Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services

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  • Tower Hamlets Book Award 2013

    Tower Hamlets Book Award 2013

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    About the 2013 Award

    It’s that time again where we prepare for the new Tower Hamlets Book Award. This is our 7th year of running this successful event for Tower Hamlets primary and secondary schools.

    The shortlist for the award will be drawn in July from the Teen and Primary booklists in time for the Summer Reading Challenge

    The booklists are an opportunity to start reading groups around some of the best new fiction for the year.

    Don’t forget that you can arrange author, illustrator or storyteller visits to get your school enthused about reading, writing and being creative.

    Book Awards and reading help raise achievement in literacy, and are great fun as well, so what are you waiting for?

    How to take part

    Posters for the Primary Booklist will be sent to all primary schools in early May. The booklist is aimed at pupils in Key Stage 2.

    Posters for the Teen Booklist will be sent to subscribing secondary schools in late April/ ealy May. The teen list is aimed at Key Stages 3 and 4.

    The Book Award is aimed at years 5, 6, 7 and 8 and encourages children to continue using their school libraries during their transition between year groups/ schools. Schools and librarians will vote on the shortlist of 6 to 8 books from both Teen and Primary lists in July.

    Between September and November participating schools take part in reading groups and activities based around the shortlist and vote for the winning book in time for the Grand Finale

  • The Must Read Booklist 2013

    The Must Read Booklist 2013

    MustRead2013Banner40 of the best new books for your primary school Library
    The Primary Booklist is our new annual selection of fiction by librarians from the Schools Library Service and primary and secondary schools.
    Titles from the Teen and Primary lists will be chosen for the Book Award Shortlist in July. Don’t forget to register for this event!
    The booklist represents a selection of the best new fiction first published in paperback this year, and aims to cover as diverse a range of subjects, genres, authors and interests as possible.
    A set of posters for the booklist will be sent to all subscribing primary schools in early May.
    Download the full booklist: Must Read Booklet 2013 (.pdf)

    Tel: 020 7364 6428 email: schoolslibraryservices@towerhamlets.gov.uk for more information.

    Must Read 2013 and THe List posters and booklet based on a design by Shahi Ibtesam, Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Secondary School

    Other Must Read booklists

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  • Designing Your School Library

    Designing Your School Library

    Whether you have a new library, are moving within the building, or are just looking to rejuvinate your existing area, the Schools Library Service can offer impartial expert advice on making the best use of your library space:

    • A design tailored to how your school intends to use the library
    • Help in choosing the best specialist furniture suppliers
    • A space to inspire
    • Display, guiding and signage
    • Quality stock
    • Subject indexes for research and reference
    • Integration of information technology into the library
    • Installation of library computer management systems

    Call us on 020 7364 6428 or use our contact form to get in touch about this service

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  • London Calling : Creative Writing Competition 2012

    London Calling : Creative Writing Competition 2012

    Following an incredible amount of interest from teachers and librarians, London Calling was the first of our creative wirting competitions to be opened up to primary schools.

    The theme was inspired by the 2012 London Olympic Games but also by the lyrics of London Calling the song.

    The competition was judged by award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean.

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    London Calling prize-giving press release

    The winners of London Calling, the 2012 Tower Hamlets Creative Writing Competition, looked out onto spectacular views of their city from the Clifford Chance building in Canary Wharf as they received their awards.   Presenting their prizes along with words of advice and encouragement was Carnegie award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean who emphasised the importance of reading for pleasure and libraries as vital factors in creating the best writers.

    Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service this year expanded the annual competition to primary schools through their school librarians’ network, and young writers and poets from Bangabandhu, Blue Gate Fields Junior, Cayley, Globe, Hague, Lansbury Lawrence and St Paul with St Luke C of E Primary Schools were all in attendance.

    This year, first prizes in poetry and short story categories went to Hannah Ramanathan and from St Paul with St Luke C of E Primary School, Sadia Qureshi and Farhana Iqbal from Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate School, Summer Lewis from Morpeth School, and Kundai Sibanda from Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Redcoat Secondary School.

    Pupils from Bow School of Maths and Computing, Central Foundation Girls’ Secondary School, and Stepney Green Maths and Computing College also won prizes for their work.

    “The standard of writing was exceptional, and all of the schools gained a great deal from participating. It’s a pleasure to see such creativity emanating from schools.   We are proud be to able to continue the work of Tower Hamlets secondary consultants and keep this competition going” said Gillian Harris, Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service.

    Winning entries will be published as the electronic book London Calling on the Amazon Kindle store, and at www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk from Monday 25th June.

