CouncilLearning resources loans
Learning resources loans
The Schools library services aims to provide schools with a wide range of high quality learning resources that reflect the multicultural and diverse community in Tower Hamlets in a balanced and accurate way. The service is an efficient, cost-effective way for schools to resource the National Curriculum and National Primary and Secondary Strategies and to promote the enjoyment of reading.
New resources are carefully selected by professional librarians and are added to the available stock each week. There are also resources that support the global dimension in the curriculum and that promote race and gender equality.
Every teacher in a subscribing school can borrow 60 items, which can be exchanged as often as wished. The 60 items can be any of the following:
- Books, book and cassette packs, book sets and play sets
- Story puppets and story tents
- Historical, geographical, science and religious education artefacts, historical and world costumes
- Pictures and posters
- Musical instruments, DVDs, Videos, CD-ROMs
- Bilingual resources
- Multi-sensory books
- Literacy and Numeracy resources arranged by genre for easy identification and use, including guided readers, schemes, literacy games and big books.
Additionally, books and journals are available to help with the professional development of teachers.
The Schools library services can also provide professional support, advice and training on the management and organisation of learning resources in schools as well as the services of a qualified librarian to work in schools on a regular basis to manage the school library and teacher resources.
For further information, please visit the Tower Hamlets Grid for learning.
Humanities education centre
The council’s Humanities education centre (HEC) provides schools with development and educational resources, including resources on global issues, children’s rights, citizenship, sustainable development and humanities education packs, artefacts and fair trade products.
The Humanities education centre also sets up development projects involving teachers and students which cover global issues and website projects. It also maintains three websites which contain learning resources for teachers and students. These are:
This website is created by children for children and showcases the variety and richness of living, learning and working in the East End.
This website has information for students and teachers on subjects including school councils and examples of good practice in citizenship from Tower Hamlets schools.
This website covers global citizenship and sustainable development for primary school teachers and pupils.
How to subscribe
Schools, nurseries and playgroups in Tower Hamlets and Hackney may
subscribe to this service.
The service aims to:
- Help schools to promote the enjoyment of reading and to enrich the National curriculum and National primary and secondary education
- Provide schools with a wide range of high quality learning resources that reflect the multicultural and diverse community in Tower Hamlets in a balanced and accurate way
- Provide training and professional advice on the management and organisation of learning resources in schools
- Provide the services of a professional librarian to work in schools on a regular basis to manage the school library and teacher resources
- Provide schools with development and educational resources from the council’s Humanities education centre
- To subscribe to this service, please contact the Schools library services using the contact details below.
Further information
For further information please contact:
Gillian Harris
Head of Tower Hamlets Schools library services
Professional development centre
English street
London
E3 4TA
Tel: 020 7364 6428
Fax: 020 7364 6422
Email: ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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