{"id":5083,"date":"2024-10-26T22:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T22:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2024-10-28T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:31:34","slug":"october-holyrood-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/10\/26\/october-holyrood-library\/","title":{"rendered":"October @ Holyrood Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had a busy month so far, with plenty to celebrate in the Library.<\/p>\n

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October is <\/span>Black History Month, <\/strong>so our S3 Duke of Edinburgh Volunteers -Tafsirr, Rand and Lauren created this fantastic book\u00a0 display.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They wanted to highlight books that were joyful and celebratory, so included biographies of famous actors, sportspeople, scientists, musicians and World leaders. And some history books, celebrating art and culture, but also remembering the sad and unjust parts of Black history in a respectful way.<\/p>\n

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In Holyrood, we feel that it’s very important to provide diverse and anti-racist books.\u00a0 So in a survey, when asked what they would like to see in the library, our Senior pupils made these suggestions :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • A section focused on highlighting ethic minorities like biographies or books on cooking<\/li>\n
  • More books in different languages, and also books to encourage people to learn more about other cultures<\/li>\n
  • Scottish brown and black boys\/girls everyday experiences<\/li>\n
  • Maybe more history books on Scotland\u2019s involvement in the slave trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Some of the books purchased so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Higher ESOL requests<\/p><\/div>\n

    Our readers are passionate about seeing voices of all different nationalities and cultures represented on the library shelves. Mrs Cooper’s Higher ESOL class<\/strong> asked for a selection of books by black authors for the classroom. Here are some of the authors they are currently enjoying: Malorie Blackman, Jumata Emill, Sharon Flake, Danielle Jawando, Shade Lapite, Jason Reynolds, Efua Traore, Alex Wheatle.<\/p>\n

    And we often like to discuss favourite authors and poets in our library Teams chat. We thought these words were very inspiring: “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive: and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style”. Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    At the start of October, we also celebrated Dyslexia Awareness Week <\/strong>with a pupil-led outreach library in the Fuel zone.\"\"<\/p>\n

    This showcased the books we have available in a dyslexia friendly format; and Mr. Lang provided a Quiz about famous people.\u00a0 We also had a Design Your Own Superpower competition, to show that all skills and talents are valued, such as super strength, invisibility, telekinesis, talking to animals, being kind, helping one another, and putting your rubbish in the bin. So many skills – what a talented bunch!<\/p>\n\n\t\t