Events

Elizabeth Hutchinson, Head of Guernsey Schools' Library Service, will be presenting School librarian and teacher collaboration: Finding the hook to engage on Wednesday 24 April.

Darryl Toerien, Head of Library at Oakham School, and David Harrow, Deputy Head (Academic) at Oakham School, will be presenting Information literacy: Necessary but not sufficient for 21st century learning on Thursday 25 April. The presentation may be downloaded from

Darryl Toerien will be presenting an overiew of FOSIL on Tuesday 25 June. "The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), the Higher Project (HPQ) and the Foundation Project (FPQ) provide excellent contexts for teaching students across the full age range to learn

Darryl Toerien will be presenting An overview of support for the Extended Project on Tuesday 9 July (10:30-12:30).

Darryl Toerien, Head of Library at Oakham School, and Chris Foster, Head of Student Research at Oakham School, will be presenting Future-proofing students through inquiry on Saturday 20 July.

Darryl will be presenting on FOSIL to all staff from Castel Primary School and Forest Primary School on 8 October, and will be running workshops with Elizabeth Hutchinson for SLS staff, as well as primary and secondary teachers on 9

Darryl will be presenting on FOSIL to members of Senior Leadership from Copthill School and Highfields School.

Darryl will be presenting on The FOSIL Group - Think globally, act locally - as part of  Librarians Reaching Out Across the World.

Darryl will be delivering a keynote: Between the classroom and the library ... Ivan Illich argued that the principal lesson School teaches is the need to be ‘taught’. While ‘this’ lesson may not be intentional, it is almost inevitable in

Darryl will be presenting on FOSIL at the SLARI Inspiration Literacy: Inquiry Based Learning and Philosophy in the Library Conference. Seymour Papert – central to revolutions in child development, AI and computational technologies for education – highlighted that it is

Darryl will be presenting Not letting the technological tail wag the educational dog: the case for a framework of inquiry skills at JCS 2019. As Marshall McLuhan famously said, “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” This

Elizabeth Hutchinson will be delivering a Regional Training Course for the School Library Association. Using Inquiry to Engage Teachers Across the Curriculum If the workforce is to be future proofed education systems in the UK must be designed to equip

Darryl will attending the midyear meeting at the Roma Tre University Department of Education Science as UK representative on the Standing Committee for School Libraries. The theme of the meeting is The Evolving Concept of a School Library and Its

David Deutsch said that in a world where knowledge is growing exponentially, the tools for acquiring and interpreting that knowledge must be at least as important as the actual knowledge itself. This growing challenge for schools is an unprecedented opportunity

The IFLA School Library Guidelines are clear that without a pedagogical program - a planned, comprehensive offering of teaching and learning activities - a qualified school library professional, which is the most critical condition for an effective school library program,