Category Archives: Bellahouston Academy

May in Bellahouston

We received a wonderful delivery from Waterstones. Naruto 1-27 especially will fly off the shelf.

I also visited the School Library Outreach department in the Mitchell Library and sourced some amazing non-fiction titles to add to our collection. Watch this space.

I had the opportunity to participate in the English Department’s S1 curriculum meeting. Really looking forward to supporting the new curriculum themes in the library, through book buying, displays, activities and more.

Our new library class visit timetable starts next week!

Bellahouston January Round Up

As promised, we have a display of our newly purchased stock from our participatory budgeting session last term. A great addition to the collection. Great choices everyone!

Also, we received some new senior fiction stock as part of the same project. List below:

Bernardine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other
Haruki Murakimi Nowegian Wood
Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye
Kazuo Ishiguro Klara and the Sun
Toni Morrison Sula
Colson Whitehead The Nickel Boys

 

“This Project is supported by the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund”

Bellahouston November/December Round Up

A busy 6 weeks at Bellahouston!

We’ve had:

A big new books delivery and display.

A participatory budget session – a group of pupils helped to choose books to further diversify our collection. The book delivery has now arrived. Watch this space. (Many thanks to @wwaterwriters & the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund for their support).

Book Week Scotland – we had competitions, a display, a book giveaway and other bookish activities. Well done to the winner of our bookmark design competition, Shanza in S4!

A Christmas/Winter display.

An author visit from Victoria Williamson. Ms Donnelly’s S1 class had so much fun creating their own stories at this creative writing workshop. Again, watch this space.

A P7 transition visit. A group of P7s visited the library and took part in a book tasting activity.

 

 

Lots of Newness in Bellahouston

New School Year, New S1s, New Library Layout, New Librarian, New Books!

A huge welcome to our new S1s. S1 inductions are ongoing and our library class visit timetable is up and running. We’ve been super busy at interval and lunchtimes as well.

Check out the new books that have arrived this month, including some amazing books in different languages to add to our growing collection.

 

 

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/

LGBT+ Month @ Bella

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!

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!