    Key Stage Two Short Story Winners
    1st Hannah Ramanathan If I had a Wish St Paul with St Luke
    2nd Mehnoor Jahan London Calling Cayley Primary School
    3rd Asiya Siddika Change! Globe Primary School
    Commended Iqra Ayesha Rahman London Calling Cayley Primary School
    Commended Tanzila Shamsuzzaman A School Trip St Paul with St Luke
    Commended Louisa-Star Russell-Brown London Calling Our Lady’s
    Commended Nuha Ahmed Thief at Buckingham Palace Hague Primary
    Key Stage Two Poetry Winners

     

    1st Lucy Anh Vo A Vision to Sea St Paul with St Luke
    2nd Rahama Saleh The Olympics St Paul with St Luke
    3rd Demi Ruffell London Calling Our Lady’s
    Commended Yusuf Ahmed Racist or Sexist Lansbury Lawrence
    Commended Freya Samuel-Smith London is a Busy Town Bangabandhu Primary
    Commended Ruben Estephane London Calling Our Lady’s
    Commended Rukba Ahmed London Olympics Blue Gate Fields
    Key Stage Three Short Story Winners

     

    1st Sadia Qureshi Tripping on Words Bishop Challoner
    2nd Valentina Granata The London People Choose to Ignore Bishop Challoner
    3rd Nadiyah Shah Barefaced London Central Foundation Girls’
    Commended Jibril Ahmed Dodge City Bow School
    Commended Nazim Rahman Monologue of a Pigeon Stepney Green
    Commended Nishat Humaira London Riot Central Foundation Girls’
    Key Stage Three Poetry Winners

     

    1st Summer Lewis London’s Calling Morpeth School
    2nd Abigail Asabea-Appiah London’s Calling Bishop Challoner Girls’
    3rd Ridhwan Haque Jewels of London Stepney Green Secondary
    Commended Bella Jordan Armstrong London’s Maze Morpeth
    Commended Reshma Akthar The Athlete Central Foundation Girls’
    Commended Tahmid Hussain (sp?) Primrose Hill Stepney Green
    Commended Aiste Tiskeviciute London’ s Calling Bishop Challoner Girls’
    Key Stage Four Short Story Winners

     

    1st Farhana Iqbal Jack is Coming Bishop Challoner Girl’s
    2nd Nermeen Hilton Ratatouille Bishop Challoner Girl’s
    3rd Ngozi Oboze Principes Mortis Bishop Challoner Girl’s
    Commended Marzia Khan Ripper Sir John Cass
    Key Stage Four Poetry Winners

     

    1st Kundai Sibanda London Calling Sir John Cass
    2nd Ronnie-Anne Barthram Stereotypical London Bishop Challoner Girls’
    3rd Bunmi Musa-Moses The London Game Bishop Challoner Girls’
    Commended Kimberley Nguyen The Future of London Bishop Challoner Girls’
    Commended Joseph Thomas-Samuels Gold Bishop Challoner Boys’
    Commended Ijenne Enwerem My Interpretation Bishop Challoner Girls’
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  • Library, information and research skills schemes of work

    Library, information and research skills schemes of work

    The importance of information literacy and research skills in education is gaining recognition across schools, colleges and universities, and self-directed learning is becoming an essential skill for students and job-seekers.

    The Schools Library Service is working with primary, secondary, FE and HE institutions to provide library and computer-based information skills sessions that support the wider curriculum.

    Primary School Information Skills Scheme of Work

    The Primary School Information Skills Framework is a document being continualy revised by our librarians. It builds on core library skills to:

    • Improve pupil research skills
    • Enable pupils to evaluate information they find on the internet and in books
    • Improve pupils’ overall reading skills
    • Enable pupils to better select their own reading books
    • Encourage the use of the school library within the teaching of the wider curriculum
    • Provide skills for pupils to take forward to secondary education

    Includes modules on evaluating online information, websites and shared content.

    Download the scheme -2018 revision – (viewable online below)

    We’re currently able to make this document free to access. If you’re downloading or using our scheme of work, please fill in the below form to let us know how you’re using it. Feedback welcome.

      Tower Hamlets Library Skills Scheme of Work 2018
      Secondary school and Post 16

      The use of internet resources (subscription based, free, or public domain) has become an integral part of students’ work.

      We can provide in-school workshops for both students and teachers.
      Aims include:

      • Enable students to evaluate and become discerning consumers of the vast range of information available via the internet
      • Enable students and teachers to identify deliberate misinformation online
      • Improve student and teacher awareness of the range of information sources available
      • Enable students to get the most from the subscription services bought by their school or college
      • Enable students to use these skills across the wider curriculum and to improve coursework research
      • Refresh students’ awareness of library collections (public and educational)
      • Raise awareness of issues of plagiarism and to introduce eCopyright issues

      In addition, we have worked with schools to deliver workshops and lectures supporting current anti-radicalisation agendas.

