During the pandemic the school library was still able to celebrate World Book Day 2021 by inviting pupils, at home and in school, to participate in an online reading quiz which tested their knowledge of children’s literature. The competition was fiercely contested with many pupils gaining high scores, however the eventual winners were Luci Groves and Ella Knight from S2 and Mark Burton from S1. The trio were each awarded a new book and chocolate Easter egg to celebrate their bookishness. Furthermore all S1 pupils were given a World Book Day token which they can redeem at participating stores and receive a free book of their choice.
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READ TO SUCCEED
North Lanarkshire Council’s ‘Read to Succeed’ programme, led by the Literacy base and school librarians, have gifted each S1 pupil a free book of their choice to encourage a love of reading for pleasure.
Due to the pandemic the distribution of the books was slightly delayed, but now that pupils have returned to school full-time, our S1 cohort began receiving their free book last week. Pupils were over the moon when they were invited to the school library to receive their book. Happy reading everyone.
AUF WIEDERSEHEN ANNEGRET
The school’s Modern Languages department bid a fond farewell to German assistant Annegret Landgraf. Ms Graham, Principal teacher of Modern Languages, commented thanked Annegret for all of her hard work with the pupils and her wonderful resources. The school would also like to wish Annegret a safe journey home to Germany.
SKY ACADEMY STUDIOS
On Wednesday 4th March a group of S3 Media pupils visited the Sky Academy Studios in Livingston which uses the power of TV and innovation to open young minds and develop their creativity, collaboration and communication. The third years all participated in the ‘FACT: News Reporting’ experience where they were tasked with creating a news report on cyber-bullying. The pupils were split into four groups and each group was responsible for a certain aspect of the news report e.g.: presenting, expert views, interviewing etc. At the end of the workshop pupils had the chance to watch their news report on the big screen which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
A sneak preview of the 6 minute recording our S3 Media class created on Cyberbullying at @SkyAcademy ⬇️ @braidhurst pic.twitter.com/twP4ZVvUX5
— Braidhurst DYW (@Braidhurst_DYW) March 6, 2020
WORLD BOOK DAY
To celebrate World Book Day 2020 on Thursday 5th March the school library hosted a lunch for a select group of readers from S1-S4. Each invited pupil has displayed a real commitment to their personal reading and to supporting their school library. Whilst enjoying chocolate cake and other sweet and savoury treats each of the pupils completed a book review of their favourite title that they have borrowed from the school library and were gifted their free book token. Mrs Scott, the school librarian, also arranged for a couple of pupil-staff interviews – with Emy Brandt from S1 interviewing Miss Galloway, teacher of Art, and Max Watson from S2 speaking with Mr Reynolds, teacher of History – to discover the individual reading journey of each of the staff members.
World Book Day 2020 🌍📚 celebration at lunch with our VIRs (very important readers). These fabulous pupils have shown a dedication to personal reading & their school library. It is a pleasure to support/serve them #schoollibrariesmatter #schoollibrariansmatter #WorldBookDay2020 pic.twitter.com/48dwRl6zew
— BraidhurstHSLibrary (@librarybhs1) March 5, 2020
BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND
The school library recently celebrated Book Week Scotland 2019 by inviting pupils and staff to a reading lunch in the library on Wednesday 20th November. The lunch was an opportunity for staff and pupils to share their love of personal reading whilst taking some well-deserved rest and relaxation in the middle of a hectic school day. Staff were also invited to recommend a book of their choice to pupils in an attempt to communicate the message that everybody reads, not just the librarian. Staff members recommended a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction titles and were given a poster outlining their choice which they were asked to display in their classroom or office for pupils to see.
READ TO SUCCEED BOOK GIFTING
The council’s ‘Read to Succeed’ initiative recently organised a fantastic book-gifting event for all S1 pupils. Glowworm Books visited the school on Friday 15th November and all first year pupils were invited to the library to choose their own free book from a list of selected titles, including ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, novels by Jacqueline Wilson and Cathy Macphail. Pupils were impressed by the variety of choice on offer and are now patiently waiting on their book being delivered to school.
