The Library has taken on a festive look and the snowy display board reflects the rather wintery turn the weather has taken.
Visit the Library, browse and maybe borrow a book or two to read during the festive period and the holidays.
St Andrew's Day
St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and we celebrate his day on 30th November. In the Library there is a display which tells the story of Saint Andrew. There is also a display of books by Scottish authors. For more information come along to the Library - Room F27.
Book Week Scotland
Celebrate Book Week Scotland this week in the Library. Come along and read some futuristic books from the displays. Talk about the books you are reading with your friends, your family, your teachers and Mrs Aitken.
International Kindness Day
Friday 13th November is International Kindness Day. There is a display of fiction books with the theme of 'kindness' in the BGE Library -Room F27.
For fans of the Tom Gates books
Scholastic Books are running a Tom Gates competition!
Your doodled cover could be printed in the next Tom Gates book!
All winners will win a signed book, signed print, limited edition badge AND a bag of goodies. The overall winner will also receive a Skype visit from Liz Pichon to their school!
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tom Gates we are asking fans to draw their own Tom Gates cover!
Author & illustrator Liz Pichon will pick her favourites to appear in the endpapers of Tom Gates: Ten Tremendous Tales.
Doodled entries need to:
· Have the words TOM GATES on them
· Include characters from the books (Tom, Delia, Marcus, etc).
· Be black & white!
· Be postcard size! (Portrait or landscape is fine)
· Tweeted to #TomGates10 on Twitter or emailed to publicity@scholastic.co.uk
Deadline is 23 Nov.
UK & Ireland only.
Tweet at: @ScholasticUK | #TomGates10 | #TomGates
Full T&Cs available here: https://www.scholastic.co.uk/competition-terms
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (Poppy Day) is observed on 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of First World War on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended 'at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month', In the UK the main observance is Remembrance Sunday held on the Sunday nearest to 11 November (this year it is Sunday 8th November).
There is a display of fiction and non-fiction in the Library (room F27). Please see Mrs Aitken if you would like to borrow any of these books.
Bonfire Night
Everything is very different this year and there will be no organised bonfires or firework displays. Instead why not find out why we light bonfires and have fireworks on the 5th of November by staying indoors, keeping warm and reading a book?
Halloween
It will soon be Halloween and you can find lots of spooky and scary reads in the Library. Come along and select something from the displays in the Library in room F27.
Books for wellbeing
The Library has a good selection of books that can support your health and well being. If you need help finding a book on a specific subject Mrs Aitken is happy to help.
Grimm Tales
October is the perfect time for grim tales and spooky stories. Unicorn Theatre have six of Philip Pullman's retelling of the Grimm brothers' tales read by actors. If you would like to listen to some weird, gruesome stories visit Unicorn Theatre's You Tube channel. Watch Colin Morgan read 'The devil with the three golden hairs' here
Interested in Space?
The comedian Dara O'Briain has a new book coming out called 'Is there anybody out there?' and to launch it there is a live space camp event on Friday 2nd October. For more information visit this link
Borrowing Library Books
Due to the restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic it is not possible, at the moment, for staff or pupils to browse the Library stock in the normal way. However if there is a book you would like to borrow fill out the form and I will deliver the book to you. Please check the Online Catalogue first to make sure that the book is available at Inveralmond.
Use this link to use the catalogue.
Fill in this form to request a book.
If you need any help or have any questions you can find me in F22 or F27.
Roald Dahl Day 2020
Sunday 13th of September is Roald Dahl Day If he is one of your favourite authors why not visit the website and take part in celebrating the amazing imagination of Roald Dahl. You could simply read one of his books or watch one of the movies that have been made of his novels or read about his incredible life on the website. There is so much to enjoy thanks to his amazing imagination!
The Library has moved
You will probably be aware that the Library has moved from its location on the ground floor. You will now find the Library upstairs in rooms F21, F22 and F27.
I am working hard at unpacking and sorting the rooms, so the Library is essentially closed at the moment. I hope to be up and running by Monday 31st August.
In the meantime if you wish to return any Library books there is a box in room F22 where you can put them.
Any questions? Please come and visit me in Room F22 which is currently the Library office.
Summer Reading Challenge
It's the last day of term today and naturally the weather looks as though it is set to turn cooler and much wetter. If you are reading over the summer why not try and complete the bingo game. Whatever you do, whatever you read enjoy the summer holidays and I look forward to seeing you in August.
