Welcome back to another fabulous year at Hyndland Secondary.

We start off with the fantastic news that Hyndland Secondary has been recognised by the Scottish Book Trust as a Reading School.  Well done to all involved on achieving this award!

We are starting the year off with a bang as our trusty Library Assistants from S2 have made this video to remind their fellow students to return their library books.

We have also had a big sort out over the summer of the non-fiction section which is now clearly labelled and marked with brand new categories and lots more space for front facing book. Hopefully this helps makes finding the books you enjoy a bit easier!

We are off to a fantastic start at Hyndland Secondary School Library – we are all looking forward to an exciting year ahead!

Spring has truly sprung at Hyndland Library, the flowers are starting to come out, the bees are buzzing and the romance novels are more popular than ever.

Our S1 Library Assistants have put together a fabulous display for spring readers with some sunshine and blue skies in the hope the sun starts to come out soon! They chose a selection of books around the theme including lots of pretty spring covers. Here they are putting the new display together.

Some books featured in the display include the titles below. Click on the image for a link to the ebook which can be borrowed through the Libby App using your library card!

Hyndland Secondary is also looking to better reflect the diversity within the school by creating and Equality and Diversity steering group lead by the parent council. As the council meets in the Library we thought it would be great to showcase some of the fantastic authors available on our shelves. 

Try some of the amazing books by clicking on the books below to get a copy of the ebook through the library using the Libby app.

It has been a busy start to the year at Hyndland Secondary’s Library. We’ve had lots of new books in the library to begin the year with. Naturally the latest in the Heartstopper series flying off he shelves as soon as they arrived.

The 27th January also marked Holocaust Memorial Day where we remember the horrific events that occurred in Nazi Germany during the Second World War. There are some important books to read on the subject in the display put together by librarian, Cat McGlinn. These include Once by Morris Gleitzman, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne and of coarse Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl. They are all essential reading for this topic.

Friday’s at Hyndland have a new librarian, Linda, and with her some brand new library assistants have volunteered to help! Charlotte, Aidyn, Sania and Joshua are busy learning how the library works. In their short time as new library assistants they have been learning where to return books on the shelves, checking in and out books, and even adding new books to the library catalogue. Thanks for all your hard work!

Library Assistant, Charlotte, also shares with us her favourite facts from the non-fiction section as well.

Fatal Boredom Button

“College students in a 2014 experiment simply had to sit in a room alone and entertain themselves for 15 minutes. To make the task more challenging, the students were denied the devices that many people rely on for personal entertainment. No mobile phone, computer or book. Not even pen and paper. In fact, the research team – led by Timothy Wilson at the University of Charlottesville – offered the students only one possible means of distraction. They were given access to a button, and warned that pushing it would deliver a painful electric shock.”

“Two-thirds of the men in the experiment, and one-quarter of the women, chose to press the button. One man did so 190 times”

Excerpt from Cutting Edge Science by Colin Barras available to borrow from the library.

Finally, Tuesday’s Library Club enjoyed some cosy days reading in the library over January – the best way to get through the longest month of the year!