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Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week starts on May 9th, 2022 and we are celebrating it at Bellahouston!

What is Mental Health?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

MentalHealth.gov

On display there are some of the books from the Shelf Help section, plus some fiction books which tackle mental health issues.

Also, use the Keep The Heid And Read link below to pledge 6 minutes of your time to reading on Wednesday, May 11th for Scotland’s Reading Moment!

https://www.keeptheheid.scot/

Some other websites which may be useful:

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-week/

https://www.samh.org.uk/

https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/child-mental-health-support-scotland/

Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week in Rosshall

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This week (beginning Monday May 9th) is Mental Health Awareness Week at Rosshall!

What is Mental Health?

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

MentalHealth.gov

On display there are some books which promote positivity and self-esteem, which can normally be found in the Shelf Help section.

Also, use the Keep The Heid And Read link below to pledge 6 minutes of your time to reading on Wednesday, May 11th for Scotland’s Reading Moment!

https://www.keeptheheid.scot/

Some other useful websites you might wish to explore:

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week

https://www.mind.org.uk/get-involved/mental-health-awareness-week/

https://www.samh.org.uk/

https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/where-we-work/child-mental-health-support-scotland/

It’s World Book Day!

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World Book Day (Thursday March 3rd), is celebrating 25 years! To mark this occasion, I have picked one book from each of the past 25 years to create a display.

1997 – Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone (J.K. Rowling)

1998 – Skellig (David Almond)

1999 – A Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events) (Lemony Snicket)

2000 – Stormbreaker (Alex Rider, No. 1) (Anthony Horowitz)

2001 – Noughts And Crosses (Malorie Blackman)

2002 – Eragon (Christopher Paolini)

2003 – How To Train your Dragon (Cresssida Cowell)

2004 – Diamond Girls (Jacqueline Wilson)

2005 – Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (Rick Riordan)

2006 – Pretty Little Liars (Sara Shepard)

2007 – Diary of A Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)

2008 – The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

2009 – Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous-Life (Dork Diaries, No. 1) (Rachel Renee Russell)

2010 – Billionaire Boy (David Walliams)

2011 – The Worst Years of My Life (Middle School, No. 1) (James Patterson)

2012 – Kick-Off! (Jamie Johnson, No. 1) (Dan Freedman)

2013 – Coco Caramel (Cathy Cassidy)

2014 – Beware The Kitten Holy (Lumberjanes, No. 1) (Shannon Watters)

2015 – The Nowhere Emporium (Ross Mackenzie)

2016 – Dog Man (Dav Pilkey)

2017 – The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)

2018 – Heartstopper (Alice Oseman)

2019 – Look Both Ways (Jason Reynolds)

2020 – The Cousins (Karen M. McManus)

2021 – Stick Boy (Paul Coomey)

Which book will be popular in 2022?

Welcome to LGBT History Month @ Rosshall!

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What is it?

LGBT History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. (Wikipedia).

As part of Rosshall’s Improvement Plan under “Inclusion And Equalities”, Rosshall is working towards LGBT Silver Charter. To further promote LGBT Equality I have created a display in the library.

One part focusses on those who fought for LGBT Rights and those who have influenced the world through their music, art and literature.

The other part features some current LGBT authors and fiction books held in the library.

Some further reading:

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/great-lgbtq-books-for-teens

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/new-and-upcoming-middle-grade-lgbtq-books

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists/books-about-lgbtq-history

LGBT+ Month @ Bella

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It is LGBT+ History Month at Bellahouston Academy, and to celebrate I have created a small display in the library.

One part focusses on those who fought for LGBT Rights and those who have influenced the world through their music, art and literature.

The other part features some current LGBT authors and fiction books held in the library.

Book Week Scotland @ Bella!

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In the library this week you will find stories Celebrating lots of different genres and themes, such as:

Around the world Authors of colour Romance

Funny stories LGBTQ+ stories Families

Strange Lands Scary Stories Action & Adventure

Mystery & Murder Dystopian Worlds Space

If you can’t find what you’re looking for above, there are loads more suggestions in the link below:

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-lists

Happy Reading!

It’s Book Week Scotland at Rosshall!

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This year’s Book Week Scotland theme is ‘Celebrating Stories’ and I have a display of just a few of the many stories that can be found in the library.

You can celebrate stories about Romance, Funny Stories, stories of Murder & Mystery, stories by LGBTQ authors, stories set in Dystopian Worlds and Strange Lands, stories of Action & Adventure and stories set in Space.

There are lots more resources and games available from Book Week Scotland:

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland

Happy Reading!

Book Week Scotland @ Rosshall Academy

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Book Week Scotland is slightly different this year, but there are still lots of things happening! At Rosshall we’re “Writing The Future – Now” with S1 English classes embarking on a project on describing what they think the city of Glasgow will look like in 50 years time, in 2070. To support this, I have created a display showing how Glasgow has changed in the last 50 years from 1970 until now, and how it might look in 2070.

I also created a Timeline of Science Fiction books published each year from 1970 until 2020 to keep the literary theme going.

There are also loads of online events taking place around Book Week Scotland. You can check them out via the link below:

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland/events/2020

Happy Reading!

Book Week Scotland at Bella!

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Book Week Scotland runs from November 16th to 22nd 2020. This year is obviously going to be a bit different from the norm, but that hasn’t stopped me from doing a poster! This year’s theme is “Future” so I looked at Science Fiction and possible visions of the future.

I have also created a FlipBook showing some of the Science Fiction books available in the library. The link is below and feel free to have a browse.

https://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/22c9f012c7b17341efd07f67deb83b7e1cb117ae202011.pdf.html

There are also lots of online resources and events provided by the Scottish Book trust around Book Week Scotland, the link is below.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland/events/2020

Happy Reading!

Lockdown List

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A number of School Librarians across Glasgow have produced a list of books to read during Lockdown. Glasgow School Librarians Lockdown List

This is, of course, just to get you started. You can also access online books via your library card at https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/elibrary.

There are also loads of suggestions and activities available via the Scottish Book Trust website (scottishbooktrust.com) as well as their Bookzilla app (information here: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/bookzilla) which is free to download.

Happy Reading!