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Please check out what we have been doing in the library on our Library Newsletter, at this link:
Editing ‘Library Newsletter – Spring 2022’ – Book Creator
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Library Newsletter – spring issue
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Category Archives: Knightswood Secondary School
World Book Day Celebration
Hello!
March means World Book Day. This means holding great celebration in our school, here are some of things we did.
Our library assistants Jude and Abdul organised a super fun Book Quiz, that had a wonderful participation!
Only for the library assistants, Ms Spaltro organised a treasure hunt inspired and with the book character Wally. And here’s one for you, can you find Wally in this post?
At the event, we also announced the three library assistants of the month. They have been chosen because of their great commitment to the library, but also the support they have given to other library users. The three young people awarded have also been behind the scenes of many very successful events, such as Harry Potter Night etc.
Here’s the comment from Jack, one of the library assistants of the month about the whole celebration:
“We had a great time at the library. We played a fun game on blooket, we had a “Were’s Wally” hunt around the library and we all got to take a book or two home.”
As we believe that also teachers should be involved in World Book Day celebration, we organised a free book station for them, to get a copy of two wonderful CPD books.
These are only some of the different activities and displays we arranged around the school, please check out Twitter feed if you want to know more.
Happy Reading!
February events
Hello Readers,
Here we are at the end of another busy month… February has marked many events and celebrations, and so many ideas have been going on. So here is a wee summary of what our busy Library Assistants have done to celebrate the following events.
LGBTQI+ History Month
Our permanent book display has seen some new titles added and a wonderful new poster made by one of our new 
library team members. We have also helped our LGBTQI+ school group distributing LGBTQI+ friendly door display for teachers! Our librarian has also been rewarded with a beautiful mug and these kind words:
” Ms Spaltro, our librarian. Thank you for all that you do for our LGBT+ pupils. We have a greatly stocked library of LGBT+ reading materials, thanks to you. And thanks for being so supportive of the community. Nominated by many pupils. “
Harry Potter Night Event
Molly and Abigail, two wonderful senior pupils, have worked tirelessly to organise and deliver a fantastic Harry Potter event on the 3rd of February. They did such a good job including everyone that even the most reluctant participants enjoyed our event. A special mention goes to one of our EAL pupil, who was initially afraid it could have been to hard, but he ended up been in the winning team! Attached a wee picture of the decorations that our pupils have used to make our library magical! We are also very grateful to the Drama department that has let us use some of their costumes to make the scene more suggestive.
Languages Week Scotland
Our multilingual assistants have made a beautiful display to mark this celebration. Full of multilingual books and smart quotes to highlight the importance of learning languages. They have also involved our library regulars into creating multilingual welcoming posters that have been displayed at the entrance of the library.
Unfortunately, the lights aren’t great, so you will need to visit us to admire them!
These are only few of the many tasks that we have completed in the library, but many more are to come!
Please stay tuned to see what we are planning…
Library Newsletter – Year 2, Number 2
Hello Readers,
Hope you have had a lovely winter break and have taken full advantage of the time off.
The library has been very busy planning and hosting one of our wonderful events in December – post about it coming soon! While we were working hard to provide a lovely event, our Library Newsletter editors pulled together another great issue.
You can check it out at this link: Book Creator – Library Newsletter – December 2021
A massive thank you to our Molly and Jude for their
hard work!
Happy Reading!
Library Newsletter – Year 2, Number 1.
Hello, readers!
Please find attached the link to our latest issue of the Library Newsletter. https://www.flipsnack.com/5B5DF899E8C/newsletter-october-2021.html
A very special one, as entirely curated by two of our wonderful library assistants.
Happy reading!
Library events: Hobbit Day Celebration
Hello!
This year our great Library Team will host a bookish event every month.
The fir
st planned was Hobbit Day Celebration on Wednesday, 22nd September.
Each library assistants has helped to make it a great success:
- Muhammed, Abdul, Samarin, and Rio have wonderfully pulled together a book display, to decorate the library, but also to suggest their favourite fantasy books.
- Eilidh, Abigail and Nathan have planned the activities.
- Maria has drawn a brilliant event poster to spread across the school.
