The Library: Guide for pupils
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Welcome to the Library What does the Library offer? A quiet space for you to read, do research and complete extended learning Lots of books, including non‐fiction to help with your research and fiction for reading for pleasure The Library gets a selection of magazines, including Match, Shout and Top Gear National and local daily and weekly newspapers Computers with internet access, from which you can print work for your extended learning Borrowing Rules You can borrow up to four books at one time You get to keep books for three weeks You will be sent a reminder letter if your books are not returned by their due date If you have overdue books, you will not be able to borrow any further books until they are returned Library: Opening Times
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Before School
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
8am – 8.40am
Lunchtime
Open
Open
Open
Open
Open
After School
4pm – 4.45pm
4pm – 4.45pm
4pm – 4.45pm
Closed
Closed
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Reading for pleasure, raising literacy and achievement Books (fiction) The Library is here to encourage reading for pleasure and to support your emotional and social development. A broad range of fiction is available for pupils of all reading abilities, with lots of books by your favourite authors Finding Fiction Fiction books are arranged alphabetically (A‐Z), by author’s surname. If you are looking for a particular book, you will need to know the author’s name. When you are browsing the shelves, you will find all the different genres of books together to help you broaden your range of reading. Audio Books and Listening Books The Library has a range of audio books on CD. If you would prefer to listen to a book, rather than reading it, come and take a look. The Library has also subscribed to an online audio‐book service, called Listening Books (http://www.listening‐books.org.uk/), which provides audio‐books streamed through their website. To access the service visit the website and log‐in using the following details: Username: xxxx Password: xxxx Accelerated Reader Pupils in years seven and eight are enrolled on the Accelerated Reader programme. It assesses your reading levels and recommends books based on this, helping you to find and read books that you will enjoy. Once you have read a book, you can take an online quiz. For every quiz you take, you will get two merits for a score of more than 70%, and three merits for 100%. Every © J Iona
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100% quiz score will see you join the 100% Club, and members of the club will have prizes awarded termly. Newspapers and magazines We have a range of magazines and newspapers available in the Library. There are national daily newspapers (The Mirror and The Guardian) and a weekly newspaper called First News. Also available is a copy of the local newspaper. Magazines available include…
Book‐Swap Box Come and swap books with others people. You can bring in books you have read but do not want to keep any more and add them to the swap‐box, as well as taking away any books that have been read and left by others. We want to encourage you to read, and swap, great books. DVDs There are a number of DVDs available for you to borrow. We have a range of great movies, which are either adaptations of books or linked to their curriculum, to encourage reading and learning through film. DVDs are loaned after school for one night and are to be returned the following morning. © J Iona
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Research and Finding Information: the books Non‐fiction books are available to help you with your research and extended learning. There are also books that will reflect your interests outside of school. Non‐fiction books are arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System which arranges books together by their subject. Each book has a number on the spine, which represents the topic of the book. The system was invented so that books were easier to find, with those about similar things closer together.
Dewey
Subject/Topic
000‐099 Computer science, facts and general reference information 100s
Philosophy, psychology, ethics
200s
Religion
300s
Social issues and social sciences, e.g., law, education
400s
Languages
500s
Sciences (physics, biology, chemistry), maths
600s
Technology and applied science
700s
Arts, sport and leisure
800s
Literature, poetry and plays
900s
History, biography and travel
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Other Resources for Research World Book Online This online encyclopaedia could be the starting point for any fact‐finding, research tasks you have. It is an accessible, relevant and trustworthy web‐resource for you to use. You can use the search facility to locate articles, or choose to browse the site by subject. Other useful tools and content include a biography centre, an atlas, maps, a dictionary and plenty of images and videos with the articles. To use this resource, use the link on your desktop called ‘World Book Online’. Newspapers for Schools This is an online database of newspaper articles. Articles can be downloaded in pdf format and printed. This is a very useful service if you are looking for information about topical, current issues. Visit http://newslibrary.newspapersforschools.co.uk and log‐in using: Username: xxxx Password: xxxx. Essential Articles This is a collection of articles on current, topical, social issues which cover a range of opinions, comments and opposing viewpoints on the topics. Articles cover topics such as smoking, animal rights, crime, racism and a huge range of others. The book is available in the Library, as well as being online. To access the online version go to http://www.carelpress.co.uk/EA12 and log‐in with the following details: Username: xxxx Password: xxxx © J Iona
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Fact File The Fact File book provides statistics about a wide range of key social, political and economic topics, for both the UK and the rest of the world. A good resource if you need facts and statistics about social/economic topics and issues. Oxford Art Online An online resource for Art, with all the information you could wish for including biographies of artists, images, timelines, thematic guides and a dictionary of terms. You can log‐in at http://www.oxfordartonline.com with the following details: Username: xxxx Password: xxxx Oxford Music Online An online resource for Music which includes biographies, timelines, reading lists, thematic guides and a dictionary of terms. You can log‐in at http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com with the following details: Username: xxxx Password: xxxx
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Get involved Student Librarians If you would like to help out in the Library, see Mr Iona about becoming a Student Librarian. Suggestions Make sure the Library has what you want by letting us know your thoughts, suggestions and recommendations. Add them to the list at the Library desk. Manga Club Manga Club is held every Tuesday, after school in the Library. Get together with others who are into Manga, watch anime and draw Manga‐style Scholastic Book Club You can buy your own books through the Library from the Scholastic Book Club. Come and pick up a catalogue from the Library and take a look at what’s available. If you want to order anything, complete the order form and take it to the finance office with your money. You will be able to pick up your order from the Library within a few weeks
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