The library is going to be extremely busy this term with it being booked for classes for over 70% of the available time. Currently, English library periods, History S1 investigations and RME investigations make up the bulk of the bookings. S2 PSD will be carrying out Careers research in March, adding to the variety of library use. A copy of the library timetable up to the end of March is available on the Library Timetable page. If teaching staff wish to book the library, please liaise with the Librarian.

This week saw the start of the S1 History Ancient Civilisations investigation. All S1 History classes will spend a period learning about the available resources, working their way through some activities which will introduce them to using encyclopeidas, reading skills (scanning & skimming), using internet hotlists and revising Dewey Numbers.

They will then spend their class time in the library using a variety of resources to research an aspect of the ancient world that they are interested in. Topics available include: Romans, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Vikings, The Celts, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Ancient China, Ancient India. To help support the investigation, extra resources are borrowed from the Orkney Library and placed on the Project Shelves.