As the first term draws to a close, Serena, our library assistant at Eastbank Academy, has written a post about what’s been happening in the library!
Term 1 at Eastbank has been a pleasure!
The school has fully embraced the library being open again and English classes are coming to borrow books at least three periods a day, and Fresh Start, Journalism, ESOL, social subjects and home economics have also brought classes to borrow books! The library is also a vibrant hub of activity with senior pupils in every period studying, and MCR Pathways making full use of the space!
The Creative Writing club has started and increased from fortnightly to weekly due to pupil request, and a group of dedicated library volunteers come weekly to help make new displays, scan books, tidy up shelves and make recommendations.
The Wee Read event was a huge success- we had a display and tannoy announcements and bookmarks and stickers given out in the library and in English classes. In addition, pupils were particularly excited about the pop-up free book giveaway we had in the library made up of lots of donated books.
It was also exciting to hear how other departments celebrated Wee Read – an R.E. teacher read a 6 minute extract from Harry Potter with his classes as they discussed similar themes in class, and the ESOL group came to the library to choose books and wrote down 3 words from their book each that they didn’t know to learn and discuss together. Several teachers also came to make a library card and borrow books!
