Best Practice Guides
These folios have been developed by our library advisers to give instant and useful ideas to enhance your library and reader development.
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These pages contain useful advice and guidelines on matters to do with reading and libraries.
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For primary schools
- Primary Book Group Folio
- Pupil Librarian training
A training programme for primary schools, with support materials - Book Corners
A folio on how to get yours looking good and improving the reading environment across the primary school - Inspirational Reading Spaces
A library starts from the user. You need an area to excite and inspire your readers, as well as a place for study and reflection. - Parents' reading folio (3.93MB)
- Storytelling Folio
- Update! Automate! Computerising your primary school library (2008)
- Where it's @ and how to get there! - Year 4 Folio
A cross-curricular approach to independent learning
For secondary schools
- Genre bookmarks
- Inspirational Reading Spaces
A library starts from the user. You need an area to excite and inspire your readers, as well as a place for study and reflection. - Student librarian training
A training programme for secondary schools, basic to advanced (counts towards the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme) - Combating Plagiarism
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