Place:

Saxon Mill, Guys Cliffe, Warwick, CV34 5YN

Date:

23^rd September 2008

Time:

9:00am to 4:00pm

Cost:

£100 for schools subscribing to Learning Resources & Advice Service, £120 for non-subscribers, to include lunch

Target Audience:

Literacy co-ordinators, Teachers, School Librarians with a responsibility for broadening and developing students reading

This conference will feature a guest appearance by internationally acclaimed author Morris Gleitzman and will look at the differences in boys reading, how to succeed with boys reading groups, reading recovery schemes. The conference is a partnership between Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire School Library Services.

Place:

Solihull Central Library, Homer Road, Solihull, B91 3RG

Date:

2^nd October 2008

Time:

4:30 to 6.30pm

Cost:

FREE

Target Audience:

Literacy co-ordinators, Teachers, School Librarians with a responsibility for broadening and developing students reading

Join staff from Solihull Libraries to look at a selection of the best books first published over the past year and put forward recommendations for the CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for 2009.

Place:

Hobs Moat Library (near the Ice Rink), Ulleries Road, Solihull, B92 8EB

Date:

1^st October 2008

Time:

9:30am to 3:15pm

Cost:

£80 including lunch

Target Audience:

Anyone undertaking display work in school or early years settings.

This course demonstrates quick and easy methods to enhance your display techniques in very easy stages. A very practical hands-on course packed full of wonderful ideas to create visually exciting displays in minutes, using cheap and readily available materials that will transfer to a wide range of display opportunities. You will discover simple and effective solutions to make learning environments exciting and interactive.

Place:

Studio Theatre, Solihull Arts Complex, Homer Road, Solihull, B91 3RG

Date:

16^th October 2008

Time:

10.00am to 1.00pm for existing users and 1.30 to 3.00pm for potential users

Cost:

£10.00 

Target Audience:

Headteachers, Teachers, School Librarians, members of staff with a responsibility for the primary school library

Staff from MicroLibrarian Systems will demonstrate new features and how to get the best out of the Junior Librarian system to existing users in the morning and demonstrate the system to potential buyers in the afternoon.

Place:

Tudor Grange School, Dingle Lane, Solihull, B91 3PD

Date:

21^st October 2008

Time:

9.30am to 11.30am

Cost:

FREE

Target
Audience:

School Librarians and members of staff with a responsibility for the primary school library

An opportunity to network with colleagues, share issues and good practice and be briefed on developments in the school library sector.

Place:

Sharmans Cross Junior School, Sharmans Cross Road, Solihull, B91 1PH

Date:

23^rd October 2008

Time:

9.30am to 11.30am

Cost:

FREE

Target
Audience:

School Librarians and members of staff with a responsibility for the primary school library

An opportunity to network with colleagues, share issues and good practice and be briefed on developments in the school library sector.