Information Literacy in North Ayrshire

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Information Literacy in North Ayrshire

• Primary School Library Project and Information
  Literacy Toolkit

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National Statement for Improving Attainment in
Literacy in Schools
Improving literacy skills also enables children
to access a wider range of sources of
information from traditional media such as books
and newspapers to the new media of the Internet
and CD-ROMS. This access offers them the chance
to develop a greater understanding of the major
social, political and cultural issues of our
nation and our world. It also provides them with
the opportunity to explore the vast range of
literature, both fiction and non-fiction,
produced over the centuries.
http//www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacyandnumeracy
/files/nationalstatementliteracy.pdf
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Improving Achievement in English Language in
Primary and Secondary Schools

• Main areas for improvement
• Pupils generally had sufficient literacy skills
  to allow them to deal
• with the everyday work in class. However, their
  skills in more
• challenging aspects of language such as analysing
  the meaning,
• purpose and impact of texts were not sufficiently
  developed from
• the early primary stages. From P4/P5 onwards,
  this weakness
• limited their ability to tackle independently new
  and challenging
• oral and written communications.
• H.M.I.E. Improving Achievement in English
  Language in Primary and Secondary Schools P.11

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Originated from 5-14 Literacy Group convened by
Noreen ConnaughtonMembers Noreen Connaughton,
Celia Dearing, Margaret Ferguson, Grace Gilbert,
Marion McLarty and Audrey Sutton
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Information Literacy in North Ayrshire Aims

• To promote reading for information and reading
  for enjoyment
• To encourage responding to reading
• To develop and support e-literacy
• To extend literacy from early intervention
• To develop family literacy
• To support and extend the curriculum
• To extend provision
• How Good? Libraries Supporting Learners

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Information Literacy In North Ayrshire how is
it being delivered?

• Online website
• Book Sp_at_ce
• North Ayrshire Information Literacy Toolkit

• Primary School Library Project
• Effective management of resources

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Primary School Library Project

• Based on motivation and evidence from Early
  Intervention initiative book corners, literacy
  work and demand from schools
• Three year project 2002-2005
• Funded by North Ayrshire Educational Services,
  permanent McCrone funding and subscriptions from
  all schools

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Primary School Library Project

• Aims to develop the information / literacy
  skills of children in North Ayrshire schools
• Components
• advice and support for SMT development planning
  and quality improvement
• infrastructure (accommodation, resources,
  information management systems)
• support for teaching staff (PERCS, training, info
  lit toolkit, web resources)
• support for pupils (training, resources, skills,
  supported study)

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Primary School Library Project

• 48 of 53 primary schools involved 2002-5
  remainder 2005-6
• Designing the project
• Costing the project
• Selling it to schools
• Implementation
• Project management
• Evaluation

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Primary School Library Project
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Primary School Library Project
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Primary School Library Project
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Primary School Library Project
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Effective Management School
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Effective Project Management Education
Resource Service
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Managing Access to Literacy Resources Alice
System

• Funding has been made available to provide Alice
  management system for all primary schools and to
  provide enquiry PCs for secondary school Alice
  systems
• PERCS will be in touch to discuss timetabling of
  roll out
• Alice management system will also be used to
  manage in-school CPD collections

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Online Website

• http//www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/

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E-Literacy
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E-Literacy
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E-Literacy
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Extending Literacy
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Extending Literacy
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Family Literacy Supported Study
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Supporting and Extending Literacy Family
Resources
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Supporting and Extending Literacy Curriculum
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How Good? Libraries Supporting Learners
Includes indicators for management and
practitioners applicable to primary and
secondary schools
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How Good? Libraries Supporting Learners
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How Good? Libraries Supporting Learners

• North Ayrshire Library and Information Service /
  ERS
• Improvement Plan
• National Priority Achievement and Attainment
• Target Primary School Library Project
  completion of school involvement, promotion of
  policy development and self-evaluation using hard
  indicators and HGIOS.
• Success Criteria All North Ayrshire schools are
  involved in PSLP, including the maintenance
  programme, and are using HGIOS to determine
  progress. Hard data is being produced from
  library systems.
• Task Promote and support use of HGIOS
  self-evaluation materials
• as part of maintenance programme