{"id":1191,"date":"2020-10-07T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:43:31","slug":"holyrood-secondary-librariesweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2020\/10\/07\/holyrood-secondary-librariesweek\/","title":{"rendered":"Holyrood Secondary #LibrariesWeek"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>To celebrate #LibrariesWeek 6th-10th October, this blog has been written by one of our most enthusiastic and book &#8211; loving classes: Miss Belton\u2019s S3 English Class, who are pleased to share their book recommendations with you.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Jared<\/strong> \u201cMy favourite book is <strong>The Avatar.<\/strong> As it was the only book in this series in the library, I also had to borrow other books. The library is fun because most of the books are fun to read, and this makes your reading better. I hope that you will try to read more too\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"float: none;background-color: #ffffff;color: #444444;cursor: text;font-family: 'Open Sans',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px;text-transform: none\"> Fantastic advice, thank you Jared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1215\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08085833\/boys1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1216\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08085859\/blog-avatar1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1213 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07194248\/IMG_20201007_195337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sawdah<\/strong> is one of our most enthusiastic readers and it is always great to see her in the Library. <em>\u201cMy favourites include <strong>Cry Baby<\/strong>, the <strong>Story of Tracy Beaker<\/strong>, and the <strong>Dockside<\/strong> series, because there are so many titles in the series to read!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdou<\/strong> \u201cThe book that I like reading is the <strong>Last Kids on Earth<\/strong> series by Max Brailler. It\u2019s a book about monster zombies and kids surviving the apocalypse\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07160519\/blogslast-kids.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"108\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 Thanks to Abdou, other pupils have now enjoyed this series too!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1200 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07161015\/roald-dahl-logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"109\" \/>Azeem<\/strong> likes <em>\u201c all the Roald Dahl books, also comic books, and books about football\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1217\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08092003\/blohlighthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"138\" \/>Denis<\/strong> and <strong>Mahmod<\/strong> both enjoyed a book that they read in class <strong>The Housekeeper\u2019s Lunch<\/strong> \u2013 <em>&#8220;this book was really funny and great because the housekeeper couldn\u2019t have his lunch because the crows ate it all\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faizan<\/strong> says<em> \u201cMy favourite book is <strong>Five Famous Fairy Tales<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, This is a superb choice, containing tales by Hans Anderson and brothers Grimm. <strong>Abdullah<\/strong> recommends <strong>history books<\/strong>, and he has read many history and other non-fiction titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1201 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07161542\/faizan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1220\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08094651\/blog-five.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Fatima<\/strong> says <em>\u201cmy favourite book is Dork <strong>Diaries.<\/strong> I like to read them because they are fun to read\u201d.<\/em> This is a very popular choice<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1202 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07161928\/dork-diaries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This dedicated Class is always up for a challenge, and successfully completed last year\u2019s <strong>Glasgow Libraries Christmas Reading Challenge<\/strong>, receiving certificates to mark their outstanding achievement.<\/p>\n<p>As an experiment, we also tried reading as a <strong>Book Group<\/strong> \u2013 our chosen titles were <strong>Under the Skin<\/strong>, by Cathy Macphail, and the <strong>Fastest Boy in the World<\/strong>, by Elizabeth Laird. However, we decided that we preferred reading our own choice of books (although we do still like to have quiet discussion and share ideas together).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1218 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08092211\/blogunder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"177\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1219 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08092242\/blog-faatest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Miss Kindness, Librarian says \u201cIt has been a pleasure to see how this class have grown in enthusiasm and confidence over the past two years. I look forward to more fun projects and reading challenges with them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>We would all like to say a big thank you to Miss Belton for all her patience, and enthusiasm, and for making the time for us to go to the library. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1203 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/07162255\/miss-belton2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>We hope you have a wonderful retirement and enjoy more time to read books and have new adventures.\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1222 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2020\/10\/08095608\/blog-flowery1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate #LibrariesWeek 6th-10th October, this blog has been written by one of our most enthusiastic and book &#8211; loving classes: Miss Belton\u2019s S3 English Class, who are pleased to share their book recommendations with you. &nbsp; Jared \u201cMy favourite book is The Avatar. 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