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Eastbank goes book bonkers

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Welcome back to school Eastbank !  It has been a lonely library without you all.  Can you believe our library actually looks this big?  Isn’t it weird looking at it without any pupils in?

New Feature – Click the link.  In our blog posts now, if you click on any underlined text, you’ll be taken to some exciting new internet content.  This could be a book review or even an author’s page.  So there’s lots more for you to explore in the blog this year.

S1 Induction Time   It’s great to see all the new S1 pupils come into the library for the first time this month.  Everyone has now been given their library cards and can borrow books for the first time.  Remember, the library is free and you can borrow books for 2 weeks, or longer if you need more time to read the books you have.  But remember to bring them back !!  Stuck for an idea what to read?  Why not check out our display of new books?  This table is where you find a selection of new books covering all subjects.

Creation Corner

Don’t forget about the other activities you can do in the library.  Our creation corner has been very popular this month, with a gratitude rainbow, a brilliant Mickey Mouse drawing and a good few filled in word searches, I’ve been blown away with what you’re doing.  You could see your work here if you hand it in to Mrs Marshall !

New books to borrow 

On the new releases table, you can find the following books.  As a sneak peak, click on the links and you will be able to read all about them !  If you want a book, just ask the librarian who will be happy to reserve one for you.

Echostar is Always Listening  Definitely the creepiest of the new books, and a great read to set you up for Halloween in October !  It’s not ghosts and ghouls, it’s even scarier than that.  Ruby and her best friend have discovered a new AI tool which helps them get great grades at school.  But is that just too good to be true?  Read this Super Short story and find out….

EchoStar: Is Always Listening

The Final Year 

Matt Goodfellow has done it again with this book, he simply gets better and better.  Nathan is struggling at school, and trying his best to keep the few friends he has. The Final Year But what if your best friend starts doing things they shouldn’t really be doing?  And it’s serious.  Combined with trouble at home, the Final Year is a great read and one you can identify with concerning your first year at a new school.

 

 

 Unfamiliar  Unfamiliar What an amazing reader request has just come in to Eastbank.  The graphic novel of Unfamiliar and it’s follow up have arrived.  An adorable wee witch – Planchette – moves into a haunted house together with her familiar Marlow.  Not a problem for a witch you’d think !  But a bargain haunted house throws up some funny problems for the young witch and her familiar.  A cosy read about insiders, outsiders and all those in-between, there’s not much you can’t love about Unfamiliar.  Ask Mrs Marshall to reserve both copies if you want double the fun.

Author of the Month – Tom Palmer 

Our first author of the month for this term is Tom Palmer.  Tom writes amazing books on football, the Second World War and many other things.  His books are in our Super Shorts section, which means they are a great read with not so many pages.  Also they have yellow pages which means pupils with dyslexia challenges can read the words with more ease.  But everyone can borrow these books and they are amazing reads

 

New school year at Lochend CHS

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What’s in the box?

We’ve had an exciting time at Lochend.  First of all, we’ve had lots of new books come into the library.  I wonder what could be in that box???  Been a bit of a reading drought in the summer?  Come in to the library and see what new books are here.  it’s always great to see a delivery of books on the library table !

 

New Feature – Click for the link

In our blog posts now, if you click on any underlined text, you’ll be taken to some exciting new internet content.  This could be for a book review or even an author’s page.  So there’s lots more for you to find out in the blog this year.

S1 Induction Time

It’s great to see all the new S1 pupils come into the library for the first time this month.  Everyone has now been given their library cards and can borrow books for the first time.  Remember, the library is free and you can borrow books for 2 weeks, or longer if you need more time to read the books you have.  Stuck for an idea what to read?  Why not check out our display of new books?  This table is where you find a selection of new books covering all subjects.

 

 

New books to borrow

On the new releases table, you can find the following books.  As a sneak peak, click on the links and you will be able to read all about them !  If you want a book, just ask the librarian who will be happy to reserve one for you.

Spectacular Scottish Women

A brilliant celebration of all the amazing women to come out of Scotland.  You’ll find women from history, Olympians, footballers and so many more great figures to surprise and inspire you to be the best version of yourself.

Spectacular Scottish Women: Celebrating Inspiring Lives from Scotland

Echostar is Always Listening

Definitely the creepiest of the new books, and a great read to set you up for Halloween in October !  It’s not ghosts and ghouls, it’s even scarier than that.  Ruby and her best friend have discovered a new AI tool which helps them get great grades at school.  But is that just too good to be true?  Read this Super Short story and find out….

EchoStar: Is Always Listening

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow has done it again with this book, he simply gets better and better.  Nathan is struggling at school, and trying his best to keep the few friends he has. The Final Year But what if your best friend starts doing things they shouldn’t really be doing?  And it’s serious.  Combined with trouble at home, the Final Year is a great read and one you can identify with concerning your first year at a new school.

