For a number of years with the support of History/Mods department we have jointly been running a project to get more pupils reading and thinking about their social subjects.
This manifested itself into the first pass scheme where pupils would read, rate and review fiction and non-fiction relating to their subjects.
Due to the changes made by the local authority to school librarians meaning that I am only at St.Ninian’s 50% of the time I did not want this scheme to fall by the wayside.
In consultation with the wonderful Ms Scroggie we decided to go down the class library route in supporting pupils achieving their First Pass.

This has proved a continuing success in allowing pupils to read and enjoy fiction chosen by me suitable for their age range and appropriate to their areas of study.
As Christmas approaches both Ms Scroggie and I wanted to evaluate the strengths and tackle the weaknesses of the scheme; therefore I will be heading all the way upstairs to Hist/Mods to speak to pupils about what they have and have not enjoyed about the scheme.

I am looking forwards to hearing suggestions from the pupils and to hear which titles have most caught their imagination.
New and relevant titles are coming out all the time and I plan to swap over the class libraries with a refreshed selection; including works by Alex Wheatle (the Brixton Bard), Cathy MacPhail (the Greenock Guru) and congressman John Lewis.