{"id":61,"date":"2021-12-16T14:03:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2024-12-12T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:20:26","slug":"p7-transitions-useful-websites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/p7-transitions-useful-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"P7 Transitions Useful Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reading and writing for pleasure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0 some great websites where you can access books and\u00a0 get information about reading, writing and books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksforkeeps.co.uk\/\">Books for Keeps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s book magazine<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wimpykid.com\/\">Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information about authorJeff Kinney and some fun activities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lizpichon.com\/\">Liz Pichon \u2013 The World of Tom Gates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information about the author and Tom Gates activities<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovereading4kids.co.uk\/\">Love Reading For Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Competitions, recommendations and blogs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freekidsbooks.org\/young_adult\/\">Non Fiction Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free non fiction books<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/\">Scottish Book Trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ideas and resources to keep you reading and writing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/50-word-fiction\">Scottish Book Trust 50 Word Competition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monthly competition<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPlkb89QlTlUaiOIHxI3QGQ\">Tom Palmer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tom Palmers readings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbookday.com\/resources\/\">World Book Day resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resources and activities to keep all of the family busy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofdavidwalliams.com\/\">World of David Walliams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information about David\u2019s books and recording of his daily elevensies stories<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scots language websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotshoose.com\/\">Scots Hoose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn how to write creatively in the Scots language. Full of exciting and creative ideas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotslanguage.com\/articles\/node\/id\/202\/type\/referance\">Learn Scots with Oor Wullie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A fun way of learning\u00a0 about the Scots language<\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Learning websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/levels\/zr48q6f\">BBC Bitesize<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Home learning lessons and activities<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other useful websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/forkids\/\">BBC History for Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\">BBC Newsround<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/scotland\">BBC Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/\">Glasgow Science Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kidsclub\/index.html\">NASA Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/\">National Geographic for kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wizardingworld.com\/collections\/harry-potter-at-home\">Potter at home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/kids\">Smithsonian Resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/young.scot\/\">Young Scot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BorrowBox is an app that allows us access to\u00a0 EBooks and eAudio books. We must have a NAC library card to use this app. If you have one hopefully the following information should help.<\/p>\n<p>This short clip should help you get started<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you need help please email\u00a0<strong>librarysupport@north-ayrshire.gov.uk\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0 Mrs McPhee <strong>gw09mcnicolalison@glow.sch.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are not a member of NAC Libraries you can join online \u2013<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk\/libraries\/join-the-library.aspx\">Join NAC Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.borrowbox.com\/\">BorrowBox<\/a>\u00a0or download the BorrowBox app<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/stmatthewsacadlib\/uploads\/sites\/18505\/2020\/04\/29142015\/borrowbox-guide-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading and writing for pleasure There are\u00a0 some great websites where you can access books and\u00a0 get information about reading, writing and books. Books for Keeps Children\u2019s book magazine Diary of a Wimpy Kid Information about authorJeff Kinney and some fun activities Liz Pichon \u2013 The World of Tom Gates Information about the author and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/p7-transitions-useful-websites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">P7 Transitions Useful Websites<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4829,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/irvineroyalacademylibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}