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Engaging and empowering school libraries is a podcast that aims to raise the profile of school libraries by talking about topics that are current across education and teaching. We talk about issues that impact school libraries and invite guests to come along and speak on selected topics keeping our chats lively, engaging and current. We hope you enjoy listening. Find more CPD for school librarians and teachers here https://www.elizabethahutchinson.com/
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Collaborative Inquiry: Do teachers have time for this?
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
(Start at 2mins 45 sec to miss set up chatter) Elizabeth and Ruth chat to Emma Wallace (School Librarian) and Dr Julie Greenhough (English teacher) about their recent FOSIL inquiry collaboration with year 8. They give a fascinating insight into the benefits of collaboration for their students and themselves.
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Book Awards: Why are teenage books so angsty?
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Elizabeth Hutchinson and Ruth Maloney chat to Jake Hope and Amy McKay who are both involved with the Carnegie and Greenaway Book Awards about how book awards are run and the nature of teenage fiction. We also discussed the merit of using illustrated books with older teenagers too.
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Non Fiction Collections in School Libraries. Do we still need them?
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
(Start at 2m 43s to miss out on set up chat) Ruth Maloney and Elizabeth Hutchinson discuss the relevance of non-fiction collections in school libraries with Jenny and Darryl Toerien.