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!

Pinterest

● 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

https://www.pinterest.com/SHBlibrary/