On the event day,in small teams we have solved Gollum’s riddles, looking for clues around the library, and completing a related crossword. We were very busy, but it was lovely to see so many young people adventuring in a new book genre, socializing and having fun.
Here are our event winners!
Do not worry, though, as we are already working on the next event!
Celebrating our different cultures
Hello readers,
April has marked the beginning of our EAL Reading project, supported by the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund. We are one of the many Glasgow school libraries taking part, guided by the wonderful Ms DeLeavey – librarian at St Margaret Mary Secondary School and Shawlands Academy – who has tirelessly been working on it.
As school librarians we have also taken part diverse and very informative training by different stakeholders, such as the Glasgow City Council EAL Unit and the Scottish Refugee Library. This solid basis, and the support of Mr Gibson – Knightswood Secondary School EAL teacher – has given Ms Spaltro the right incentive to start the reading club with a group of S2 pupils. But also a multicultural club, ‘Culture Vulture’, co-lead with Miss Di Rollo, German and Spanish teacher.
Since April, the group has largely grown and while we have been all been improving our English – included the librarian – we have also learnt a lot about each other’s cultures; while reading ‘Eagle Warrior’ by Gill Lewis. A great reading for those who seek to know more about Scottish culture and countryside.
Our weekly schedule looks like this: reading group on Wednesdays, and Culture Vulture on Thursdays at lunch, open to everyone. The topics of the club meetings have been: favourite place in Glasgow, different idioms compared, and Fashion in different countries.
Thus far, the pupils’ commitment has been outstanding, but this was only a small part of the whole project. Stay tuned to know what’s boiling in the pot – as we say in Italy!
Create a story with Dekkocomics
Hello readers,
Last January, our school was successful in receiving a great economical support from the First Minister’s Reading Challenge – Creative Workshop Fund. Yey!
This has made our wish – to boost our pupils’ creative writing confidence – true! As in the best stories, there have been some issues; once on top of everything a massive national lockdown!
No worries though, our team was extremely committed to offer the best to our learners… Several phone calls and Teams meeting after, we were able to arrange four (yes, F-O-U-R!) sessions with Rossie Stone from Dekkocomics!
Yesterday we had our second session and we have seen our pupils’ engagement grew massively! Rossie has inspired us to always do our best, and that an easy way to do it is to find the enjoyable side of what we are doing. Our pupils felt confident enough to write and draw their own beautiful stories! To give you and idea, these are some of the stories we have had: a football team playing in the Ibrox stadium, a young person learning the importance of rules, and a young dancer following her dream.
What’s next?
We still have two more sessions to go, and we really hope that at least one of them will be in person. And then… Our wonderful pupils’ stories will be pulled together and printed in a book for them to take home!
So far, we couldn’t be any prouder of our young people for the resilience they shown undertaking a series of online webinars. We also want to express our deep gratitude to all the school staff who has been involved and to the Fist Minister’s Reading Challenge for giving us this opportunity.
Hopefully, we will be able to share more about this project later on!
How to use Libby – a short video
Dear readers,
This is a short video on how to use one of the Glasgow Libraries apps: Libby.
If you need any help with it your (school) librarian will be able to help you! Special thanks to Ms Sferrazzo and Mr Wason for their help and suggestions!
Happy Reading!
Italian Read Trip
Hello Readers!
“Habemus Italian Read Trip”! Yes, it’s finally finished!
It has taken weeks and I’ve involved Italian librarians, Scottish school librarians, Scottish English teachers and Mr Foschetti, who has made the wonderful map.. As you will read, this project was inspired by two of our amazing librarians, who have also supported me: THANK YOU!
One of the reasons why I’ve pulled this together is because many (if not most!) of our library assistants and school teachers have asked me more information about Italy, and were planning to visit it this summer. I thought to substitute the restaurants tips with books suggestions, I hope you will find the right match for you!
I have also thought of the Italy experts and added some questions for you to see how much you know.
Here is the flipbook: http://www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/f748b808425ee11b127eedaf1f13f0e17eb67e8a202006.pdf.html#page/1
Enjoy your itinerant reading!
