Today the library hosted its first Scottish themed lunchtime to support the @HCJuniorSchool Burns Bonanza month! Pupils could - Make unicorns - Complete Scottish animal jigsaws - Draw what a glisk was - Answer the question - what is your favourite Scottish animal?

For the past few weeks, learners from #hamiltonj4 all the to #hamiltons4 have been busy making Book Angels and Trees in the library - using books that were damaged/unloved. Here is one of our J4 pupils proudly showing off her angel after five lunchtimes of dedicated folding!

@scottishbktrust For @BookWeekScot this year we launched our Junior School Reading Challenge- this year with the theme of Adventure! Pupils complete the challenge and bring in a map circle with their name on it. This then gets displayed in our Reading Tree in the library.

The latest batch of children's and YA fiction to go to our staff room! This will allow staff to access contemporary and interesting children's books and is a great way to find the next favourite read! #readingschools @scottishbktrust

This week our #hamiltonj2 read the brilliant book Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell. They learned about the life cycle of pumpkins and will be seeing what happens as Pumpkin Melvil goes through his own life cycle!

This week our #hamiltonj5 started their Information Skills Olympics - four weeks of practising key information skills. All the pupils worked really hard on the tasks and used the traffic light cups to show when they needed some help. #informationliteracy #schoollibraries

Our October Break started with a #readinglunchtime for our #juniorschool pupils. Lots of pupils enjoyed a hot chocolate while reading a book - and some of the #hamiltonj5 even read to the #hamiltonj1 pupils so that everyone could enjoy a book and some delicious hot chocolate!

Our #hamiltonj1 have been voting on which book to read in the library and they picked one of Mrs Lane's favourites - The Littlest Yak by @_lufraser and Kate Hindley. Pupils used a grid to design their own pattern for Getie's hat!

Our #hamiltontransitus pupils have been looking at survival skills tying in with the book they are studying - A City Of Ember. This week pupils looked at ways of communicating non-verbally including morse code, sign language and semaphore.

Every Wednesday our #seniorschool pupils get to enjoy a read and a hot chocolate as part of our Reading Lunchtimes! It is great to see so many young people engage with books and enjoy talking about what they are reading.