Here’s everything we’ve been up to in the library over the last month:
YA Book Club reads YAldi shortlist
Our YA Book Club has joined other Glasgow Schools in reading and reviewing books for YAldi: The Glasgow School Libraries Book Award! There’s a great range of books in the shortlist, and pupils in the club and across the school are reading and will be voting for their favourite. Anyone interested in taking part can come check out the display in the library!
Visions and Conquests in the Story Craft Club
Our Story Craft Club is using the fun of games to explore storytelling this term! We’ve created dark and twisted stories with The Hollow Woods card game, conquered land, roads and kingdoms in Carcasonne, and deciphered visions of murder from the mysterious ghost in Mysterium. The games have proved to be a hit, with pupils coming in to school early to play before they start their day!
Language of the Month – Polish!
Our EAL club finally completed Project Cinderella, finishing up with an incredible mini-movie (and a hilarious blooper reel) right before the Christmas holidays. This term, we have decided to expand on our multilingual skills by picking up key phrases in different languages! Our first language of the month is Polish – Polski!
We’re off to see the wizard…
With the Christmas holidays behind us, our team of adventurers in the Dungeons & Dragons Club have launched into their new campaign, The Wizard of Orris! Hired by the elf queen to rescue her daughter, our adventurers have began their journey up the yellow dirt road into the Munchwoods. They weren’t able to get far before meeting a band of goblins, ready to rob them all and stop their quest just as it’s getting started! The adventurers are putting up a good fight, but taking heavy damage. Will they all survive long enough to save the princess? It all comes down to the luck of the dice!
Film Fridays
Our new club to unwind before the weekend has continued this month. This film was chosen by our pupils via poll – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children! Pupils get to come to our mini library cinema and watch part of the movie with their lunch and relax at the end of the week.
Reading Nooks
We’ve had some great comfy chairs delivered to the library this month, which has helped to create some comfy reading nooks! Pupils have been able to curl up with a good book throughout the day, getting to enjoy the peace and calm of the library.
Volunteers
The team of library volunteers has been hard at work since our return to school, creating new displays, helping with borrowing services, and recommending books to their fellow pupils. Their recommendations have proved popular, with many of their shelf-recommended books borrowed within hours!
