Category Archives: Resources

Free audiobooks with AudioSYNC

Two free audiobooks to download each week – starts this Friday 28th April
Audiofile SYNC is an offer that provides free audiobooks aimed at teens all summer, worldwide.
Two books are available each week. Register at https://audiofilemagazine.com/sync/
The first two downloads are:
Black Panther: tales of Wakanda
Sherlock Holmes
The full list is available here.
This is an American company, but most downloads are available in the UK too.

Free Comic Book Day – 7th May 2022

Free Comic Book Day will take place on May 7th this year. The idea is simple, you walk into a participating shop, ask them if they have any free comics available and hopefully walk out with your choices.
Not every shop selling comics and graphic novels is taking part so it’s worth checking the shop list at the address below. Make sure you look in the International List.

StoryCon 2022

StoryCon is Scotland’s biggest creative writing and illustration conference for young people. It took place this year from 26–27 March 2022.
They are sharing some of their events for a limited time including Cressida Cowell (How to Train your Dragon series), Safina Mazhar (fantasy and fan-fic), Maureen McLeod (Gaelic language) and Catriona Lexy Campbell (Gaelic language).
Click on the link below to watch any of these videos and find out if this is something you’d like to be involved with next year.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-authors/whats-your-story/storycon

Mouse and keyboard skills

Our S1 pupils are familiar with the laptops and tablets they use at primary school, all of which have trackpads or touchscreens. But the computers here at OLHS  all use mice, so our new arrivals need to lean to use the mouse pretty quickly. Over time, they’ll also improve their typing and will gain skills in a variety of computer software.

To help with the typing and mouse skills, we’ve put together a collection of games and activities that require improved accuracy in moving the mouse, drawing lines, and pointing and clicking.

The list has already been enthusiastically adopted by pupils in ICT and during lunchtimes in the Library and is helping pupils adapt to the technology.

Cressida Cowell – How to speak Dragonese

Sunday Song

During lockdown, song songwriter Tanita Tikaram is posting an acoustic song every Sunday

in case you are forgetting what day of the week it is.

This Sunday, Tanita was joined by illustrator, James Mayhew, who interpreted the music while Tanita played. Have a watch (and listen).

 

Live Music Now Scotland

Live Music Now Scotland supports talented young professional musicians in performing/training opportunities while taking inspirational live music experiences to a wide audience.

There are new videos being posted all the time on their YouTube channel, playing all sorts of music by young musicians in Scotland all currently performing from their own homes.

Definitely worth exploring 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCegFmstasVO3Sel-p5hk7aw/featured