The School Library Service is dedicated to providing a range of resources and advice to secondary schools in the area covered by Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. Each class in a subscribing school may borrow the resources described here. To place an order, please follow the link to "Request for resources from the School Library Service".
Advice and support
A good school library can have a real impact on learning and teaching. The School Library Service can help to make your library a vibrant, inspirational and enjoyable place where children and young people become independent learners and readers. Use School Library Service consultancy for:
- Advice on library refurbishment, resources and policy development
- Assessment of stock and advice on book purchase
- Library and skills training for pupils/students
- Effective provision for able, gifted and talented pupils
- Training of school library staff and pupil librarians
- Professional guidance on library staff recruitment, job descriptions, salaries and professional development.
Literacy
The School Library Service can provide a superb range of fiction, picture books for older readers and poetry. There are group reading sets, talking books and DVDs. Services include:
- Block loan of fiction for the LRC to extend range and choice to promote reading for pleasure
- Support for literacy summer schools, school book weeks, etc
- Themed book boxes
Curriculum support
The School Library Service has information books, resource packs, posters and prints, videos and DVDs. There is also an Art/Design special collection. Services include:
- Block loan of information books for the LRC
- Topic boxes for the classroom
- Information skills training
- Input to course planning
- Liaison with museums, libraries and other agencies
Further information
For further details of the services to secondary schools provided by the School Library Service, please see the leaflet attached to this page, or follow the contact details. Teachers working within Shropshire Council can access a Shropshire School Library Service section within SchoolsNet and on the Learning Gateway.
From your local library
Libraries in Shropshire provide a wealth of resources for children of secondary school age and their parents, carers and teachers. Each library has a good selection of books and other material to stimulate reading and learning. Special events and activities, such as the Summer Reading Challenge, are organised, and class visits made. Some libraries have homework clubs. Please contact your local library to find out more.