Monthly Archives: March 2022

March in St Roch’s: World Book Day

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World Book Day is a celebration of reading, authors, illustrators and books which happens in March every year. This year was a particularly special one because it marked 25 years of World Book Day!  In St Roch’s, pupils were all given a token which they could use to claim a free book in places like Waterstones, Tesco & Sainsbury’s.  There were lots of great books to choose from this year and we were delighted to get some copies for the library.  

This year we celebrated World Book Day’s 25th anniversary with lots of library activities.   There was a book display with previous WBD books, featured authors and recommendations. S1 and S2 English classes visited the library with their iPads to take part in WBD quiz sessions. We had great fun playing games on Blooket, with questions on Harry Potter, Roald Dahl, Wimpy Kid and lots more. The quiz sets are  available online, just click on the one you’d like to play above.

Manga and comics are very popular in St Roch’s, so there was a special lunchtime quiz for all the fans. It was an impressive display of knowledge from everyone, but we had two stand out winners. Well done Louie and Ivy! 

During March pupils also took part in the library’s World Book Day Bookopoly reading challenge. Pupils read books to complete a genre on the board and get a prize draw entry. Some brave students went the extra mile and got entries for doing reading dares as well. 

Finally, Ms Nimmo’s S1 class created some beautiful poems about nature to display in the library during March. The poems were also made into a class ebook that everyone can enjoy. 

All in all it a was a great month of World Book Day celebrations. Looking forward now to next month’s Wee Write festival and some fantastic author events in schools across Glasgow!

Gary Chudleigh visits St Mungo’s library!

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Some S2 EAL pupils had the chance to meet the talented comics creator Gary Chudleigh!

He gave them some tips on how to build a story premise and keys to write a comic script.

At the end of the session, despite being a sunny Friday last period, some pupils stayed back to have a wee chat with Gary. There is nothing better than watching  pupils interact with an author.

He also talked about is last project, a new set of four comics, every story is a one-shot and self-contained, but each is connected and set in the same world.

You can help to make this collection a reality by showing your support and pre-ordering via kickstarter.

 

World book day(s)! at St Mungo’s library

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Why celebrating “world book” for a day when we can do it for an entire WEEK!

From the 28th of February till the 4th of March, the St Mungo’s library had a full program of book festivities to give the chance to every pupils in the school to celebrate.

 

The daily S1 library visits enjoyed a very special scavenger hunt made for the occasion. Every participants received a book token to get a free book from their favourite bookshop in town.

 

At lunch, the library helpers worked hard to display all the free books we received for the occasion and made sure to spread the love of reading among the school.

What will be book festivities without any competitions?!

We had two exciting competitions running that week:

The book cover competition designed by some of our Higher and S3 Elective young people in partnership with the Art department.

Here are the three winners:

 

The bookface competition with very creative S3 pupils.

Here are some fantastic entries:

 

And finally at lunch, the library “display committee” had the responsibility to count the votes for the Scottish Teen Book prize.

They really embraced the task!

World book day(s!) was a huge success at St Mungo’s with more than 500 tokens given away to actual and potential readers!

White Water Writers Signing Event at Lochend

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To celebrate our S3 writers’ achievement in writing and publishing a novel in five days, we held a signing event on World Book Day. Teachers, friends and parents were invited and cakes were provided! 🙂 Many thanks again to Yvonne and Dan at White Water Writers for providing our young people with this opportunity.

https://whitewaterwriters.com/

 

World Book Day Celebration

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Hello!

March means World Book Day. This means holding great celebration in our school, here are some of things we did.

Our library assistants Jude and Abdul organised a super fun Book Quiz, that had a wonderful participation!Picture of the library full of young people taking part to the book quiz for WBD.

Only for the library assistants, Ms Spaltro organised a treasure hunt inspired and with the book character Wally. And here’s one for you, can you find Wally in this post?

At the event, we also announced the three library assistants of the month. They have been chosen because of their great commitment to the library, but also the support they have given to other library users. The three young people awarded have also been behind the scenes of many very successful events, such as Harry Potter Night etc.

Library Assistant of the month badge.

Here’s the comment from Jack, one of the library assistants of the month about the whole celebration:

Wally from the book Where's Wally?

“We had a great time at the library. We played a fun game on blooket, we had a “Were’s Wally” hunt around the library and we all got to take a book or two home.”

As we believe that also teachers should be involved in World Book Day celebration, we organised a free book station for them, to get a copy of two wonderful CPD books.

Teachers' CPD board and free book to collect.

These are only some of the different activities and displays we arranged around the school, please check out Twitter feed if you want to know more.

Happy Reading!

Readathon

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Our brilliant Literacy Prefects organised a Sponsored Readathon from Friday the 11th of February until Friday the 25th of February. Eastbank Academy pupils and staff read as many books as they could while being sponsored by their friends, families or teachers.

All money collected was donated to MindOut – a charity working to improve the mental health and well-being of the LGBTQ+ community.

LGBT History Month Competition

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Smithycroft Library and English department are organising a special competition for LGBT History Month this year. By reading and reviewing a book from the library “Read with Pride” display or e-book/audiobook from Libby, you can earn house points and help your house beat the opponents!

Remember to collect a review form and a free bookmark from the Library.

Thanks to everyone who already submitted their review, but don’t worry if you haven’t already – you still have time to earn house points! Deadline is end of March 😊

May the best house (and reader) win!

STA World Book Day and Newsletter!

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March doesn’t just mean that spring is finally on our doorstep. It also means World Book Day fun and a new library newsletter!

World Book Day celebrates its 25 year anniversary this month, so we thought it would be fun to highlight books in the library that were published in the last 25 years (and no, somehow that does NOT mean 1975).

The library newsletter this month also celebrates World Book Day, with loads of recommendations. Be sure to also check out the other notable dates for March!

Glasgow School Libraries eMagazine

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The Spring edition of Swatch is now here! The new edition of our Glasgow School Libraries eMagazine features a fab interview with our very own author, Melissa Cassidy. Pupils from Hillpark asked Mel about her inspiration for writing a book, the process for getting it published, and what advice she has for young aspiring writers. The eMag is also packed full of book reviews, author interviews, pupil contributions, and all the latest news from schools across Glasgow. Check it out here: https://online.fliphtml5.com/kukmo/hjud/#p=1