1. Read in bed 2. Read a book with a one word title. 3. Read to a pet or stuffed toy.
4. Read wearing sunglasses 5. Read under an umbrella. 6. Read while eating a snack
7. Read a comic book. 8. Read a book that makes you laugh. 9.Read a book recommended by a friend.
Daily Reading Challenge
Research a topic that interests you and read an article about it online. Share a fascinating fact from your research with a friend or family member. Hint: try to avoid using Wikipedia.
I am interested in Scottish pre-history and am especially fascinated by brochs. Brochs are huge stone towers that were built mainly on Orkney and the Western Isles some 2000 years ago. Archaeologists are still not exactly sure who built them and why.
My ancestors, the Morrisons on the Isle of Lewis, back in the 1500s were discovered stealing cattle from a rival clan, the MacAulays. The Morrisons fled and took refuge in Dun Carloway broch. Unfortunately Donald Cam MacAulay managed to scale the outer wall of the broch and threw burning heather down on the Morrisons smoking them out to meet their fate.
If you found this interesting find out more about broch building here Find out more about Dun Carloway
Brochs also feature in Minecraft:
I am interested in Scottish pre-history and am especially fascinated by brochs. Brochs are huge stone towers that were built mainly on Orkney and the Western Isles some 2000 years ago. Archaeologists are still not exactly sure who built them and why.
My ancestors, the Morrisons on the Isle of Lewis, back in the 1500s were discovered stealing cattle from a rival clan, the MacAulays. The Morrisons fled and took refuge in Dun Carloway broch. Unfortunately Donald Cam MacAulay managed to scale the outer wall of the broch and threw burning heather down on the Morrisons smoking them out to meet their fate.
If you found this interesting find out more about broch building here Find out more about Dun Carloway
Brochs also feature in Minecraft:
Quick Reading Challenge
Another art challenge today. Look for a description of your all time favourite character in the book(s) they appear in. From THAT description draw a picture of the character. Or look for an image of the actor who you link would be able to play that character.
If you have been following these challenges you may have worked out that King Arthur is one of my favourite characters. Unfortunately I cannot draw to save myself. However my ideal image of King Arthur does exist in the form of the actor Bradley James who played Arthur in the BBC TV series 'Merlin'. I have MANY issues with their interpretation of some of the myths however I cannot fault their imagining of the once and future king!
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If you have been following these challenges you may have worked out that King Arthur is one of my favourite characters. Unfortunately I cannot draw to save myself. However my ideal image of King Arthur does exist in the form of the actor Bradley James who played Arthur in the BBC TV series 'Merlin'. I have MANY issues with their interpretation of some of the myths however I cannot fault their imagining of the once and future king!
Daily Reading Challenge
It's Friday, so let's do another craft challenge. This time reuse old books to create a book sculpture. The picture below shows some amazing examples of book sculptures. If you would like to make something slightly simpler (to begin with anyway) then watch this video It is just one of many available on You Tube. Watch this to see a book sculptor at work - incredible! For further inspiration simply search 'book sculptures' on You Tube, Pinterest or Google.
Quick reading challenge
This afternoon or this evening why not 'Drop everything and read' (DEAR) for twenty minutes with everyone in your family? Organise it however best suits your family. You could all read individually, or someone could read a story while everyone else listens. How and when you do it is up to you, just make sure everyone can be together for 20 minutes. Then make it a weekly occasion. Enjoy!
Daily Reading Challenge
Read something that was one of my favourites when I was younger and which inspired my lifelong love of Arthurian legend. Read 'The once and future king' by T.H. White. You will find it free to read at Project Gutenburg and Google Books
And, a cute still from my favourite Disney movie based on the books by T.H. White: 'The sword in the stone', just because!
Quick Reading Challenge
Read a book for twenty minutes before you go to sleep. Try to switch off all your devices - phone, tablet, computer. Get comfortable and relax in your. Then simply read for twenty minutes!
Did you know that reading for just twenty minutes a day for a year is the same as reading non-stop for five whole days!!!
Quick Reading Challenge
An art and craft challenge today. Do you have any old books that you no longer read but which are not in a good enough condition to pass on? Then why not use a page or two and do some blackout poetry. You could use a newspaper or magazine instead, anything with text.Your result can be as artistic as you want or as pathetic as my own (the one in the middle of the pic below!) Read through the page you have selected and pick out words which form a poem or story on their own. Then use a marker pen to blackout the words you don't want.
Have fun.
