September 27, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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National Poetry Day is coming up next week on Thursday 6th October. This year’s them is GAMES. The school library will be celebrating it in the usual way with a lunchtime Poetry Picnic to include poem readings and snacks and maybe even some games. All next week we will be promoting the playing of the available board games in the library at lunchtime.
Click these links to see previous years’ Poetry Picnics:
August 31, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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Over the summer holidays a number of new books were processed and catalogued. These are now on display in various parts of the library.
August 26, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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If you have a look at the tabs across the top of the Blog page, you will see there are a couple of new sections. There is now a plan of the library under the ‘Map‘ tab.
More significantly, the ‘Resources‘ tab will link you to various library guides, presentations and links relevant to using the school library.
August 26, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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August 26, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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August 22, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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August 22, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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The long summer holidays have come to an end and we are ready for the start of the new term, but what happens to the library in the holidays? Contrary to popular belief, not all school staff get the long holiday and admin and support staff, including the Librarian will continue to work for part of the holiday often managing to get jobs done that often can’t be got to during the hectic term times.
So, what does the Librarian do during the time she works in the holidays? There is a lot of administrative stuff to do, as well as tidying up after a busy year. Here is a list of some of things that were done during the summer hols:
You may or may not notice changes, but this shows you that a lot does go on behind the scenes.
July 21, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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Back at the end of May, I was honoured to be invited to the opening a a “small but perfectly formed” library in Stenness Community School . It is good to see the importance placed on reading and the need for a dedicated space by the pupils, staff and parents / carers of the school. The pupils, staff and invited guests gathered in the school’s communal area to listen to introductions and speeches and to recognise the work that the three parent volunteers, all qualified librarians had put in. After the ribbon was cut we were invited to view this little library.
Users, which include those in the school and folks in the wider community can borrow books, recorded in a computerised Library Management System. Pupils have been trained in using the system so they can self-issue.
Such a library space will stand pupils in good stead when they come up to Stromness Academy and use the library here. They will be familiar with the arrangement of books, especially Dewey classification used to arrange non-fiction books and will hopefully have a good understanding of the importance of libraries and books, even in this age of technology and the internet.
June 6, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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P7s from the West Mainland Primary schools will be visiting the school on Wednesday and Thursday this week. The visit will include a session in the school library looking around and filling out a survey. The pupil librarians and Mrs Sinclair, the Librarian, look forward to meeting them. FS
March 14, 2011
by Mrs Sinclair
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