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Raise the profile of reading and the library/LRC with First poster free: Carla Bruni’s reading secret!
A new poster emailed to you every month A year's subscription for 12 posters £15 + vat (approx $30) ‘Brilliant! It will be great to print as many as we want, laminate and use around the school.’ Sue Bastone, Learning Resources Manager, Licensed Victuallers' School, Ascot ‘I like the Carla Bruni poster.’ Sue Ahern, Librarian, Canford School Contact us to receive the first poster free.
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Are your shelves full of the most fantastic fiction and non-fiction that students would love if only you could get them to sample some of the delights they contain? A school librarian tackles this problem in an innovative, practical and fun way. Covers 3 particularly challenging key areas - poetry, maths, and science All the projects are quick and easy to prepare. They will grab students' interest immediately and can be delivered as a one-off lesson or as part of an extended scheme of work. They develop essential library and research skills and encourage students to work both independently and as part of a team. Guaranteed to work with your students! 'Excellent. It touches those parts that other publications don't often reach!' Geoff Dubber, Vice Chair, School Library Association 'Just what we need' Lesley Lee, Librarian, Harrow International School, Bangkok 48pp plus 5 full colour A2 charts s - see images of two of them (Province of Poetry & Solution of Scientists) below
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Nikki Heath, winner of the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2008, is a major contributor to Great Library Ideas. This essential copiable resource is jam packed with lively and successful ideas to make the most of the library/LRC and put it right at the heart of the school. Most of the ideas can be easily adapted to different abilities and ages from 8-16. They range from one-off lessons to extended projects. Each idea is fully described and most include a copiable worksheet. Watch a short preview of Great Library Ideas
‘Absolutely wonderful. After 14 years of being a school librarian, you have given me some new 'great library ideas'!’ Barbara Cronk, Bishop Bell School, Eastbourne ‘A fantastic resource, packed with interesting suggestions’ Jennifer Toerien, Mount St Mary's College, Spinkhill ‘I love Great Library Ideas - a treasure chest of good ideas for busy school librarians. It's a winner!’ Geoff Dubber, Vice Chair, School Library Association ‘Fantastic and inspirational ideas’ Ann Hannam, Sherburn High, Leeds
So if you want a dynamic and successful library ask for an approval copy! £24.95. Save £5 if you subscribe to both Essential Articles & Fact File. Only £19.95
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quizzes for lively libraries
'Fabulous' Sarah Weeks, Kingdown School 'As always from Carel they are brilliant' Wendy Mann, The Stanway School, Colchester 'The purpose is to provoke research and discussion, not just stir the memory. Some queries will send pupils to dictionaries, encyclopedias and the internet. Others will make fruitful argument flow.' TES * Hundreds of questions to challenge KS3 / lower school students * Instant, photocopiable, no preparation needed! Two books with quizzes and puzzles from many learning areas to develop and practise research skills. Students will use a range of reference sources including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, atlases and internet search engines to find answers. Plus: 52pp each, £17.50, both vols for £29.95. Sample pages here:
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 The Reading Game A runaway success! * A sure-fire way to get young people reading Some children and young people restrict their reading to one genre, or worse, hardly read at all. The Reading Game is the answer! It introduces a wide range of books in a fun and imaginative way. It is totally flexible. At the end of a session children are queuing up to borrow books that they would never have dreamt of reading! 'I use The Reading Game regularly. I especially like to use it after I have done a library induction as I find the game shows the students all the different books that are available.' Margaret Smith, Colbayns High School, Clacton on Sea
'Very successful ... I will definitely use it regularly.' 'I can't praise it highly enough' Gloria Clarke, Ryeish Green High School 'Had my first experience of the Reading Game this
morning. First period Monday morning with the Year 8 group from hell.
My heart sank! However, it was brilliant! They loved it, stayed focused
for the whole lesson (unheard of!), and were quarrelling over which was
the best book to read! The English teacher and I were dumbstruck!' 'Fast, noisy ... and original: Could be just what teachers of reluctant readers have been waiting for. ... It is fast, noisy and fun. It can be useful for teaching pupils about the division of books into different genres and encouraging them to try ones they wouldn't normally consider.' TES 'Fantastic' Margaret Drinkwater, School Library Service Manager, Leeds 'I would recommend this to anyone. I have been swamped
at the end of each lesson by students wishing to borrow the books' 'It has gone down a storm! Very popular, flexible
and easy to run. An absolute hit!' HMIE Scotland have produced a short film about the Reading Game (originally called the Genre Game). You can view this in the Good Practice section of their web site : http://www.hmie.gov.uk/ £37.50 (2 copies £67.50 save £7.50) + vat See it on approval! Please contact us for bulk discount prices (Minimum: MS PowerPoint viewer required)
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Active library/LRC skills Copiable, £19.95 (2 copies £29.95; 5 copies £49.95) As recommended in the DfES booklet Improve your Library (Dec 2004) 'Excellent publication. More please.' 'Excellent' 'The worksheets (all copiable) are lively and interesting and cover a variety of approaches/outcomes so that most librarians should be able to adapt them to suit their circumstances. One extremely useful feature is the scheme of work which shows a summary of the projects and includes working methods, age or National Curriculum targets, and the outcomes for each worksheet. Full of useful advice ... invaluable ... Buy two copies.'
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You can use this collection of copiable worksheet puzzles to reinforce understanding of how libraries work and how the library's resources can be useful in and out of school. Topics: Interpreting non-literary texts; using reference books to gather information and different reading techniques such as scanning.
Includes answers. 102pp. Covers: get the 3 books in this series (The Library Book, The Lively Library Book & Exploring the Library) for £48.50, save £4.
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* introduces 11 - 13 year olds to the school library 'Excellent. Very useful.' Heather Handley, Brittons School Each school has to decide how best to plan and deliver pupils' introduction to the library. This book covers key areas: finding your way round the library; finding fiction; the classification system; the subject index; alphabetical order skills; dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias; library test; different styles of writing and reading; refining your search; resources other than books; role of the librarian; libraries nationwide. By Priscilla Bishop. 138pp get the 3 books in this series (The Library Book, The Lively Library Book & Exploring the Library) for £48.50, save £4.
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 The Lively Library Book
Quizzes and puzzles to practice library skills. (answers provided!) get the 3 books in this series (The Library Book, The Lively Library Book & Exploring the Library) for £48.50, save £4.
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