Speyside High School Website

In addition to class time, the library is also open in the morning, at interval and

The2010 Inter-house Quiz was won by Rinnes. Well done to everyone who took part.

The Army Careers Officer visits the library every term from 1.15 - 1.50 pm and is available to talk to any pupil who has an interest in the army.

The library has 8 computers for pupils and staff use. These can be booked in advance and this is advised during busy times of the academic year.

The computers are available for reacreational use at lunchtimes only but priority will be given to pupils who wish to use them for classwork or homework.

(The library sells a small selection of stationery, including floppy discs.)

Lunchtimes in the Library

The library is open at lunchtime from 1.15 - 1.50 pm. Pupils are welcome to come to read books and magazines, use the computers, draw, or play boardgames.

Useful websites - find out which books are popular, read reviews by other teenagers, what are the latest best sellers and lots more.

Achuka - Click Here	Cool Reads - Click Here	UK Children's Books - Click Here
Book Box - Click Here	Roald Dahl - Click Here	Lovereading4kids - Click Here

Inter-House Quiz - on the last Friday of every month, pupils from all year groups are invited to come along and earn points for their house. A trophy will be awarded to the winner in June.

Reading Club - on Wednesdays, members of the group meet in the library at 1.15 pm (or 1.50 pm with a packed lunch). We discuss books, play games, watch DVDs and take part in the Grampian Childrens Book Award. If you enjoy reading, please come along.

The Grampian Childrens Book Award - from November to May, members of the Reading Club, along with other S1 - S3 pupils in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray, read and reviewed the short-listed books for the award, took part in competitions and finally, voted for the winner. On May 14th, the Club, along with S1 pupils, attended the award ceremony in Elgin where the winner was revealed.

Nearly 300 pupils from all over Grampian filled Elgin Town Hall. Although none of the short listed authors were able to attend, pupils had a fantastic afternoon as they listened to Catherine MacPhail, Keith Charters, Anne MacLeod and Gillian Philip talk about their books and their writing. Pupils had an opportunity to get their books signed and talk to the authors at the end. Speyside High School pupils were also among the day's winners. Katherine Duty, S1, won a raffle prize (a fleece donated by the publishers of Ways to Live Forever) and Isla van der Heiden, S2, won 2nd prize in the poster competition and also gave an excellent reading from Lucky Star.

The winner of the Grampian Children's Book Award 2009 is Derek Landy, for his book Skulduggery Pleasant. In his acceptance message he said,

"For all of you who voted for Skulduggery, thank you so much, I really appreciate it. For all of you who didn’t vote for Skulduggery, allow me a moment to be quietly smug. Thanks to everyone for this honour. I always wanted to win an award named after a mountain, and finally I have achieved my dream. Thank you."

More more information about Derek Landy, have a look at his website -

www.skulduggerypleasant.com/us/

For more information about the Grampian Childrens Book Award, please click here.

Careers Library

(Please ask the librarian if you need any help)

The library has an extensive range of careers resources, many of which can be borrowed by pupils.

Prospectuses for Scottish universities and colleges

UCAS information, including How to Fill in Your Application Form

Student finance and bursaries

Careers in Scotland

Real Life Careers Guides series - useful information on selected careers

Careers Uncovered series - useful information on selected careers

Careers 2009 - profiles on over 600 different occupations

General careers information

Various books on how to prepare for interviews, write CVs and letters

Gap Year information

Useful websites:

The Army Careers Officer visits the school library during lunchtime each term to chat to pupils who may be interested in a career in the armed forces.

Mr Roddy Innes (Careers Scotland) is available one day a week for career planning interviews. Contact your Guidance Teacher to arrange an appointment. Alternatively, he can be contacted at -

Roddy Innes

Skills Development Scotland

Careers Scotland

7 Commerce Street

Elgin

IV30 1RD

Tel 01340 548884

Useful Revision Sites

Standard Grade	BBC Bitesize
	A Hotlist on Revision Websites (aimed at GCSE but still useful)

Higher	BBC Bitesize

Advanced Higher	Pinakes (a Subject Launchpad on the Herriot Watt website - useful for research topics)

General	Channel 4 Learning (includes a section on study skills)
	Homework Elephant
	S-cool Revision