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Library Outreach to Students, Teachers and Parents
Kim BeemanShrewsbury International School
Students: Quality + Quantity
Carnegie and Greenaway Shadowing
● Motivation = easy scheme for pushing quality titles
● Carnegie: book club; display; voting party for those who read/ researched/ book clubbed enough (Year 6+)
● Greenaway: Scanned every book (shh!); display; book of the week w/ activities for teachers; voting; announcement in assembly (EY2 to Year 4)
Reading Fair
● New this year● An eye to deep(er) reading● Creating stronger
connections between students and the texts they love
● Prizes!
Making Books/Digital Storytelling
● Creating stories (both content and form) as a powerful way into appreciating books in many formats
● Book creation: variety of different simple bookbinding/making techniques (ages 9 to 11)
● Digital storytelling: variety of different iPad-based storytelling techniques (ages 9 to 11)
Smaller Library Collections
● Moving books to where the students are● Sixth form: Further reading from dept heads
+ teachers’ favourites + my favourites● Pre-Prep: Creating a comfortable reading
corner from a barren corner of the canteen; mix of library books (locked) and weeded books for pleasure reading (unlocked)
Teachers: Ease + Flexibility
Places I Insert Myself
● Departmental meetings (for book talks, research planning, anything)
● Heads of department meetings● INSETs / Lunchtime sessions: Research
Skills, Overdrive, Library Online, etc● As a classroom teacher (new role)
Favourite Book Posters
Feeds my desire to push “good” books
Parents: Encouraging Meaningful Engagement
Family Reading Challenge
Tea and Topics
● Approximately once a term for all parents, plus appearances at related events (for new parents, Early Years parents, etc)
● Topics: Research skills, how/why/what to read aloud, library online, resources just for parents
● Snacks!
● Log for me● Visually pleasing● Great place to point to for students,
teachers, parents, senior management● New books, departmental reading lists, book
suggestions by genre
