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Bringing the Museum to the Library

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October and November have been busy in All Saint’s Library.

We were very lucky to have some artefacts from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum brought into the library for S2 pupils to engage with. The boxes look at WWII On the Front and the Home Front and include some incredible original objects from over 75 years ago. Pupils were able to see the weight and size of a replica incendiary bomb. Pick up a real Nazi flag from WWII, hold a lighter made out of coins and shells from the battlefields, and read the letters home soldiers sent to their loved ones.

After the session there was a WWII book display ready to go for more information and a chance to learn more about soldiers on the front lines and life in the UK during WWII.Thanks to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum for lending us the boxes and letting the S2’s get hands on with history! 

 

We also celebrated Languages Week with a special display linked into all the lovely events happening across the school. The fashion show in the square was a particular highlight! Pupils were happy to see some of the languages they speak on display and available in the library and it was a superb opportunity to highlight the diverse range of books on offer at the school.

As we near the end of December it is almost time to get into the Christmas spirit and enjoy some cosy festive reads.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

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The Reading Schools Committee have been busy starting the library Christmas decorations. We have window displays and also the 3rd year of the Annual Hyndland Library Christmas Book Tree 🎄 Excited to see how this years turns out! Will keep you all updated.. 🎅

Getting into the Christmas spirit!

Baubles!

Snowflakes and Angels

Happy Hanukkah!

3rd year is a charm

CHS Rights Respecting Book-of-the-Month: November

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The Rights Respecting Schools Award recognises a school’s achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into practice within the school and beyond. Every month Castlemilk High School features one book that highlights particular rights included under the UNCRC.  

This month’s book is  Romeo and Juliet. This classic play by The Bard has been around a long, long time. Since it was first written centuries ago, the story has been told and retold countless times and ways. This tale of two young ‘star crossed lovers’  links to a number of articles including:

  • Article 15: Freedom of association 
  • Article 12: Respect for the views of the child 
  • Article 5: Parental guidance 

 

Romeo, from the Montague family, and Juliet, of the Capulet clan, fall deeply in love at first sight.

Fearful of punishment from their respective factions, the two teens keep their love hidden from everyone. However, when their commitment to each other is exposed, it adds more fuel to the heated family feud between the Capulets and Montagues and puts their love and their lives at risk.

Romeo and Juliet is available now in book or ebook format from the school library. 

Find out more about borrowing ebooks and audiobooks using the Libby app

Cleveden & Book Week Scotland

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Book Club is Back!

In collaboration with the English Department, we have brought back the S1 book club in the Cleveden school library. This is the opportunity for pupils to chat about the books they have been borrowing from the library or they have been reading in class. We used paper fortune tellers with question prompts inside it to spark the conversation about recent favourite reads. The book “Ghost Boys” by Jewell Parker Rhodes was a hit with the boys, who found its plot very engaging and interesting!

 

 

 

 

 

We Had a Scholastic Book Fair for Book Week Scotland!

Pupils enjoyed finding new books at the Scholastic Book Fair during Lunch which coincided with Book Week Scotland. It was a good opportunity for pupils to own a book also thanks to some vouchers!