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 bkhalil@charlesthorpcs.co.uk 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.