Author of the Month – Tom Palmer

Our first author of the month for this term is Tom Palmer.  Tom writes amazing books on football, the Second World War and many other things.  His books are in our Super Shorts section, which means they are a great read with not so many pages.  Also they have yellow pages which means pupils with dyslexia challenges can read the words with more ease.  But everyone can borrow these books and they are amazing reads

 

Summer fun @St Mungo

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This summer, your librarian has been busy preparing for the new school year with a lot of exciting activities. I attended some fantastic training sessions to discover new and unique ways to create stories. One of the highlights was a workshop organized by Markie, my fantastic colleague from Shawlands! She demonstrated how to use tarot cards as a creative tool, helping us explore new ways to inspire and develop fresh narrative ideas. I’m thrilled to bring these innovative techniques into our library programs and make creative writing even more engaging for everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve also been working on some exciting new projects, like planning future author visits. Stay tuned—you’ll be hearing more about that soon!

And of course, I’ve been getting the library all set for the new year by weeding out old books and cataloguing new ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can’t wait to welcome everyone back to the library!

 

 

Summer reminiscing- St Mungo’s Academy

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As fall settles in and the air turns crisp, with leaves changing colours, I find myself reminiscing about summertime. It takes me back to when the St. Mungo’s library was a part of the P7 transition program.

We had an amazing time welcoming our future S1 pupils and engaging them in some exciting library activities. The games and interactive “get to know each other” exercises were incredibly successful in fostering a strong bond among these young learners. It’s truly inspiring to witness how simple activities can create a positive and inclusive environment for everyone involved.

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During their second day, our future S1 had an amazing opportunity to create their own vision board. Some young people had never been given the opportunity to dream beyond the limitations imposed by their social backgrounds. This activity provided them a chance to dream big, break barriers, and imagine a future that knows no bounds.

The activity was a success, as they spent the entire day in the library, completing their board and envisioning a brighter future.

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Summer in Lourdes Secondary Library

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Well done to all pupils and staff for making it through the year, and through the last difficult few months! You all deserve a great summer holiday! To all the pupils leaving this year, I’m so sorry not to have seen you to say goodbye properly, but I wish you all the best for the future – I’m sure you’ll all do great things and have wonderful lives. The important thing to do is to relax and enjoy this next stage of your life.

Because lockdown is continuing in some form, although it’s being gradually reduced, the library will remain open to you in its current virtual form over the holidays. Opening hours are 9am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday. This may change sometimes, if I’m taking a few days off or have school librarians meetings, but I will post it on your Teams and on the library’s social media if the library will be closed for a day or more.

You can contact Miss O’Neill by email at gw16oneilkathleenmar@glow.ea.glasgow.sch.uk, on your Teams, and through the library social media. The Twitter handle is @liblourdes and the Instagram handle is @lourdeslibrary. You can also follow the library mascot, Boba Felephant, on Instagram at @bobafelephant.

School Clubs

The Role-Playing Games Club will continue throughout the summer, with a new group for the new S1 pupils starting. There will also be a Summer Reading Challenge-themed programme running for the new S1 pupils, starting on Monday 29 June. S1s, and their younger family members, can register to take part in the official Summer Reading Challenge activities as well; the theme this year is the Silly Squad, so we can look forward to a daft summer!

If there is enough interest from pupils, I’m thinking about setting up a Storytelling Club to run once a fortnight over the summer, and to continue it once school opens again in August. It won’t only be creative writing, but also comics, films, coding, and other media that you would like to use. Please get in touch by email if you would like to be part of it.

The Online Library

You can access a range of resources free via Glasgow Libraries: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/online-library. All you need is your library card number and PIN – if you don’t know these, please contact me. Note: new S1 pupils, your cards are not yet ready, but I will let you know once you are all registered. If you have a Glasgow community libraries card, you can use that.

  • eBooks: use Overdrive and Borrowbox.
  • Audiobooks: use Overdrive, Borrowbox, and RB Digital
  • eMagazines: use RB Digital
  • eMusic: use Freegal

There is a great range of resources to help you with study, research into your hobbies, business ideas, family history, and more. If you’re learning to drive, you can practice for the theory test. These are available here: https://libcat.csglasgow.org/web/arena/eresources. You can also access user guides to the various resources on this page, but please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about any of these resources.

I look forward to seeing you all in school in August. I don’t know yet what form the library will take. If we still need to socially distance, you will be able to request library books which will be delivered to you, and there will be books available in your English classroom. I will also be giving you book recommendations. I’ll keep you updated here on the blog, with the links to any blog posts being added to your Teams, and all information shared on library social media.

FInally – again – I, along with Boba Felephant, Albert von Einskull, and library kitten Mad Madame Mim, hope that you enjoy your holidays! Surely nobody can have as bad a holiday as Sweeney Todd being taken to the beach by Mrs Lovett (tee hee).