Annual Review 2011/12 - Glasgow Life

26 Glasgow Life Annual Review 2011/12
Glasgow Libraries delivered more than 900
educational visits for schools, with 23,000
recorded attendances. These visits enable
children and young people to access
appropriate, quality assured information to
assist learning in school and provide active
learning opportunities beyond the classroom.
Further support is available from Homework
Clubs and there were 18 active clubs with
more than 3,100 attendances across the City.
Glasgow Libraries secured funding to support
60 author sessions via Live Literature (Scottish
Book Trust) to 63 schools in Glasgow. A total
of 19 authors/illustrators delivered the sessions
to more than 2,200 pupils and all support
materials were provided through the School
Library Service.
Glasgow Life is committed to ensuring that our
youngest citizens (and their parents or carers)
have the very best opportunity in their early
years. Supporting parents during a critical
time in a child’s life, helps to build a lifetime
of positive opportunities. In partnership with
the NHS and Glasgow City Council, we have
three programmes which are designed to help
with positive parenting, access to books and
libraries and physical activity.
Almost 63,000 attendances were recorded at
Bounce & Rhyme sessions, 3,400 attendances
at Toddler’s Tales and 700 attendances
at Triple P programmes in libraries across
Glasgow.
63,000 attendances
Scottish Book Trust supports access to book
gifting schemes through Bookbug where packs
of books are gifted to all children in Scotland
at key developmental milestones; six weeks,
18 months, three years old and upon entry to
primary school. Glasgow Libraries’ partnership
with Bookbug supports delivery of these packs
and more than 15,000 were distributed to
Education and Health partners last year.
To increase and improve literacy skills in the
City, every child born in Glasgow is provided
with a Get Glasgow Reading pack containing
materials promoting Glasgow Libraries.
During 2011/12 more than 7,300 packs were
distributed bringing the number of packs
distributed to 104,000 since the campaign was
launched in 2006.
Core programmes supporting children and
young people with access to reading activities
and positive reading and sharing experiences
are delivered weekly in libraries across the City.
Programmes include Story Times, aimed at
children aged 5 – 8 years and Library Clubs,
aimed at children aged 5 – 12 years. During
2011/12 almost 7,700 children attended Story
Times with a further 8,200 attendances at
Library Clubs.
In 2011/12 Glasgow Libraries participated in
the Chatterbooks pilot as part of a National
Reading Book Group campaign aimed at 8 –
12 year olds. The aim of the project is to assist
children to become more confident readers
and individuals through peer support and
shared learning. Hillhead and Ibrox Libraries
delivered 55 sessions with over 500 young
people attending.
The 2011 Annual Summer Reading
Challenge was themed Circus Stars and
engaged children in a range of book related
activities, reading challenges and incentives to
encourage continuous reading throughout the
summer weeks. More than 1,200 children took
part which is a 33% improvement compared
to 2010, and almost 8,100 books were read
during the challenge.
Glasgow Life provides a free transport
service, Class Connections, to all schools and
participating community groups in the City,
giving access to museums, libraries, arts and
sporting activities. During 2011/12, 238,000
children used this service.
CLASS
CONNECTIONS
238,000 USERS