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Welcome to St Mungo’s Danielle Jawando!

Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour with Danielle Jawando - Scottish Book Trust

St. Mungo’s school library had the honor of hosting author Danielle Jawando as part of the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour, organized by the Scottish Book Trust.

S2 pupils enjoyed an inspiring presentation where Danielle shared her journey to becoming a writer. She guided them through the creative writing process, explored the sources of her inspiration, emphasized the importance of representing diverse stories and characters, and offered valuable insights into the journey of getting a book published. The pupils were captivated throughout, asking thoughtful and insightful questions that demonstrated their genuine interest.

The event concluded with a special opportunity for pupils to interact with Danielle personally creating a memorable and meaningful experience for all involved.

She even signed her library books!

New Books, New Clubs, New Displays!

It has been a very busy start to the new school year here at All Saints Secondary School Library!

We have welcomed a new cohort of S1 pupils, with many new faces helping in the library (and lots of lovely regulars from the previous year still coming along)

It has been particularly busy here with the launch of our brand new timetable with regular clubs on all library days during lunchtime.

You may notice some great new clubs happening here with Monday Craft Club, Tuesday Chess and board games and Thursday is now Read, Chat and Chill.

Craft Club has included some fun creations with pupils learning to crochet chains, and make Origami frogs!

There is some heated competition on a Tuesday during Chess Club.

…and Friday’s are when the library assistants shine and help make some new displays.

So far we have had a Fair Trade Fortnight display as part of a theme across the school.  As well as out ‘Blue’ Display!

 

Each week I have been bringing in some fresh flowers from my garden to brighten up the library as well. As we head into the September weekend I think everyone has enjoyed a strong start to the school year here!

Rosshall – New School Year!

A big welcome to our new S1 cohort and a big welcome back to everyone else!

In August all the S1s participated in their library inductions and received their school library cards. It was great to see how keen they are to use the library and to hear about their favourite genres (more of which below)…

Over the summer the fiction has been rearranged by genre to make it easier to find your favourite books. Judging by the book issues so far, I’ll be looking to buy in more Romance, Spooky & Scary and Thriller & Mystery.

St Mungo’s academy school library timetable is out!!

 

 

 

 

 

The 2024-25 library timetable is finally set, and it looks like St Mungo’s school library is in for a busy year!

I’m thrilled to share that this year, the after-school D&D/RPG club will be fully pupil-led and is even expanding to include an additional group focused on Warhammer!

Lunchtimes in the library are as busy as ever, with around 50 pupils engaged in a variety of activities. They might be reading a book, working on a collaborative jigsaw, joining a club, or contributing to the next display!

Welcome back @St Mungo’s!

 

 

 

 

 

St Mungo’s Library was delighted to welcome back our returning pupils and greet the fresh faces of our new S1 pupils!

We kicked off with engaging library inductions, where pupils learned about all the exciting activities and clubs they can participate in at their school library—from lunchtime fun to a variety of library clubs.

 

At the end of each library induction, S1 pupils received their very own library cards at no cost, granting them free access to reading materials, library clubs, and more! This initiative is a key part of our effort to address the literacy gap by empowering pupils to become informed and literate citizens.

 

 

 

Welcome Back to JPA Library

Lots of newness!

Welcome back to all our staff and pupils at John Paul Academy.  Here’s an update of all the new happenings this year!

New Clubs!

New school year, new library clubs!  Pupils were able to vote via poll in the library to decide what library clubs would run this year.  We then had the first meeting of our Bookworms, the pupil library committee, to decide which clubs to run, and when.  Here they all are now:

We’ll have a club every day of the week:

  • Monday: Movie Mondays
  • Tuesday: Read and Relax
  • Wednesday: Dungeons and Dragons
  • Thursday: Games Club
  • Friday: Cosy Craft Club

All our new clubs will kick off w/b 9th September 2024.  Any interested pupil is free to come along!

New Mascot!

After 5 years of faithful service, Bellamy Book Bear is retiring.  After a competition last year, we had the design for our new library mascot, with ‘The Libeery’ as our winning entry!  Now all we needed was a name.  How do we decide this?  Library Poll!  As a result of the poll (left), I am now delighted to introduce our new mascot: Eduardo The Great and Magical III!!!

New Books!

Just in time for starting back, we had a fresh delivery of books, including a full set of Dog Man graphic novels.  Don’t get too excited though – the Dog Man collection is already gone!  Lots of fans of the series in JPA!

New Craft Corner!

We have some crafty new pupils this year, which has led to the creation of a new Craft Corner!  There are colouring pages, wordsearches, blank paper and origami paper with lots of pens, pencils and everything you could need for your creative needs!