November is the month for Book Week Scotland, an annual celebration of books and reading that takes place across the country.
So instead of our usual English class visits, we had activity session this month. S1 pupils competed in Blooket quizzes that tested (and refreshed) their library knowledge. Classes also played a big game of Bring Me.. Each team had to find books to match the cards and bring them to the teacher.
It got quite competitive by the end, the poor shelves took a while to recover. Well done to the victors!
It’s also non-fiction month! National Non-Fiction November is the Federation of Children’s Book Groups’ annual celebration of all things factual. This month we’re spotlighting a couple of our new non-fiction books to celebrate all those readers that have a passion for information and facts.
Tim Marshall’s global bestseller Prisoners of Geography showed how every nation’s choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn’t changed. But the world has and geography shapes not only our history, but where we’re headed. We have two exciting new books from Tim in the library this month, exploring how geography could shape the future of the world.
The power of geography : ten maps that reveal the future of our world / Tim Marshall
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in a new age of great-power rivalry: Australia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Greece, Turkey, the Sahel, Ethiopia, Spain and Space. Find out why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks as trouble brews in the Sahel; why the Middle East must look beyond oil and sand to secure its future; why the eastern Mediterranean is one of the most volatile flashpoints of the twenty-first century; and why the Earth’s atmosphere is set to become the world’s next battleground
The future of geography : how power and politics in space will change our world
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.
This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.
We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.
Both of these books are available now to borrow from the school library.