      Call us on 020 7364 6428 or use our contact form to get in touch about this service

       

    • The Must Read Booklist 2012

      The Must Read Booklist 2012

      MustRead2012BannerThe Must Read Booklist 2012 comprises of the best new fiction published in paperback from 2011 – 2012, suggested for ages 9 and upwards. This was the first primary booklist and was intended as a bridge between the new picturebooks of the annual Greenaway award and the teen fiction booklists.

      View the full booklist (.pdf) : Primary List 2012 Booklet

      Along with the 2012 Teen booklist, the shortlist for the 2012 Book Award was chosen from these titles. The posters were designed with the Olympic rings in mind (and avoided copyright infringement as the circles were not linked).

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    • The Global Dimension

      The Global Dimension

      Golbalbanner1Resources to support teaching of the global dimension

      Global Learning London and The Schools Library Service have worked together to select resources to support teaching the Global Dimension.

      The links below relate to the 8 strands of the global dimension. Each link searches our catalogue for the relevant keyword and will display resources currently in stock and their availability.

      Global citizenship

      Gaining the knowledge, skills and understanding of concepts and institutions necessary to become informed, active, responsible citizens.

      Diversity
      Understanding and respecting differences and relating these to our common humanity
      Conflict resolution
      Understanding the nature of conflicts, their impact on development and why there is a need for their resolution and the promotion of harmony.
      Social justice
      Understanding the importance of social justice as an element in both sustainable development and the improved welfare of all people.
      Values and perceptions
      Developing a critical evaluation of representations of global issues and an appreciation of the effect these have on people’s attitudes and values.
      Sustainable development
      Understanding the need to maintain and improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for future generations.
      Interdependence
      Understanding how people, places, economies and environments are all inextricably interrelated, and that choices and events have repercussions on a global scale.
      Human Rights

      Knowing about human rights including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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    • Crossing The Line : Creative Writing Competition 2011

      Crossing The Line : Creative Writing Competition 2011

      CTLBannerCrossing the line was the first of the Creative Writing Competitions to be run by the Schools Library Services. The winners were chosen by author Pete Johnson.

      Download Crossing the Line (.epub)

      Read Crossing the Line (.pdf)

      Key Stage Three Short Story Winners
      1st HAZERA KHATUN Sir John Cass School Strikingly original, absolutely unforgettable piece which takes us inside the head of a person who ‘crosses all limits’ – the bully. Deeply felt story which says so much.
      2nd NASRIN AHMED Central Foundation Girls School This gripping tale is written with great power and insight. Beautifully controlled yet full of emotion.
      3rd RUBEKA ZAFAR Morpeth School A story about war yet written with such quiet power and fascinating detail. It builds to a most eloquent ending.
      Commended SAHRA BOTAM Langdon Park A dramatic and gripping piece. A writer of great talent.
      Commended SALMAN RAHMAN Stepney Green College An intense, highly original piece, written with great power and skill.
      Highly commended MINHAJ CHOWDHURY Bow School for Boys A compelling narrative which also features a most likeable character.
      Highly commended BILAL HAMMANI Bethnal Green Technology College The dialogue here is vivid and completely natural. A writer of great promise.
      Key Stage Three Poetry Winners

       

      1st NADIA RAHMAN Morpeth School Ambitious, challenging and highly original. Full of raw power. A superb achievement. Full of ideas and emotion.
      2nd ZAHRA NABIL Bishop Challoner School Deeply felt, the ending is almost unbearable. Absolutely gripping and unforgettable.
      3rd JOSHUA STREETE CAMPBELL Raines Foundation School Eloquent, absorbing, this poem is strikingly individual. At the end you already feel you know the writer. Last lines are devastating.
      Highly  commended SYEDA KHATUN Langdon Park One of the most positive and inspiring of all the poems. This writer has great potential.
      Highly commended MINHAJ RAHMAN Stepney Green School Shows great promise. Full of vivid phrases and images.
      Highly commended SHAKILA  TASNIM Mulberry School Written in a gripping, conversational style. Extremely powerful ending.
       Commended AKASHI ALAM Morpeth  School I really like this. The writing is so natural and unforced. A detailed plot, but the writing style carries the reader along.
      Key Stage Four Short Story Winners

       

