Benefit from our expertise
Knowing how to best develop your school library is often more important than selecting a service. This is why we have launched two new services, each giving you access to our expertise.
PERFECT FIT
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EXPERT CONSULTATION
Book an online meeting with an expert
An invaluable consultation from a specialist Schools Service librarian will give your personalised insights and ideas. All our expert advisers have an extensive track record advising schools on how to make the best use of a library or library service.
Topics that can be covered include:
- Enhancing classroom learning
- Stimulating reading for pleasure
- Knowledge, understanding and skills for independent learning
- Extra-curricular initiatives
- Author visits, competitions, themed reading activities and book clubs
£95 (one hour online consultation)
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LIBRARY SKILLS TRAINING
Attend our next online training course
Online Information Skills
There are 63,000 search enquiries entered into Google every second! But what does this mean for pupils increasingly relying on and being influenced by information available online?
#FakeNews #MyTruth #Influencers
How we equip pupils to navigate the internet as an information source is key to our work as librarians. This interactive online training session will give you the tools to help coach and equip children and young people in your school.
Topics covered:
- Search engines and the social web - how they work, algorithms, advertising
- What is ‘truth’?
- Some things that obscure the truth
- Lateral reading and other basic skills
- Evaluating what you’re sharing
- Fake news
- The importance of context
- Psychological effects of social media
£55 (two hour online training class)
Register your interest by completing the form below.
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INSIDE EDITION
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Ways to restock your library
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: To buy 100 new books split evenly between fiction and non-fiction in today’s market could easily cost over £1,000. With the discount specialists like SLS receive from suppliers, the cost for the same number of book...
Books to stop the million word gap
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: Who might say this? “We know that children who read for pleasure, and who are read to, gain all kinds of benefits.” The answer is as likely to be educators as librarians, but this time it was the current Waterston...
Closing the reading gap with the right book choice
Advice, ReadingLibrarian’s view: For confident early readers and reluctant or not yet got it readers, tackling a whole book together in class can be tricky. The speedy ones think they know the story. While the not yet got it group might be struggling...
Dental health matters: teaching kids better oral care with books
AdviceRachel JohnstonHarrow SLS Librarian’s view: Dental health matters: tackling the ‘national embarrassment’ of the crisis in children’s dental health through children’s books A hospital operation is one experience that no parent w...
Books Kids Love: Curated by Kids, Loved by All
ReadingZoe DavisAssistant ManagerLancashire SLS Librarian’s view: At the Lancashire School Library Service, we understand the dedication and effort it takes to find the perfect book for each child in your school. With over 20 years of experie...
What larks: a life with books
InterviewJane Walker from the publisher Barrington Stoke talks about books that empower reluctant readers to get to the end of a story are a big win for all readers. Interview by Nicola Baird Barrington Stoke is known for its super-readable, dysl...