Bearsden Academy Library

The Shortlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing is here! 📖 With subversive storytelling, reimagined folklore, and inventive verse and chronology, this shortlist has a story for everyone. 📚 Congratulations to the talented writers. carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortlist…

The #Genreofthemonth for February is (obviously) Romance and Romantasy! Check out the great recommendations from our Library Ambassadors for S1-S3s. #romance #lovestories #fantasyromance #romantasy

#nationalliteracytrust #nationalreadingchampionsquiz #nrcq2026

Don’t worry the S6s were provided lots of snacks (including home made cupcakes) as fuel/ encouragement/ bribery! Thank you to the 22 wonderful S6s who gave 3 hours of their time to help run this great initiative for S1-S3s. Miss McCulloch couldn’t have done it without you!

As well as taking part in the #NRCquiz2026 with the @literacy_trust , Bearsden coordinates for the North and West of Scotland. Meaning that all 19 teams taking part sent their answers in to us, our wonderful S6 library ambassadors were marking them and updating the scores live!

Congrats to Thea, Ronja, Akshara, Bryn, Ariana, Holly, Cal, and Harris - you made us proud! #nrcq2026 @alcs_uk #thenationalliteracytrust #nationalreadingchampionsquiz #nrcquiz2026

Our Advanced Higher English students have recommended their favourite books for all to read. Check them out for reading in this cold, dark and wet season! #bookrecommendations #advancedhigherenglish

Last Thursday our Advanced Higher English class had a tour of Glasgow University Library and spent time working on our dissertations. Thanks to the staff at @uofglibrary for the opportunity to visit and explore the 2.5million books they have! #advancedhigherenglish #libraryvisit

We all love them soo much! Thanks Ottie! #librarylife #libraryambassadors #librarydecorations

Amazingly talented Library Ambassador Ottie decorated fake book stacks with genres over the last few weeks to help brighten the library!

Our ‘genre of the month’ for September is Historical fiction. Here are our recommendations for S1-S3 for reading this month from our amazing Library Ambassadors Holly, Skylaar and Mollie. #historicalfiction #basedinthepast #bookrecommendations #genreofthemonth

The library ambassadors give a great library tour 🤣 The library is open Monday-Friday, books are free, and the librarian is available to answer questions from everyone! #librarylife

It’s official: Library periods are the best. This year’s Library Ambassadors are already hard at work promoting the library, reading and literacy. Make sure to follow the Library social media to see all their adventures. #library #librarylove #librarylessons #libraryambassadors

Thanks to @ReadingAgency and @HarperCollinsCh for the copies. It was a great read to end the year. @cakesthebrain #TheFirstKidinSpace #studentopinions #readandreview

Our last book club book of this year was the hilarious “The First Kid in Space” by Tom Mitchell. Our members recommend this to anyone who likes funny stories, adventure, things that go wrong, and a hero you can relate to.

Top thoughts were that we liked that the characters imagination came true, the focus on the power of friendship, and that it was funny but with a good message. #aflashofneon #bookclubreads #readandreview #studentopinions

Thanks to @readingagency and @LittleTigerUK for our copies of “A Flash of Neon” by Sophie Cameron. Our junior book club read this in May and had a great time all reading the same book and discussing it.

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: Margaret McDonald, @natelessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-a…

Thanks to @readingagency and @johnmurrays for our lovely copy of “Ocean” by David Attenborough. Our S6 ambassadors have enjoyed using the book to explore how we can help protect our planet. 🌍 🐟🌊🐬🐳#Ocean

Some of our super S3s helped with our #PrideMonth display. Creating info about famous LGBTQ people throughout history as well as choosing books that celebrate everything that Pride embodies. #readtherainbow #lgbtqia #pride