During library periods S1 classes carried out a research and information retrieval exercise on the Commonwealth Games. This helped revise library skills which taught during the Library Induction Course. 

Classes were set the task of researching the History of the Commonwealth Games and gathering information about this year’s event from the Glasgow 2014 website. The research was split into three rounds.

Round 1: Research non-fiction books and encyclopedias to retrieve information on the history of the Commonwealth Games; Round 2: Research non-fiction books to retrieve information on a specific Commonwealth Games sport; Round 3: Access the official Glasgow 2014 website to answer set questions on this year’s games.

Each S1 class was divided into six research teams and each team was asked to choose a captain. Captains then selected a sport to study, allocating specific research tasks to members and ensuring that everyone worked together in the completion of the research. The team names were taken from Glasgow 2014 sports: Team Athletics, Team Badminton, Team Boxing, Team Hockey, Team Rugby Sevens and Team Netball.

Well done to David Kennedy of 1S1 who has won the Commonwealth Games Legacy Competition. David received a Commonwealth Games ‘goodie bag’ for his winning entries with his two Legacy Wishes:

I hope the Commonwealth Games will allow more people to see Glasgow as a nicer place and want to visit; I hope by watching the Commonwealth Games more people will change their attitude to sport and will try sports they’ve never tried before. 

Well done to David Kennedy of 1S1 who has won the Commonwealth Games Legacy Competition. David received a Commonwealth Games ‘goodie bag’ for his winning entries with his two Legacy Wishes:

I hope the Commonwealth Games will allow more people to see Glasgow as a nicer place and want to visit; I hope by watching the Commonwealth Games more people will change their attitude to sport and will try sports they’ve never tried before.