{"id":3882,"date":"2024-03-21T09:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T09:21:18","slug":"celebrating-pupil-book-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/03\/21\/celebrating-pupil-book-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating pupil book displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February and March have given the Library minions many opportunities to create some wonderful book displays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21090823\/Book-Displays-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21090823\/Book-Displays-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21090823\/Book-Displays-1-300x54.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21090823\/Book-Displays-1-624x112.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>S4 Rene and some friends kicked things of with a Valentine&#8217;s day display, complete with red and pink confetti.<\/p>\n<p>To say farewell to their favourite TV series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0dk8t20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Our Flag Means Death<\/em><\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>February was <a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk\/lgbt-history-month-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT+ History Month<\/a>, 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&#8217;s presence and achievements, but identified a need to seek out more books about their work in the medical field.<\/p>\n<p>In March, S6 Molly took on the job of creating a book display to celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day, with the input of the latest additions to the cohort of Library Minions, S1 Julia and S3 Will.<\/p>\n<p>S6 volunteers Mariam and Melissa put together this year&#8217;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&#8217;s a lot to find out about!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3936\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21091745\/Library-noticeboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21091745\/Library-noticeboard.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21091745\/Library-noticeboard-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21091745\/Library-noticeboard-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/03\/21091745\/Library-noticeboard-624x320.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Library noticeboard on the ground floor &#8211; a new addition to the Library Kingdom &#8211; is also getting busier and brighter, with lots of new notices, particularly about World Book Day. Don&#8217;t forget to look at it when you&#8217;re going past to find out what&#8217;s going on at the Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s day display, complete with red and pink confetti. 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