Be inspired.
Have fun.
Be inspired.
Quick Reading Challenge
Find your favourite book. Settle somewhere warm and comfortable. Skim through the book and find your favourite scene or chapter. Then phone a friend and read them your chosen section. Or record yourself reading from the book and share it with your friends. Ask them to return the favour and share their favourite book with you.
#ReadForEmpathy
Empathy is the ability to understand and share someone else's feelings. It is an essential life skill, especially in these difficult times. Empathy is a skill which can be taught and which we can improve.
Reading enables us to identify with the characters in the story and helps us see the world through the eyes of different fictional characters. From this we can learn about the way others view the world and begin to empathize with their point of view.
The books listed below are just a few examples:
The goldfish boy by Lisa Thomson
Running on empty by S.E.Durrant
Auggie and me by R.J. Palacio
Mars Evacuees by Sophia McDougall
Boy 87 by Ele Fountain
Charlotte's web by E.B. White
Turtles all the way down by John Green
Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
Literacy Leads
Further to this morning's Literacy Leads meeting on Teams below is an image with just a few of the many books available in the School Library for you to use with your reading partner once we are back in school.
The angel of Venice by Mary Hoffman
Bullet catcher by Chris Bradford
Six hours by Pete Johnson
Soccer squad:stars by Bali Rai
The mystery of the man with the black beard by Gillian Cross
Twocking by Eric Brown
One shot by Tanya Landman
The last soldier by Keith Gray
Combat zone by Tom Palmer
#Black lives matter
Children of Blood and bone by Toni Adeyemi
All American boys by Jason Reynolds
Buffalo soldier by Tanya Landman
Noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman
The poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Rebound by Kwame Alexander
The sun is also a star by Nicola Yoon
The hate u give by Angie Thomas
Daily reading Challenge
Read a poem today. If you do not have a poetry book nearby you could access The Scottish Poetry Library to find one. Why not try and learn a poem off by heart? Or write one of your own?
Daily Reading Challenge
It is a lovely sunny day so grab a book and head out into the garden. Make sure you are wearing a hat/sunglasses/suncream and settle down to read. To help keep cool why not read with your feet in a paddling pool/basin/or similar. Enjoy reading for fifteen minutes.
Daily reading challenge
Too hot to read outside? Find your book - print or e-book and find somewhere cool and unusual to relax and read. What about in the bath? Without the water though - books and 'phones etc. do not like water! Relax and read undisturbed for ten minutes. Or more!
Daily Reading Challenge
Today, practice reading out loud. Find your favourite book and your best loved soft toy and read to them for ten minutes! Remember to read with feeling and give each character a different/funny voice. Bring the pages to life for your toy.
Daily Reading Challenge
A simple challenge for today. Find a book to read. Then depending on the weather where you are either: a) read the book outside whilst wearing a hat or
b) read the book inside in a blanket fort.
Why not take a photo and send it to your English teacher? Let them know it is from the ICHS Library Blog Reading Challenge posts.
b) read the book inside in a blanket fort.
Why not take a photo and send it to your English teacher? Let them know it is from the ICHS Library Blog Reading Challenge posts.
Daily reading Challenge
How are you getting on with the Reading Challenges? I hope you are trying one or two and finding that it helps get you back into reading mode. Today, find a book you haven't read before that you have in your home. How many pages does it have? Work out what page number is roughly one third (1/3) of the way through the book. Go to that page and read it and maybe the next one. What do you think happened before this part of the story? What do you think will happen next?? Does this make you want to read the whole book?
My book is 'Only mostly devastated' by Sophie Gonzales. It has 278 pages. So page 92 is roughly 1/3 of the way through. It is about two teenage boys who seem to have fallen out at a party and one is trying to apologize to the other, who reluctantly accepts. However all is not well between them yet as the next scene takes place in school and Ollie is definitely unhappy when Will turns up in his music class! I am a sucker for a romance with a bit of angst, and it seems like an easy, fun read with lots of dialogue. Conclusion = I will read the book!! Starting today, out in the garden while the sun shines!
