TEACHING ADVICE
Connecting the dots between content and the curriculum. Our advice series offers a glimpse on what talent you can access from School Library Service team member.
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The Reading Teacher – Widening Teachers’ Reading Repertoires
Looking at a recent study of teachers’ reading repertoires and moving beyond popular childhood favourites....
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The Importance of Reading for Pleasure – Farshore School Research Project
A look at how reading aloud for 20 minutes a day can impact positivity towards reading and improved attainment in reading and comprehension....
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Box Clever
School Library Services across the UK provide excellent, tailor-made topic collections support school projects. Our topic boxes help teachers with their planning and delivery of the National Curriculum within a framework which is both...
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Updating Your Primary School Library on a Limited Budget
Exploring ways to prioritise school library spending when money is limited and book prices are rising by Pat Elliott and Sharon Walsh from Westminster Schools Library Service....
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A day in the life of a librarian
A librarian can bring many extra benefits to your school, helping teachers prepare and students unlock their love of stories and learning. Here librarian Laura Bennett, from Tower Hamlets SLS, discusses the plethora of ways she’s used...
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Reading Adventures
Explore how to make reading an adventure, linking the curriculum and information books, to help engage reluctant readers and develop a love of reading and learning....
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How the library can support an OFSTED inspection
OFSTED visits are always on a school’s mind, especially now that many are getting their first visit for several years in the post-pandemic catch-up....
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The updated Reading Framework – How SLS can help?
Lisa Little looks at how SLS can support schools in light of the updated Reading Framework....
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Classification for nerds
How a little bit of understanding about the classification scheme in your library can help children find the books they want....
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Unequal futures: an imbalance of opportunities but an insight into school library provision
Guest article from Alison Tarrant, Co-Chair, Great School Libraries campaign, highlighting some of the key takeaways from the new Great School Libraries research....
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School library versus classroom reading corners
Can classroom reading corners be an acceptable alternative to a whole school library? Advice from Jacqueline Barnes, Northumberland SLS....
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The Compelling Case for Student Librarians
A look at how selection, training and supporting pupil librarians can engage the whole school in sharing books and reading....
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Unlocking the Potential of AI-Assisted Teaching with a Chatbot
ChatGPT, powered by artificial intelligence, is a chatbot which takes human-computer interaction to a whole new level. It was released for public use in early December and grew to over 1 million users in 5 days. The system responds to...
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Running a Book Club
A look at how book clubs can support book awards by Diane Scarborough from Lancashire School Library Service. Tips include how to encourage students to get involved and how to structure sessions as well as useful voting criteria....
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Building a Brilliant School Library on a Budget
Nina SimonRedbridge SLS Librarian’s view: Over the years I have been into many schools to organise and update their primary school libraries. All too often the teacher given the responsibility for the library often feels overwhelmed: ...
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Class Work: Real World Learning
A look at how experiences outside the classroom can invigorate learning inside the classroom by Lisa Little who works for SLS’s partner, Durham Learning Resources...
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How to get the space right for school libraries
A well organised primary school library needs a space of its own – a safe haven which children are excited to explore. Shelves of books in a corridor do not invite browsing and mooching. ...
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What books does our primary school library need?
There are three elements to the well-organised library – space, stock and staff – that lead to a fourth, personalisation, which will help your pupils get the best from your library resources...
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Staffing the primary school library
A library without a person running it is just a roomful of books – and those books will be getting dustier and tattier every month....
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Rewards of Running a Local Book Award
From introducing new, exciting novelists into the reading repertoire to bolstering pupil confidence, Nina Simon, Manager of Redbridge SLS, introduces us to the benefits of book awards....
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Is Reading for Pleasure just another tool to improve SATs results?
It is important that schools do what they can to develop reading for pleasure, authentically, without the goals of the wider literacy strategy in mind, says Kathryn Henderson from Durham Learning Resources....
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