We are off! All on board for our trip to @edbookfest.bsky.social 📚 😁 🚌.

Al of our summer activities can be seen on our Instagram page: elginacademylibrary.

Mad for Manga? Wait until you see our new collections!

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 😁.

New Plugged into EA podcast episode was recorded today: Summer roadtrips, books and music. Interviewed and recorded by the Reading Leaders. With two of our staff and two of our pupils. A huge amount of fun!

Our new Anderson's Care Home reading group for the new session. #communityreadingproject #ReadingSchool. The S4s are here!

What a fabulous visit from St Sylvester's Primary pupils today: completing their book challenge and enjoying some transition fun.

Olivia and Chloe in Novelties Book Club share the new poster of recommended reads. On display in the public library soon.

Today, our next door neighbours came for a visit: Bishopmill P7 pupils. What fabulous talks about favourite books and enthusiasm too 😊!

Some of our amazing Reading Leaders and the fantastic poster created by Mabel. The Reading Leaders meet every Tuesday and are a great illustration of #TeamEA in action! The seniors on the Reading Leaders Team are on study leave. All the best to them in their exams 👏.

Sunny Seafield Primary School P7 pupils: poster challenge, book chat and getting to know their new library. #transitionfun.

Curling up with your bestie and your book #bliss. #readingthrone #relax #read.

Transition fun with P7 pupils from West End Primary School today: challenges, chats, beanbags and books!

60 countries. 5 continents. 4 years. 46000 miles. All in our May Teacher Feature - from the Reading Leaders - with Mr Fraser in the Design & Tech department.

*NEW* Story Stones. Created by Novelties Book Club and now on display.

New book talks begin today for S1: Where in Scotland? Some of the writers featured here. Maps will feature!

It was great to welcome P7 pupils from East End Primary School. They shared their book to film posters and enjoyed the beanbags, the books and browsing in their new school library. #transitionfun.

It is great to see the library being so well used during #SQAexams. ##studysupport #space #resources #revision #welcome.

We are missing the seniors in Novelties Book Club (study leave) but lots happening as always. Creating story stones, grabbing new bookmarks, sharing #greatreads and fun!

All the best to our Leavers. Huge thanks to the amazing S6s who gave their time and fun to all the library programmes and activities. Lots of giggles, chats and good times this session. Go and do your thing!

New S2 book talks will focus on awesome, amazing books and writers. All on the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shortlist. Exciting, thought-provoking, funny, witty, wonderful and #greatreads!