{"id":2676,"date":"2023-09-06T19:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=2676"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T20:06:40","slug":"holyrood-library-september-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2023\/09\/06\/holyrood-library-september-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Holyrood Library, September Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What I\u2019m Reading \u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2677\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2677\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2677\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185054\/coffee-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185054\/coffee-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185054\/coffee.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before the Coffee Gets Cold<strong style=\"color: #444444;font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>our students are reading &#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2678\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2678\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2678\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185144\/jung-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185144\/jung-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185144\/jung.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bright by Jessica Jung<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Both titles are part of our <strong>September theme : East and South East Asian Heritage Month,<\/strong> #ESEAHM celebrating the writing and culture of China, Japan, Korea and other countries in this geographical area. <strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2679 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185413\/esea-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185413\/esea-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185413\/esea.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2680 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185414\/full-display-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185414\/full-display-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185414\/full-display.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2681\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185416\/Helpers-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185416\/Helpers-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185416\/Helpers.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book display was created by our S3 Duke of Edinburgh volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>Writing for Fun lunchtime club <\/strong>is new this month<strong>.<\/strong> Inspired by our White Water Writers project last session, our original group of young writers are now mentoring S1 pupils to enjoy creative writing. They chose fun writing prompts including &#8220;Pretend you&#8217;re a toothbrush&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We had a brilliant time. The mentors are busy making plans for next month, including a new theme, and a Competition.<\/p>\n<p>Well done everyone. Some of our S1 and S2 pupils&#8217; creative writing, and illustrations :<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2683 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185701\/pics-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185701\/pics-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185701\/pics.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2684\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185702\/toothbrush-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185702\/toothbrush-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185702\/toothbrush.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try something new<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Adam for bringing in a favourite book for me to try. As I&#8217;m not usually a fan of Sci-fi\/ Fantasy, I\u2019m really enjoying reading a new genre. Happy reading everyone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2685\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2685\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185833\/new-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185833\/new-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2023\/09\/06185833\/new.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children of Time<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I\u2019m Reading \u2026. our students are reading &#8230;. Both titles are part of our September theme : East and South East Asian Heritage Month, #ESEAHM celebrating the writing and culture of China, Japan, Korea and other countries in this geographical area. The book display was created by our S3 Duke of Edinburgh volunteers. 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