June 2022 Roundup – Shawlands Academy School Library

Pupil Library Committee Party

To say thank you to our fabulous 50+ pupil library committee members for all their dedication, hard work, and ideas over the year, we threw a huge bash. A big thank you to school staff for helping out. We enjoyed healthy wraps and a selection of snacks with vegan, halal, kosher, and gluten-free options. A good time was had by all.

Up next:

We’re looking forward to the next school term, which will be even bigger and better!

Challenges and Contests: We’ll continue our Bookopoly and Ask Me What I’m Reading challenges as well as introduce a couple of new ones, including Scottish Read Trip and Read A Winner to encourage pupils to pick up some homegrown talent or a prize-winning books.

Library Rearrangement: The library has undergone a huge rearrangement, thanks to help of members of our library committee. We’ll introduce our new sections and layout in the new term.

Pupil Library Collective: With the growing interest in our already fabulously large committee, we’ve decided to rename it as a ‘collective’ to reflect the range of different voices and ideas from our pupils who all contribute equally to the success of the School Library.

Reading Schools: We will continue our Reading Schools accreditation journey. Follow on our twitter with the hashtag #ReadingSchools

Schools of Literature: New this coming term is the Schools of Literature course designed for S2 pupils as part of the Schools Of programme taking place in Shawlands Academy.

Workshops: The School Library will continue to host a number of eResource workshops that are useful for National 5-Advanced Higher courses. Each workshop will make pupils aware of a range of valuable resources helpful for their assignments and teach navigational and search techniques.

Publications: We’ll continue to circulate our monthly School Library newsletter on Teams and keep an eye out for quarterly issues of Swatch, the Glasgow School Libraries’ eMagazine.

June Booklists

Best New Children’s Books – Toppsta

Bookbug’s Books of the Month – Scottish Book Trust

Books of the Month – Love Reading 4 Kids

Summer Roundup – Love Reading

Book of the Month – Scholastic

Books of the Month – Waterstones

Children’s Book Roundup – Guardian

Trending Books – Epic Reads

Upcoming Events (July)

29^th – Jul 3^rd: East Neuk Festival (Fife, Scotland)

2^nd – 3^rd: Glasgow Zine Fest (Glasgow, Scotland)