On the morning of Thursday 22nd November 20 Higher History pupils went to the Mitchell Library, Glasgow. This is one of the largest and most reputable reference libraries in Europe. The pupils were invited to examine a selection of primary sources relating to the migration of Scots. This was an invaluable opportunity to examine genuine historical sources which are archived and rarely available to the general public. The visit was further enhanced by the guidance and expertise of the very helpful Archivists, Dr Irene O’Brien and Nerys Tunnicliffe. The whole visit provided an invaluable insight into genuine historical research.

Join in this celebration of books and reading by taking part in the S1 Book Cover Design Challenge or the Book Week Scotland Quiz – all year groups.

Also, follow @AirdrieAcadLRC and read a story written over twitter by school librarians. Feel free to pop into the library to give Mrs Agnew some creative writing tips or simply to pick up your free Book Week Scotland bookmark.

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During Book Week Scotland all first year English classes will have the opportunity to take part in Miss Frew’s Book Cover Design Challenge.

Pupils who create the best entries from each class will be awarded with a copy of “Robert Burns – A Peculiar History”.

The overall winner will be nominated for the Jim Cook Award for Scottish Literature at the annual prizegiving.

All entries will be judged by our Library Resource Centre Manager, Mrs Agnew.

Good luck everyone!

On the 31^st of October, 2 teams represented Airdrie Academy at the West of Scotland Heat of the Kids Lit Quiz.

The Kids Lit Quiz is an annual global literature quiz with the winning team from each heat competing in a National Final. National champions then compete in the World Final.

Both teams worked very hard to prepare for the event and did exceptionally well on the day. In fact, our first team came out top of all the North Lanarkshire Schools entered.

Although we didn’t make the top three, the final result was very close and all pupils did win prizes for getting top scores in individual rounds. Pupils also had the pleasure of meeting and having books signed by visiting authors Cathy MacPhail, Elizabeth Wein and Alex McCall.

The day was a fabulous celebration of books and reading and the pupils were a credit to the school.