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COVID-19 UPDATEAs we adjust to the school closures, we are all having to get to grips with moving learning into the home. Most of our teaching will now be provided through online platforms; however, this page is dedicated to providing further resources that may be useful in aiding learning (and promoting reading) at home. The literacy world has rallied in the current climate and many authors, illustrators, publishers and online educational resource providers are creating new resources, reading stories, or making existing materials temporarily freely available. The resources available, in particular those provided by authors, seem to be changing daily, so keep an eye on our Twitter feed, or monitor the hashtags #UnitedByBooks and #FreeBookResources to keep up-to-date. Additionally, this list of resources compiled by the School Library Association is regularly updated.
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Book Recommendations
The following sites or apps will allow children to find and engage with new books.
Bookzilla. A reading app specifically designed for Scottish secondary school students. Discover new books and find reading challenges.
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Use Toppsta to browse for new reads, review books and keep up-to-date with book-related news.
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The National Shelf Service is a YouTube channel giving a daily book recommendation from a featured professional librarian.
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Why not tweet our library team and ask for a recommendation!
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Keep track of what you've read, find new books and post reviews using Goodreads.
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Read The Book of Hopes for free. A wonderful collection of short stories, essays, poems and pictures from 110 top children's writers, dedicated to NHS hospital staff.
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Keep up-to-date with the latest YA book news, reviews, podcasts and more, with Book Riot.
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Looking for book related podcasts? Check out this selection of YA podcasts on PlayerFM.
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Supporting Reading At Home
Resources to help promote reading for pleasure at home.
Advice on Encouraging Reading in teens from the Scottish Book Trust.
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Advice and information from the British Dyslexia Association.
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eBooks and audiobooks available with South Ayrshire library card using the Libby app.
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Project Gutenburg provides over 60,000 ebooks (mainly classics and works with an expired copyright).
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Research
Access to online articles, journals, ebooks and resources.
Issues Online provides access to articles and ebooks. School login details are available to students from library or via Teams.
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Complete Issues provides articles and statistics for research. School login details are available to students from library or via Teams.
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JCS are offering free access to a catalogue of resources during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Trial Britannica School Resources using the ID: digitallearning and password: research.
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Home Activity Resources
Excellent resources for learning at home. With videos from authors, as well as cross-curriculum and book-related activities.
Authorfy provide a number of excellent teaching resources free of charge. These include a number of author masterclasses and writing challenges from some of the biggest names in children's literature.
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Not just for one day a year! The World Book Day website is full of book-related resources including author masterclasses, ebooks, audiobooks, book extracts and activity sheets.
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BookTrust is the UK's largest children reading charity. Their website is full of advice, resources, recommendations and activities.
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The Scottish Book Trust provides excellent resources and advice relating to literacy. The Authors Live events in particular are a fantastic resource (you can view previous events On Demand).
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Free resources from Barrington Stoke, a publisher dedicated to producing books for dyslexic and reluctant readers.
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Home learning resources produced by Scholastic, a publishing, education and media company.
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BBC Bitesize is the BBC's free online study support resource, which will be adding lots of material during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The National Literacy Trust provide a number of useful resources and have launched a family zone to facilitate home learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Accelerated Reader Resources
Links to access Accelerated Reader and related resources for S1 students, parents and carers.
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Student login to complete quizzes on Accelerated Reader. Each student should know their username and password.
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Use MyON to access more than 6,000 enhanced digital books, all with quizzes on Accelerated Reader.
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Use AR Book Find to see if a book has a quiz on Accelerated Reader.
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Use Home Connect to monitor your child's progress on Accelerated Reader.
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We are here for you!
While our library doors are closed during the COVID-19 outbreak, remember that our library team is still available to assist you and your children. Don't hesitate to contact us on Twitter or via the school to ask for help, book recommendations, or update us with what you are reading!
