{"id":4793,"date":"2024-09-03T08:54:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=4793"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:54:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:54:39","slug":"welcome-back-to-jpa-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/09\/03\/welcome-back-to-jpa-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back to JPA Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lots of newness!<\/h1>\n<h2>Welcome back to all our staff and pupils at John Paul Academy.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s an update of all the new happenings this year!<\/h2>\n<h1>New Clubs!<\/h1>\n<p>New school year, new library clubs!\u00a0 Pupils were able to vote via poll in the library to decide what library clubs would run this year.\u00a0 We then had the first meeting of our Bookworms, the pupil library committee, to decide which clubs to run, and when.\u00a0 Here they all are now:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4799\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084005\/20240902_130716-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084005\/20240902_130716-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084005\/20240902_130716.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have a club every day of the week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday: Movie Mondays<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday: Read and Relax<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday: Dungeons and Dragons<\/li>\n<li>Thursday: Games Club<\/li>\n<li>Friday: Cosy Craft Club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All our new clubs will kick off w\/b 9th September 2024.\u00a0 Any interested pupil is free to come along!<\/p>\n<h1>New Mascot!<\/h1>\n<p>After 5 years of faithful service, Bellamy Book Bear is retiring.\u00a0 After a competition last year, we had the design for our new library mascot, with &#8216;The Libeery&#8217; as our winning entry!\u00a0 Now all we needed was a name.\u00a0 How do we decide this?\u00a0 Library Poll!\u00a0 As a result of the poll (left), I am now delighted to introduce our new mascot: Eduardo The Great and Magical III!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4797\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084002\/20240823_145643-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084002\/20240823_145643-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084002\/20240823_145643.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4796\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084001\/20240819_094040-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084001\/20240819_094040-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084001\/20240819_094040-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084001\/20240819_094040-1.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>New Books!<\/h1>\n<p>Just in time for starting back, we had a fresh delivery of books, including a full set of Dog Man graphic novels.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get too excited though &#8211; the Dog Man collection is already gone!\u00a0 Lots of fans of the series in JPA!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4794\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03083959\/20240814_123712-1-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03083959\/20240814_123712-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03083959\/20240814_123712-1.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4795\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084000\/20240814_123722-1-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084000\/20240814_123722-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084000\/20240814_123722-1.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>New Craft Corner!<\/h1>\n<p>We have some crafty new pupils this year, which has led to the creation of a new Craft Corner!\u00a0 There are colouring pages, wordsearches, blank paper and origami paper with lots of pens, pencils and everything you could need for your creative needs!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4798\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084003\/20240829_104150-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084003\/20240829_104150-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/09\/03084003\/20240829_104150.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of newness! 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