Wiltshire & Swindon Learning Resources

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Supporting Teaching and Learning through Quality and Value

Books Service - Introduction and Information

1: The Loan Service

Our loan service provides a wide range of carefully selected, up-to-date books, principally in the following types of collections:

Super Sixes - over 800 titles of fiction, non-fiction, poetry books and playscripts, in sets of six copies. To assist teachers, all Super Sixes are assigned a readability level using the Individualised Reading Scheme. Multiple sets of six are available for most titles.

Fiction collections - boxes of 20+ fiction and poetry books, arranged as:

general collections, carefully selected for use in specific school years.

themed collections, eg "Humour" or "Science Fiction" or selected for a specific group, such as reluctant older readers.

author collections, covering the work of a single author.

Topic book collections - typically, boxes of 15 to 20 non-fiction books covering all aspects of a selected topic. We offer around 170 different collections to support programmes of study at Key Stages 1 and 2 across most areas of the curriculum, including Modern Foreign Languages (French, Spanish, German) plus dual-language picture books in a range of other languages.

Other options - If none of the above suits your needs, our staff can create bespoke selections for you, or you can come in and choose books yourself. Here, in addition to the items above, we also have Big Books and a selection of story tapes and audio-books.

To select from our Super Sixes, Fiction and Topic Book catalogues, go back to WSLR Main Menu

2: Advisory Services

The Books Team also provides advice and practical help to support reading, literacy and the school library:

setting up and stocking a whole new library;

stock audits of library and classroom collections;

advice on selection and purchasing of books and practical help with stock maintenance, eg weeding and classification;

advice on library design and layout and help with organisation of resources including computerisation;

support for your plans and projects to encourage reading and library use.

Subscribing schools are entitled to a half-day review visit each year, at no extra charge. Additional time is chargeable, as is work undertaken for non-subscribing schools.

For further information please call the WSLR Books Team on 01225 713744.

Individualised Reading Scheme Information