Family Learning - Literacy

It was great to meet parents and students at our Family Learning event on 2 November. I was able to talk about two of my most favourite things: books and reading for pleasure!

Here's a link to the Sway presentation and the suggested reads: 

Armadale Academy Library Suggested Reads (S1 & S2)

This list is far from exhaustive; it includes the most popular books in the Library, prize winning books and there are no doubt hundreds more I would like to add!

Go to this Sway

Dyslexia Awareness Week

 Dyslexia Awareness Week Scotland runs from 31 October to 6 November 2022. We have many dyslexia friendly books in the Library - just ask Mrs Lumsden for some recommendations. 

There are also plenty of other dyslexia friendly resources, including books in our staff section.

Audio Books

 Access to Audio Books: https://westlothian.borrowbox.com/eaudiobooks/young-adult/featured

Welcome back

 Welcome back to school everyone! We hope you had a wonderful summer and can't wait to share some of the fabulous books we read. 

 These are just some of our recommended reads for the new term and you can borrow them from the library now.

Happy Holidays!

Have a wonderful summer holiday, everyone, and make sure you keep reading!

I'm looking forward to catching up with my TBR (To Be Read) pile of books, which includes many recommendations from pupils and staff. See you in August.

Carnegie Award 2022

 

We are delighted to announce that our former book of the month, October, October by Katya Balen, won the Yoto Carnegie Award this year. 

Our book groups have been shadowing the Yoto Carnegie Award shortlist and you can see videos about the shortlisted books here: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1560615341569081345.

There is more information about all the books on the Carnegie website.

Empathy Day 2022

 

Empathy is our ability to understand and experience someone else’s feelings. It builds stronger, kinder communities. It’s a crucial life skill that young people need in order to learn, thrive and contribute. We’re not born with a fixed quantity of empathy – it’s a skill we can all learn. 

Research shows that books are an important tool to help develop empathy - when we identify with book characters, we see the world from their point of view. 

Here are just some of the Empathy superheroes from Armadale Academy