      1st ZAHRA DEERA Central Foundation Girls’ School I loved this: sad yet wise and life-affirming too.  Highly unusual and quite unforgettable.
      2nd TASNIM SHORMEE AZIZ (Shormee) Bishop Challoner Collegiate College A superb achievement. It brings alive a character and a situation with wonderful depth and vividness.  I was thoroughly engrossed throughout.
      3rd TAMARA BARRETT Bishop Challoner Collegiate College A fascinating opening, grips the reader at once. This story never relaxes its hold and the ending is incredibly powerful.
      Highly commended RIMA RASHID Sir john Cass School Opening with a series of short sentences, sets the scene with economy and skill. The feelings of the main character are especially described
      Highly commended OLIWIA LEWANDOWSKA Raines Foundation School Written with the power and precision of a poem. This writer shows huge promise.
      Key Stage Four Poetry Winners

       

      1st CHERRY WHIPP Central Foundation Girls’ School This is brilliant: stylish, funny, shocking and full of emotion. A highly original voice.
      2nd JACKIE ANYURU Bishop Challoner Girls’ This makes its points in a direct, really affecting way. Last line is so poignant.
      3rd RHIANNON HUTCHINGS Sir John Cass Very effective, compelling look at how the tiniest things can derail a relationship. Last verse shows vividly how devastating break-ups can be
      Highly commended ALFRED GREEN Raines Foundation School Highly individual, striking, exciting poem. This writer has much to say.
      Best in School Winners
      Langdon Park School SAHRA BOTAM Langdon Park School A dramatic and gripping piece. A writer of great talent.
      Morpeth School NADIA RAHMAN Morpeth School A superb piece of writing – ambitious and powerful.
      Mulberry School SHAKILA TASNIM Mulberry School Extremely powerful yet written with disarming naturalness.
      Raines Foundation School JOSHUA STREETE CAMPBELL Raines Foundation School Eloquent, absorbing and devastating poem.
      Sir John Cass HAZERA KHATUN Sir John Cass An unforgettable piece – deeply felt and highly original.
      Stepney Green School MINHAJ RAHMAN Stepney Green School Vivid and powerful. A writer of huge promise.
      Prize-giving press release

      With equally high ambitions, the winners of Crossing the Line, the 2011 Creative Writing Competition, were treated to spectacular views of the city from the 30th floor of the Clifford Chance offices in Canary Wharf.   Presenting their prizes along with words of advice and encouragement was celebrated author Pete Johnson who told the winners and their guests that the writing of Tower Hamlets students was the best in the country.

      Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service now organise this competition which has become an annual celebration of the best young writers in the Borough. This year first prizes in poetry and short story categories went to Zahra Deera and Cherry Whipp from Central Foundation Girls Secondary School, Nadia Rahman from Morpeth School, and Hazera Khatun from Sir John Cass’s Foundation and Redcoat Secondary School.  Pupils from Bethnal Green Technology College, Bow School of Maths and Computing, Bishop Challoner Catholic Collegiate Girls School, Langdon Park School, Mulberry Girls School, Raine’s Foundation School and Stepney Green Maths and Computing College also won prizes for their work.

      “The event was inspiring and the standard of writing was truly amazing,” said Gillian Harris, Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service

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    • Book Buying and Cataloguing

      Book Buying and Cataloguing

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      A good school library needs to be regularly replenished with new books to excite the children and old and out-of date books need to be removed.  Starting with an audit of what you already have, our librarians can help you buy books to:

      • support your school’s curriculum
      • Meet OFSTED and inspection targets
      • support literacy schemes and Accelerated Reader
      • address gaps in the current collection
      • promote race, gender, disability, LGBT, age and class equality
      • Support Philosophy for Children
      • provide for children with special educational needs
      • support the Global Dimension and Black Perspectives in the curriculum
      • support healthy schools, anti-bullying, road safety and other initiatives

      We can buy books on your behalf, or accompany you to a library supplier showroom to select books – usually at 10 – 20% discount or more.

      We recommend using the processing service (book jackets, school stamp and spine labels) that most large library suppliers offer for a small additional fee.  In order to make the most of this service, our librarians will classify the stock as it is selected so that the library supplier can put the correct spine label (colour and number) on each book.

      Cataloguing your collection

      Our professional librarians will catalogue your new and/or existing books using your school cataloguing software.

      An accurate library catalogue will help:

      • Track pupil borrowing and reading patterns
      • Help you monitor reading attainment
      • Keep track of your book collection

      Why use our cataloguing service?

      A team of qualified librarians is the best choice for cataloguing your library.

      • Accurate and comprehensive data entry
      • Services, including custom key wording of all books and use of YOUR school classification schedule
      • Ongoing stock auditing process
      • Competitive prices
      • We will catalogue on-site OR can catalogue books at our library (no additional charge for transit)
      • Book processing (labelling, stamping, etc) services included
      • All books will be sorted and shelved at the end of the cataloguing process.

      Call us on 020 7364 6428 or use our contact form to get in touch about this service

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