Spring is in full swing this month and Glasgow schools have been busy bees. We started a new term, said goodbye to some senior pupils and this week we kicked off exam season. Well done to everyone for all the studying and best of luck!
There was also lots of things happening in the UK and beyond for St Roch’s library to join in.
World Autism Acceptance Week: 28 March – 3 April 2022
April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day, but did you know the whole of April is World Autism Month?
Books are a great way to raise awareness and help us to understand each other-so we’ve listed some books about or by people with autism that are available from the school library.
You’ll find some on display in school and on the Libby by Overdrive app.
World Book Night: 23 April
Work Book Night is run by The Reading Agency and brings people from all backgrounds together for one reason – to inspire others to read more. You can do anything you want related to books: read alone, read with or to someone, or even call a friend to chat about books and share recommendations.
There are lots of great book suggestions listed this year with previous lists also available on their website. We collected some of the recommended books for a display in the library, to help students choose something new to read.
Keep the heid and read!
To celebrate the power of reading, libraries and good mental health, people are being asked to pledge SIX minutes on Wednesday 11th May 2022 and devote it to reading.
Why? Because taking some time for yourself to relax and do things you enjoy like reading is important to help look after your mental health and wellbeing.
Students in St Roch’s have signed up this month with their English class and will visit the library to join in the 6-minute-read on May 11th. We’re really looking forward to it!
It’s simple to pledge on the Keep the Heid website, and you can enter a prize draw for £100 book token. Young Scot card holders can also earn reward points for pledging! Take the pledge now and see how many minutes people all over Scotland will be reading for on 11th May 2022.
Wee Write Festival: Metaphrog
Lastly, the Wee Write book festival for children and young people runs this year from 25th –30th April. This year’s Wee Write Family Day is on Saturday 30 April and is jam-packed with exciting authors, illustrators and much more. Visit the Glasgow Life website to see what’s on.
As part of the Wee Write programme for schools, award-winning graphic novelists Metaphrog will be visiting St Roch’s this month. Their latest graphic novels are fairy tale adaptations including The Red Shoes and Other Tales, The Little Mermaid and Bluebeard: A Feminist Fairy Tale, all published by Papercutz. Sandra and John will be sharing their creative process and the secrets of making comics in what promises to be a very fun session- we can’t wait!!