Daily Reading Challenge
Mental Heath Awareness Week
Young Minds includes help if you are struggling during lockdown
Calm Zone de-stress ideas from Child Line
Mental Health Foundation more ideas to help you through lockdown
Mood Gym online course to identify and overcome MH issues
Breathing Space Scotland support if you are feeling depressed, anxious or low
The Mix Mental Health information for all ages
See Me Scotland aim to end stigma about Mental Health Issues
Daily Reading Challenge
For today's challenge try and read something from a genre that you do not usually pick up. If you love fantasy why not try a realistic novel. Or if you normally read horror try a romance. Maybe someone in your family has the opposite taste from you and will let you borrow one of their books. Find a book study the cover, read the blurb and then try the first five pages. It may confirm that you absolutely do not like detective fiction or you might find discover you really would like to read an adventure story.
I am not a big fan of real life stories but the book below belongs to my son and from what I've read on the blurb it might be quite funny. I'll give it a go.
I am not a big fan of real life stories but the book below belongs to my son and from what I've read on the blurb it might be quite funny. I'll give it a go.
Daily Reading Challenge
If you still haven't found the impetus to read then try today's creative challenge instead. Design a new book cover for your favourite book. No ideas? Do an image search on the internet by the book title and see what you find. Often the book jackets are different for each country the book is published in or for each new edition. You might find some inspiration this way. Try and be unique, choose YOUR favourite scene or character. If, like me, art is not your greatest skill then use a favourite quote from the book and use a fancy font.
The example below is one of my favourite quotes it is from a book by Thomas Mann: "Death in Venice and other stories". Below that is a quote from a Harry Potter book!
The example below is one of my favourite quotes it is from a book by Thomas Mann: "Death in Venice and other stories". Below that is a quote from a Harry Potter book!
Daily Reading Challenge
Monday
Fan of Harry Potter? Then this is the challenge for you. Over the coming weeks Bloomsbury Books are having different celebrities read a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first chapter is read by Daniel Radcliffe. There are activities to complete after the reading of each chapter. Click on the link:Harry Potter at home
Fan of Harry Potter? Then this is the challenge for you. Over the coming weeks Bloomsbury Books are having different celebrities read a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first chapter is read by Daniel Radcliffe. There are activities to complete after the reading of each chapter. Click on the link:Harry Potter at home
Daily Reading Challenge
Friday
Today, look at the list of book review sites on the left-hand side of the blog under the heading Read ON then spend 15 minutes having a read through some of the sites. Make a list of any books that you might like to read. If you are unable to get a copy of the book in e-book format keep your list and once we are back at school I will get a copy for the Library.
Below are some possibilities
Today, look at the list of book review sites on the left-hand side of the blog under the heading Read ON then spend 15 minutes having a read through some of the sites. Make a list of any books that you might like to read. If you are unable to get a copy of the book in e-book format keep your list and once we are back at school I will get a copy for the Library.
Below are some possibilities
Daily Reading Challenge
Thursday
Think about your all time favourite book. Is there a particular moment in the book that you love? If you have the book can you find that moment to re-read? Read the scene or try to visualize it, then create that moment either as a drawing, or with Lego (or any other building bricks) or using any other materials you can find. Let your imagination run wild! Be really creative and watch a YouTube video explaining how to make a shoe box diorama or follow the instructions on wikihow.com. If you have Pinterest there are many ideas there. (Image from wikihow.com/Make-a-Diorama)
Think about your all time favourite book. Is there a particular moment in the book that you love? If you have the book can you find that moment to re-read? Read the scene or try to visualize it, then create that moment either as a drawing, or with Lego (or any other building bricks) or using any other materials you can find. Let your imagination run wild! Be really creative and watch a YouTube video explaining how to make a shoe box diorama or follow the instructions on wikihow.com. If you have Pinterest there are many ideas there. (Image from wikihow.com/Make-a-Diorama)
Daily Reading Challenge
Wednesday
Any reading is good reading! Find something lying around the house - a magazine, newspaper, instruction manual, recipe book, top trump cards. Now find somewhere comfortable and quiet to sit, either indoors or outside. Ready? Relax and read for ten minutes. Challenge accepted?
I am going to read an article from the latest issue of Rock Sound instead of skimming through the whole magazine and just looking at the photographs! So I will read the article about Boston Manor and find out about the inspiration behind their latest album 'Glue' before I listen to it!!
Any reading is good reading! Find something lying around the house - a magazine, newspaper, instruction manual, recipe book, top trump cards. Now find somewhere comfortable and quiet to sit, either indoors or outside. Ready? Relax and read for ten minutes. Challenge accepted?
I am going to read an article from the latest issue of Rock Sound instead of skimming through the whole magazine and just looking at the photographs! So I will read the article about Boston Manor and find out about the inspiration behind their latest album 'Glue' before I listen to it!!
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