LRC Book Clubs
We are currently setting up a book club for key stage 3/4
students on a Thursday after school once a fortnight.
We will be doing a wide range of activities to do with read-
ing and our students will be involved with choosing books
for the LRC, author visits, helping with the LRC website and
we are also going to enter the North East Teenage Book
Awards from October to January.
We would like to have a Junior Book Club which our older
readers would also help with. It would be held one night a
fortnight after school in our LRC. I would also like to enter
these readers into the North East Junior Book Awards next
year. We would like any year 6 students to join if they have
permission from their parents and can be picked up after the
club meeting.
What we would also like to do from September would be to
start a parent book club where parents from our school and
any primary schools would be welcome to come along, have
refreshments and discuss books & reading.
Subject Indexes and Labelling
In our LRC we have Subject Indexes which help students find out where books are in
the LRC. All of our books are classified with the Dewey Decimal Classification System
the same as the public libraries.
This helps students get used to Dewey numbers so they can use any library, whether
it is a public, college or university library.
I have got junior subject indexes which I can provide to primary schools, so students
can get used to library classification numbers from Reception age.
We can also provide free pre-typed Dewey spine labels to add to books in the
classrooms.
If you would like your fiction books to be classified we can provide free author spine
labels and genre stickers.
If any Primary school uses the Accelerated Reading scheme, we can also provide
computerized spine labels for books which clearly show the book colour and interest
levels. We use these as the students find it easier to have the colour and level all on
one label which stands out on the shelves. It also saves money not having to pur-
chase coloured stickers.
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LRC Links
We are about to publish our library website….
There are 5 pages for you, your
students and parents to browse.
Homepage LRC Photograph Tour Meet the LRC Staff Breaking News
Borrowing Rights Book Club
Reading Zone
Awesome Author Display
Reading Activities
New Fiction
Reading competitions
Graphic Novels
Chill Zone
Competitions
Author Website Links
Word Games
Spellings
Funky Facts
Research & Find Dewey Numbers Research & Study Tips New Non-Fiction Books Literary Definitions
Useful Information
Primary Links
Senior Fiction Lists
Publishing Sites
Best Reader Profile
Parent Membership
Charles Thorp Fund
There are polls on every page for students to give
feedback about what they
read, hobbies and interests.
There are also blog blocks
so students & parents can share their interest in
different subjects & join the discussions.
LRC Links
Eclipse.net will be launched in September…..
Any person with a log in number will be able to
access the new library programme from
wherever they can log onto the school website.
My Account Students will be able to see
overdue books, current loans & past loans.
Author’s Corner
Students can see short clips of
their favourite authors talking
about their books and charac-
ters without going to any other
site
New Arrivals
New books will be
posted every day.
Top Ten
The top 10 most
borrowed books will
be updated every
day.
Returns Every day any returned books will be posted so
students can see what other students have read.
Websites There are 1000’s of web-
sites on every subject stu-dents or departments will need
Book of the week
The LRC book of the week will be
posted every Monday to
encourage students to read
books they may not otherwise
choose.
News
Any LRC news will be displayed
daily to keep students aware of
any closures or events.
Searches Readers can search by Author, Title, Series or
Genre. All books will be displayed in a carousel of
book covers with
Accelerated Reader levels
shown and the location of
the book on the shelves.
Topic Boxes
We have over 6,000 non-fiction texts and information books. We
currently provide topic boxes to our subject departments when
needed and buy topic books in if requested by
Heads of Departments.
We would like to offer our primary schools the same service.
All primary schools will be issued with an Eclipse log in number so
all the information books and websites will be accessible to any
teachers who need to use them.
Topic boxes will contain 30 books on the requested subject and a
list of websites relevant to the topic.
All of the websites provided by Eclipse are aimed at students from
Primary/Secondary level. They also provide the link to the actual
page of relevant information to eliminate the need for Google/
Wiki searches.
Any topic boxes can be requested by telephone on 4132113 Ex 239
Or by email to [email protected] and we will aim to get
the books to you within a couple of days.
Book Displays
From September we will have 21 book and author
displays around the LRC.
Photographs will be added to the LRC website for
you to browse through.
If primary teachers would like duplicate displays to
put up in classrooms or book areas then the
materials can be emailed across to you. We can also
create book or reading displays for anybody who would
like them. Customized bookmarks can also be designed
and emailed.
Book & Reading Posters
We design our own posters for
each area of the LRC.
We have bookmarks to match
the posters.
If any teacher needs posters to
brighten up their classrooms or
reading areas we would be hap-
py to create some for you and
email them to you.
Book Clubs
We currently have the Scholastic book clubs running in the library. We have the C2C
version aimed at 11-16 years and the junior catalogue aimed at Primary students from
Reception level which we find the staff buy from regularly.
We buy our books from two main sources. New Horizons books caters solely for
schools and I have bought from this rep for 15 years. He carries half-price books
regularly and will make visits to any school at any time. The company is very
professional and aims to source any book requested so long as the book is in print, at
the best discount they can give.
We also use Browns Books for Students. This is an Amazon type site which caters to
schools. They carry Accelerated Reader books, cut price published non-fiction, graphic
novels and picture books. They hold almost any DVD cheaper than Amazon or
play.com. We are currently on a Diamond package with them because I have used the
company for a long time. This gives us up to 30% off selected titles. If any Primaries
want to use this site to book buy they will be eligible for the same package and put
onto our status. The company lets you pay through council invoices, online payments
or by cheque and takes no more than 5 days to deliver stock.
We would like to try and encourage all primary school children to get
excited about reading from the earliest possible age. On our parents
page of the website we will be reviewing children's picture books
through our book club and posting reading lists for parents to share with
their children.
What we would like to do is set up a storytelling programme for
students in the first 2 years of Primary school. I have been to schools to
do this in the past and have enjoyed it immensely. As well as myself and
our other librarian I would also like to encourage our own students to do
this as well. I feel this would be really enjoyable for some of our
students who are keen readers and would develop their confidence and
speaking skills. Hopefully your students would enjoy this too and get a
lot out of the programme.
Extra Services
Ryton Library
We have now made links with our local
public libraries, starting with the small
Ryton library located opposite Barclays
Bank. The library is looking to promote
itself within the community and
advertise to parents of young children
the service they provide. The public
libraries will have a block on our website
to encourage parents to attend their
events.
Author visits We regularly have authors visit our LRC
to do workshops and storytelling with
our students. We would like in the future to
invite selected Primary students to join these
events as a reward for excellent work or attitude. We would also like to work together and help
Primaries set up and co-ordinate any author
events you would like to host in the future.
Parents Parents of any student can now join our library. We have a huge selection of Senior Fiction books which are updated with new titles every month. We would like to extend this membership to any Primary parent from September.
Primary Libraries If you are thinking of setting up a small library within your school we would be happy to help with any designing or displays you may need. I have set up many primary libraries in the past, helping with labelling, organisation of stock or reading advertising materials.
Library Skills I have designed and delivered
library skills to students for a long time and would like to offer this service to any Primary school for any year group. Teaching the children the benefits of research and independent learning.