At the end of my second year in the library, I have a little practice in finding resources for students and teachers. However, I’m not complacent in the fact that I have a long way to go to be truly efficient at finding ideal resources. Before this however I have needed to be proactive to assist teachers as some tend to ‘google’ their next topic to locate resources for curriculum units of work. (Who hasn’t!) Another area where teachers are finding resources is teacher published sites e.g. TeachersPayTeachers and twinkl. They tend to be very worksheet based and although there are some freebies, most are for a small fee. As good as these are for occasional use, I have found they do narrow down the scope of resource use and often tend to ignore the range of digital tools available.
Unit: How has our local area changed? (Stage 2)
- Collaborate with teachers teaching the unit to determine any specific queries/requests they may have.
- Oliver search for what is in our school library. Fiction and non-fiction.
- Local library website and online resources.
- Local council website-history of our area, significant sites, photographs.
- Local paper archives (online)
- School archives-photographs of opening and early classes/events of our school.
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