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Holyrood Library Round-up

Spring is fast approaching. Time for a quick round-up of what we’ve achieved so far this year.

In January, library activities focused on the Sustainability Team’s Reduce, Reuse and Recycle campaign. First up was our pop-up Eco Library in the fuel zone. We like to make books accessible to everyone, so even if you can’t make it to the library – the library will come to you! Library Helpers made a fantastic effort to transport this brilliant selection of books to the fuel zone, and a lunchtime of browsing and borrowing was enjoyed by many.

Next up was our extra special Book Swap, rounding off January in style.

The aim of these two events was to encourage everyone to borrow and recycle books instead of buying. It’s an absolute pleasure to be part of the school’s programme of Eco- events, led by the Sustainability Team & Miss O’Donnell. Holyrood has just been awarded a second Eco-Schools Green Flag, a fantastic achievement by all.

‘Book Valentine’ display, by Hajrah, Hania & Umme

 

In February, we got romantic, with a Who Will Be Your BOOK Valentine? event. Nominations for favourite books included : Twisted Love, Diary of a CEO (which Umme has just finished reading – great choice), Harry Potter, Timmy Failure, Dear Evan Hansen, and A Girl Called Owl. Well done to our Duke of Edinburgh Volunteers for organising this.

 

 

Date or no date on Valentine’s Day? It doesn’t matter – you’re never alone in the Library : “No matter what happens this week; No matter what you see or feel or think or do: I want you to know that in this World – you will always be loved” (exerpt of poem by Ana, S5).

The librarian is reading :

Does public speaking send you into a frenzy of worry? Stay cool, calm, and collected with ‘How to Talk so People Will Listen’ by Lizzie Waterworth, and remember – we’re all rooting for you and want you to succeed.

Happy reading, and have a fantastic World Book Day on 6th March!

Ms Kindness

LGBT History Month at Eastbank Academy

In February we’re all rainbow colours in the library as we mark the importance of LGBT History month.  We have a special display of both fiction and non-fiction books to highlight both historical and current topics in LGBT communities.   The school library here is a safe space for LGBT pupils, staff and indeed everyone who visits here.  There are always a variety of information books on offer if you have any questions about all matters LGBTQ+.  And remember, you don’t have to be LGBTQ+ to read the fiction titles we have, they’re great stories and often really inspirational.  Don’t forget Miss Cowie (English) runs the LGBTQ+ club too !


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New Books at Holyrood Library

We’re off to a great start in 2025, with a treasure trove of new books to enjoy, and expert helpers on hand to sort through deliveries, and create beautiful book displays.

Thanks to Angel and Zurie from the S3 Writers’ Group, who selected their favourite Young Adult novels, focusing on diversity and Inclusion  (complete with Christmassy tinsel)!

Recommended By Us, Diverse & Inclusive fiction

They labelled the books with a ‘Recommended by Us’ slip, as this works well in bookshops, and we like to guide readers to choose books that they will love.

 

 

 

 

Recipes from around the World

 

 

We also have a fantastic selection of cookery books featuring recipes from around the World, reflecting the wonderful multiculturalism of Holyrood. Two favourites are A World of Flavour and Recipes for Change

 

Christmas in St Paul’s Library

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…in the library. 📚

Our elves have been busy putting up our new library Christmas Tree, courtesy of Ms Kelly 🤶 🎄

There are new displays in the library as well. One with Christmas themed books and one with  some contemporary senior fiction for reading over the holidays.  All available to borrow

News from St Paul’s

September was a busy month!

Lots of things happening in St Paul’s library this month. We’ve had loads of new books delivered, made new displays and had award winning author, Danielle Jawando visiting.

New Books

Lots of exciting new books delivered for our lovely pupils to choose from.

Lovely new books!

New Displays

New books mean new displays. As the nights are drawing in and the season’s change, the leaves begin to change colour and fall – Autumn Means Orange.

Autumnal display

Our second display says exactly what it is – New Stuff to Read 😆

It’s new. It’s stuff. Read it.

Author Visit

On 13th March we were lucky to have the award wining author Danielle Jawando visiting the library. Danielle spoke to a group of senior pupils about her books: When Our Worlds Collided, And the Stars Were Burning Brightly and her most recent book, If My Words Had Wings.

 

 

 

Smithycroft in April

Our librarian Mr Hassett has created this wonderful display to show a selection of different kinds of books in the library – perfect for a busy pupil looking for a quick browse at library books, but also perfect as a snapshot of the wide range of entertainment that the library has on offer for everyone! 📚📖

Celebrating pupil book displays

February and March have given the Library minions many opportunities to create some wonderful book displays.

S4 Rene and some friends kicked things of with a Valentine’s day display, complete with red and pink confetti.

To say farewell to their favourite TV series, Our Flag Means Death, S6 pupils Lucy and Scarlett created a celebration of all things pirate (yaaar). We mourn the cancellation of the show; it had such potential. We can commemorate its demise by honouring the Pirates Code, some tenets of which feature in the book display.

February was LGBT+ History Month, celebrating the work LGBT+ people have done in the field of medicine, with the hashtag #UnderTheScope. The Library book display was more of a general celebration of LGBTQ+ people’s presence and achievements, but identified a need to seek out more books about their work in the medical field.

In March, S6 Molly took on the job of creating a book display to celebrate International Women’s Day, with the input of the latest additions to the cohort of Library Minions, S1 Julia and S3 Will.

S6 volunteers Mariam and Melissa put together this year’s World Book Day display, including stories set in different parts of the world, and non-fiction about the wide variety of cultures, food, art, festivals, religions, history and so on around the world. There’s a lot to find out about!

The Library noticeboard on the ground floor – a new addition to the Library Kingdom – is also getting busier and brighter, with lots of new notices, particularly about World Book Day. Don’t forget to look at it when you’re going past to find out what’s going on at the Library!