Study support/Homework help

In need of help with homework? Need advice about how to study? The Library offers two after-school classes which may be of help to you.

On Mondays from 3.30pm until 4.30pm there is the S4-S5 Study Support group where S6 students and staff offer helpful advice about homework and study skills.

 

On Tuesdays there is the S1-S3 Homework Club where the Librarian and teachers from each faculty are available to help with homework problems. Free snacks are also available. This also runs from 3.30pm until 4.30pm.

Book Week Scotland

There are lots of books by Scottish authors on display all around the Library, so if you are looking for something to read why not try one of the books from the diplays. There are books from all genres from adventure to fantasy, from dystopian to horror. Once you have chosen a book why not pledge to read the whole book by the end of BWS (30th November) and add your pledge to the Pledge Wall?

Some of the authors you could try are: Lari Don, Gill Lewis, Elizabeth Laird, Theresa Breslin, Barry Hutchison and James Jauncey - to name but a few!

Book Week Scotland

This year Book Week Scotland runs from the 24th to the 30th November, as well as lots of events run by West Lothian public libraries there is also a lot happening in the School Library.
Add your pledge to the BWS Pledge Wall - you pledge to do something book related for the whole week. Ideas for pledges include:
 My family will sit down and read together for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will read something Scottish for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will alphabetise my bookshelves for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I will colour-code my bookcase for Book Week Scotland 2014 (send me your pictures for the Library Blog!)

•I will go to a Book Week Scotland event for Book Week Scotland 2014

•I hate [SCI-FI, ROMANCE, NON-FICTION, etc] but I’m going to read ……………. for Book Week Scotland 2014.

 

Why not vote for your favourite character in a Scottish book? There will be a box to place your votes in on the Library Issue Desk. Characters you could vote for include: Harry Potter or  Hermione Granger(Harry Potter): Norm (World of Norm); Kyle (Invisible fiends); Adam or Salim (Crusade); David Balfour (Kidnapped) - the list could go on.

 

There will aslo be displays and competitions in the Library during the week.

 

For lots more information about Book Week Scotland visit the Scottish Book Trust website

 

Remembrance Day

There is a display in the Library to commemorate all those who have given their lives in the service of their country.
 Remembrance Sunday is on the 9th of November when all who have died in war are remembered. Armistice Day is 11th November, when all those who died in World War One are remembered by two minutes silence at 11am.
The display includes books about 'Poppy Day' and World War One as well as fiction books set during the First and Second World wars.

Books get a Movember makeover

To support all those growing moustaches for charity in November, some of the fiction books have had a 'Movember makeover'.