Elgin Academy Library

Top crew: the pupil library assistants.
Travis and Harrison are two of them. Cakes all round this week for them.

Sailing away in a Story....getting in the mood for summer holidays.

Books, balloons and book chat in our final session of term in Anderson's Care Home.
#communityreadingproject

Staff Book Group enjoyed an end of term sharing lunch; book chat and discussing holiday reading.

Class 2.1 has been busy - before, during and after - #EmpathyDay @empathylabuk.bsky.social
Jumping into someone else's story. Sharing stories.
Sharing empathy! Check our videos out on Instagram: @elginacademylibrary too.

Novelties Book Club pupils are thinking about their summer books....What will you pick?

Winner of the P7 parents' book basket is a very happy winner.
The basket is filled with books and treats and was created by the Reading Leaders for the P7 parents' evening.

Class 2.2 and the UK-Ukraine School Partnership. Today, a Book Team and a Film Team. Great pitches!
#readingproject
🇺🇦 🇬🇧 📚 🎬 fun

Friendships are being established and books and stories are being shared. Our #communityreadingproject with Anderson's Care Home is a highlight of the week.

We held a fabulous fundraiser for our book festival trip.
#Karaoke #staff #fun.

Thanks to three of our Reading Leaders for their time at the P7 parents' evening. Evie in S6, Bethan in S6 and Lewis in S2 talked about our Reading Schools' Gold Award Journey and shared the tickets for our book basket.
#ReadingSchools

Class 2.1 has the ideas, the books and the stories: to share with our Ukrainian partner school.
The project begins!
UK-Ukraine School Partnerships.

Olivia and Chloe are doing a brilliant job at the extra-curricular fair this lunchtime.
Sharing Novelties Book Club fun with the visiting P7s.
Lots of interest and we are all happy .

We are SO EXCITED about our new partnership and reading project @britishcouncil.bsky.social UK-Ukraine School Partnerships.
Reading, sharing stories and working together.
🇺🇦 🇬🇧 📚 😁.

Making new friends and sharing stories.
#communityreadingproject
#ReadingSchools

Wednesdays mean reading times with our friends in Anderson's Care Home.
Flowers, Books, Chats.
#communityreadingproject.

Sharing hugely exciting news soon of a new partnership. All focused on the benefits of reading for pleasure.
🇬🇧 🇺🇦 📚 😊

Huge welcome to our visiting P7s - soon to be S1s - today. The first of two transition days in school.
Novelties Book Club pupils are hosting a lunchtime event for them.
#transitionfun.

One more day until #EmpathyDay.
We will be celebrating with library classes.

The Reading Leaders have created a brilliant book basket! With funds from their recent book sale, they have a book-themed basket to share at the P7 parents' evening this week.
Alongwith posters, book lists, merch and more.

Give it up for the library assistants - who help and welcome everyone during lunchtimes.
Thank you to our fantastic S2 team.

New #Pride🌈 display. Pop in for a peek and borrow a brilliant book 📚 🌈 👌.

The first session meeting and reading in Anderson's Care Home for our S4s.
#communityreadingproject
#newfriendships
#happyreaders
#ReadingSchools.

Our new display for #EmpathyDay next week. Class 2.1 will have a library book talk this week and will begin sharing stories and completing challenges. All to be shared on 12 June.

The best time at the #CILIPS25 conference in Dundee: learning, connecting, collaborating with old pals and new colleagues.

Senior pupils can volunteer for these Wider Achievement reading projects and learn new skills and enjoy new experiences.
All will be shared during the new S6 Induction Day on 2 June.

Huge well done to our team of Reading Leaders. The Bake Sale was a hit!
Money raised will be used to create a book basket for the P7 parents' evening soon.

Our #communityreadingproject for the new session began today.
With a fab group of S4 pupils. Today, getting to know the superb staff, meeting new reading friends, having a tour and selecting books. Plus....meeting a puppy and drinking juice! Great start to the new session in Anderson's Care Home.

Which one to read first?
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social shortlist is fantastic.
All eight books are on the library desk today borrow, read and love.

We donut want to miss this! The Reading Leaders' Bake Sale: making edible incredible.
This Friday!
Where yum meets fun 😁.