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Sunday, 13 November 2022

Ofsted report: "Now the Whole School is Reading" - what does it tell us?

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Last month (October 2022) Ofsted published a report titled “Now the whole school is reading”: supporting struggling readers in secondary sc...
Sunday, 10 July 2022

Can We Make School Libraries More Sustainable?

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Earlier this year my local council introduced food waste collection. I know a lot of areas have had this for a while but the only items we c...
Thursday, 26 November 2020

How To Create A Book List

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There’s been a lot of excitement on social media the past couple of weeks around the announcement by Marcus Rashford that he’s teamed up wit...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

What's All The Fuss About Non-Fiction - and how on earth do you choose from so many books?

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  One of the things I love about November is its focus on non-fiction: the Federation of Children’s Book Groups (FCBG) uses this month to “ ...
Monday, 14 September 2020

HOW CAN SCHOOL LIBRARIANS SUPPORT BEREAVED STUDENTS?

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  According to bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish , a parent dies in the UK every 22 minutes, leaving 41,000 dependent children a year. Man...
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Barbara Band
Chartered librarian with over 30 years experience in independent and maintained schools from primary to secondary. Now working as freelance consultant offering training and advice. International speaker, book reviewer, writer. Love what I do and think I have the best job in the world! Passionately believe that society still needs libraries and librarians ... in all shapes and sizes! Am an avid internet user but can't live without my books! For information about consultancy, training and library support please see: www.barbaraband.com
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