched the campaign with a call on the Prime Minister – supported by former Laureates, literacy organisations, and publishing industry leaders – to help reverse the spiralling inequality in education by putting primary school libraries at the heart of our long-term response to the pandemic with a ring fenced, yearly investment of £100m. The report’s key findings include a transformation in attitudes towards reading, with an enthusiasm and passion for books ignited amongst the students and a considerable uptake in the time spent engaged in reading for pleasure both at school and at home. ‘Life-changing Libraries’ was Cressida Cowell’s flagship campaign as Waterstones Children’s Laureate, and the culmination of this project marks the end of her three-year tenure in this prestigious role. For the past twenty-five years, Cowell has campaigned for the necessity of school libraries, and she will continue to fight until every child has access to a great one: “My tenure as Waterstones Children’s Laureate came to an end in June, but my quest goes on: every single child has the right to this life-changing opportunity.” As such, we are delighted that the Great School Libraries campaign has taken on the important research and continues to work with BookTrust and Cressida Cowell. The Great School Libraries campaign is also proud to have worked with the National Literacy Trust and Penguin Random House, as part of the Primary School Library Alliance, to conduct the largest ever research into school library provision. Limited results were announced by the Alliance in mid November, and further details will be released by Great School Libraries in early Spring. BMG Full Report can be downloaded here With thanks to the Foyle Foundation for funding the Great School Libraries survey Pictures from insight evening Photo credit Katariina Jarvinen Screen Shot 2019-10-19 at 09.26.31 Describe your image Screen Shot 2019-10-19 at 09.26.47 Describe your image Screen Shot 2019-10-19 at 09.27.40 Describe your image Screen Shot 2019-10-19 at 09.26.31 Describe your image 1/7

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