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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
Listen. Nurture. Enthuse. Question. Debate.
The burning of Spellow community library – how libraries can help to restore peace and security for our children and young people
NewsRachel JohnstonHarrow SLS Librarian’s view: From the many images of senseless destruction in the riots following the tragic murders in Southport this summer, those of the blackened, ransacked public library in Spellow, Liverpool seemed...
Using Puppets in the Classroom
CreativityWanda GajewskiWandsworth LRS Librarian’s view: Storytelling is often considered as a daunting activity. We all have a natural propensity towards telling and will have told many anecdotes and recounted many events. Research has shown t...
Representation of EDI in books on library shelves
ReadingAuthors and books who have shared stories and characters with us which make visible EDI in our society, through the ages....
The Reading Teacher – Widening Teachers’ Reading Repertoires
AdviceLooking at a recent study of teachers’ reading repertoires and moving beyond popular childhood favourites....
The Importance of Reading for Pleasure – Farshore School Research Project
AdviceA look at how reading aloud for 20 minutes a day can impact positivity towards reading and improved attainment in reading and comprehension....
BIG Book List (KS1-4): Discovering Disabled or Neurodiverse Characters
ReadingA range of popular fiction titles including a synopsis that have characters who are disabled or neurodiverse for KS1 - KS4....