Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/harlaw-academy to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 25p in Scholastic Rewards.
Please place your order online by December 14th, 2017.
Register for a MyJSTOR account (for FREE!!) and they will be able to browse the full content and read up to three articles a fortnight, storing them on a digital shelf linked to their account. Just register for an account at http://about.jstor.org/rr
You can also get access to journals by creating an account with the National Library of Scotland https://auth.nls.uk/eresources/ You will be sent your password, so don’t leave this to the last minute!
You can of course access journals when you visit the library at Aberdeen University. It’s really important that you remember to take along a usb to enable you to download any relevant articles.
And don’t forget Google Scholar.
If you need assistance with your research I’m happy to help out, so please come and see me 🙂
Don’t let the summer holidays get in the way of your book quizzing! Get a username and password from Mrs Üstün and head on over to Book Adventure and see how many quizzes you can do this summer!
Click on the image above to find some great book suggestions for all
you fans of The Fault in Our Stars.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the twinning of Aberdeen and Regensburg, Germany, a bilingual collection of new writing by writers from both cities is to be published in 2015. Anyone aged 18 and over is invited to enter. Find out more about the competition here
Find out more about this fantastic poetry competition for pupils aged between 11-17 years old here.
Are you aged 15-24? Do you love comedy? Do you like to have your voice heard? And would you like to see your ideas on screen? Well, this is an opportunity for you to have your comic writing performed by excellent funny people and have it broadcast on bbc.co.uk.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01sfbt5/features/open-call-for-material
Europe direct Aberdeen are inviting you to take part in their Saltire Awards Challenge to clean up Aberdeen for Clean Up Europe Day. You will gain a certificate and Young Scot points. If you’d like to register your interest or would like to find out more please email the team at europedirect@aberdeencity.gov.uk or phone them on 01224 649483.
Write a story about what “home” means to you and your story could be published in a book and in The Sunday Mail. Find out more at http://scottishbooktrust.com/reading/stories-of-home
Join the missing LiNK – Library Natter and Knit group!
Come along any lunchtime and pick up a pair of knitting needles and get knitting to help raise money and awareness of the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland.
Visit the official blog of The Missing LiNK for more details!
