LIBRARY OPENING TIMES
MORNING OPENING
Monday to Friday – 8.30am
Please note: Miss McGough will collect pupils from stairwell B
INTERVAL – Closed at interval
LUNCHTIME OPENING
Monday – S1-S4, At the Movies, from 12.50pm
Tuesday – S1, Clyde Valley Readers, book club from 12.50pm
Wednesday – S1-S6 Homework Club, 12.25pm
Thursday – Closed at Lunchtime
Friday – Closed at Lunchtime
Hello 2.4,
This blog has been created to allow you to record your book reviews. In this way you can let Miss Daly and Miss McGough know if you’ve enjoyed a book and what it was about the book that made you respond in this way. Even if you’ve found a book dull or boring you can write a review revealing why you found it dull. By writing book reviews you will be advising your class mates of which books are fun and exciting to read, which books are a bit more tricky, or which books are extremely dull!
Book reviews are the opinion of one person and so it should be remembered that one person’s cup of tea is not necessarily another person’s cup of tea. 
Miss Daly and Miss McGough will read your book reviews and reply to them. You can even reply to each others’ reviews…so let’s get blogging!
Hello 2.2, 
This blog has been created to allow you to record your book reviews. In this way you can let Miss Douglas and Miss McGough know if you’ve enjoyed a book and what it was about the book that made you respond in this way. Even if you’ve found a book dull or boring you can write a review revealing why you found it dull. By writing book reviews you will be advising your class mates of which books are fun and exciting to read, which books are a bit more tricky, or which books are extremely dull!
Book reviews are the opinion of one person and so it should be remembered that one person’s cup of tea is not necessarily another person’s cup of tea.
Miss Douglas and Miss McGough will read your book reviews and reply to them. You can even reply to each others’ reviews…so let’s get blogging!
The Dewey Decimal System was devised by Melvil Dewey in 1874. This system enables easy shelving and sourcing of non-fiction and reference books.
Librarians and library assistants shelve non-fiction books using the Dewey Decimal System (DDS) and readers search for non-fiction books using the same system.
The DDS contains ten subject categories with each category being assigned a batch of one hundred numbers from the range 000 to 999. For example Science has been assigned the batch of numbers from 500-599. This means that Science books will be found shelved together under the 500-599 number heading.
Non- fiction books are used when we are researching facts for schoolwork but they can also be read just for the sheer pleasure of gaining knowledge.
Reading and retaining (memorising) a lot of facts can be fun, entertaining and make you as smart as Stephen Fry!
Visit the library to collect a Dewey Decimal System bookmark. These bookmarks act as a guide to help you find books for research. Ask Miss McGough for a DDS bookmark.
Dewey Decimal System Categories:
000 Computers, Information & General Reference
100 Philosophy & Psychology
200 Religion
300 Social sciences
400 Language
500 Science
600 Technology (including Food Technology)
700 Arts and Recreation
800 Literature
900 History & Geography
A group of Clyde Valley High School’s keenest 3rd year readers joined in North Lanarkshire Council’s annual celebration of teen fiction, the Catalyst Book Award.
Fourteen pupils attended the award ceremony at Our Lady’s High School in Motherwell where they got to meet the authors of the four nominated books. This year’s short list comprised “Where I Belong” by Gillian Cross, “When I Was Joe” by Keren David, “Grass” by Cathy McPhail and “Time Riders” by Alex Scarrow.
Laura Kilpatrick (3H1) and Ellen Lees (3S1) did a magnificent job of introducing Keren David and her novel “When I Was Joe”, about a teenager who reinvents himself after he is placed in the witness protection programme. Laura and Ellen confidently and professionally delivered a biography of the author and wowed the audience with a dramatic and pulsating section of the novel the girls had chosen themselves.
The rest of the pupils, as well as other keen readers in third year, had been reading and reviewing the shortlisted books for weeks leading up to the event and, along with the other schools involved, voting for their favourite of the novels. Despite being the favourite amongst Clyde Valley pupils, “When I Was Joe” was runner up to Alex Scarrow’s “Time Riders”. However, there was no disappointment as everyone had read some fantastic books and got the chance to meet and talk to the authors.
Check out the photos from the event below!
If you want to get involved in next year’s award, deciding who wins and blogging about your favourite books, speak to Miss McGough in the library about the 2012 Catalyst long list and get reading!
Mr Douglas
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