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This blog is about the value of school libraries. Advocating for the role of the school library within the educational process of every school.

Nov 8, 20185 min read

Learning and sharing #pracped18

As I sat in the hall at St Georges school, Cologne, ready to hear Hywel Roberts open the Practical Pedagogies conference I turned to the...

Oct 12, 20185 min read

School librarians engaging parental support

Number 3 Parental involvement in reading and research from home. Back in October 2017 I wrote a blog entitled School librarians helping...

Sep 4, 20183 min read

School Librarians starting the year with a locked box...

Number 2 in my series of blog post will look at how school librarians are starting the year with a bang. Sharing ideas that I have worked...

Jul 17, 20186 min read

End of year report: 6 ways to work with your school librarian.

With only just over a week to go to the end of yet another school year it's time to look back and write my annual report. This year has...

May 13, 20183 min read

We have a school library so why do we need to use a Schools Library Service?

I regularly write about how important it is for teachers to use their school library and to work alongside their school library staff. I...

Apr 28, 20184 min read

Information scaffolding with an information literacy framework

I find the topic of information literacy fascinating. Sad I know but there we are. Would you describe information literacy as a skill? I...

Apr 1, 20184 min read

I know we need a school librarian, but I can't remember why...

Advocacy for school librarians I often write about advocacy for school librarians and the need for us to constantly tell school leaders...

Mar 27, 20185 min read

4 online tools used to engage teachers in collaboration and information literacy.

Over the last few years, I have spent time trying to work out ways to engage our teachers. We, at Schools' Library Service, have...

Mar 21, 20183 min read

Why do teachers need school librarians? 5 questions to ask yourself.

Back in 2017 I wrote this blog post and it has been viewed over 35,000 times I did not feel that I could leave it behind on my old blog....

Mar 18, 20181 min read

Moving from Blogger

For those of you who have just found me, hello! As my website already explains, I am a chartered librarian who has worked with and around...