Using the LRC – A Guide for

New Staff

September 2014

Contents Welcome to the LRC – A Guide for New Staff .................................................................................. 3

Accommodation, Skills & Availability ................................................................................................... 3

Book Stock ..................................................................................................................................................... 3

Online Resources ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Services ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

Rodborough’s Carnegie Shadowing Team ready for the buzzer round in the

Waverley Federation Cup July 2014

LRC Staff Michelle Armstrong-Harris LRC Manager Mrs Jackie Simmons LRC Assistant Mrs Sherryn Crucefix Star Reader Coordinator

Mrs Jenny Stenning Homework Club Supervisor

September 2014

Welcome to the LRC – A Guide for New Staff

I would like to extend a warm welcome to all staff members. You are all automatically members of the library and are most welcome from Day 1.

Please collect our leaflet, ‘Rodborough LRC’ which will be given to new students during their first term in Year 7. Whilst written for a Year 7 audience, the leaflet will answer most of your questions.

Accommodation, Skills & Availability

The LRC is staffed from the beginning of the school day (after briefing) until 4:30pm (4.15pm on Friday). We are here to help and support you, the staff, as much as the pupils. Please make time to come into the LRC and speak to Michelle Armstrong-Harris (LRC Manager) or Jackie Simmons (LRC Assistant) so that we can be aware of how we can best help you. We will show you the resources relevant to your department, and discuss any additional resources that would be of use in the future. Please discuss potential projects with us in advance as collaborative planning provides a better product! Please always advise us when you plan any research (using books, internet or ephemera) for your classes so that skills may be reinforced, built on and mapped. The LRC has flexible accommodation. One class can comfortably spread out for project work or, at a pinch, two classes can work side-by side (if a little cramped). This may suit a ‘team teaching’ approach. The tables can, by prior arrangement, be removed to accommodate around 85 in a ‘theatre style’ looking towards the interactive whiteboard (which can screen video / DVD/ live television / Youtube clips etc. The LRC also houses four desk top computers and a small number of laptops. We manage the bookings for the four adjacent ICT suites. Please use the straightforward booking system (yellow/green A3 booking form on the desk). We aim to be as flexible as possible, so do ask if you have any proposals or last-minute plans. Small numbers of ‘ad hoc’ students can be sent to the LRC clutching a note signed by you. This will be for private study or reading (please do NOT send students to the LRC as punishment – there are school systems for this)! In the very unlikely event of the LRC being too busy to accommodate them they will be returned to you with the time and reason added to your note. Pupils whose behaviour falls short of what is expected within the LRC will be reminded of our expectations. Those that do not respond to the reminder will be returned to lessons (details on permission slip).

Book Stock The non-fiction section is stocked to reflect curriculum demand. PLEASE check before assuming something is there! The extensive fiction section is chosen to provide stimulating reading matter for all our students and also contains a number of titles purchased with adults in mind. Our Year 7 and 8 students engage in the STAR Reading Programme and should have a suitable reading book in their bag at all times. Please ask Sherryn Crucefix if you would like to find out more about this scheme.

Admin Pupils use the LRC in their own time during break and lunch and after school (no after school on Fridays). You are always welcome in the LRC at any time (especially from 3:30-4:30 Mon-Fri to mark books or work in the computer room during homework club)

The telephone extension no. in the LRC is 128.

September 2014

Online Resources We subscribe to Issues Online as well as some subject related online resources. If you are considering a subscription to an online resource please check with me as it may be possible to obtain significant discounts (up to 80%) through JISC. All Year 7, 8 & 9 students have been asked to join their local public library and to bring their library number into school. This provides free access to the excellent online encyclopaedias World Book Kids and World Book Student. I would strongly recommend that all staff become Surrey Library members (if they are not already) to take advantage of this multimedia resource – we used to subscribe as a school but get it free via this route! It is possible to join Surrey Library free online. Links to online resources can be found on Open Hive.

Services The LRC serves as the ‘service centre’ for the school. If you have any school queries we will do our best to help. We offer a colour printing, laminating and binding service to pupils and to staff and also ‘tacky-back’ books. These services all incur charges – please see current tariff at the desk and on Open Hive

Cameras We have four digital cameras that we lend to staff (and occasionally to responsible pupils). We do our best to ensure that batteries are always ready to go but booking in advance is best! Please always download photos (or ask us to do it for you) into the Staff/Departments/Photos folder. School photos should NOT be stored in personal areas or department areas as others won’t be able to find them for whole school purposes (prospectus, open evening, assemblies etc). Please include pupils’ Year Group in the file name to help with archiving. A number of departments have clubbed together to purchase 19 video cameras. Please ask if you would like to book these out and please give us enough notice to charge them for you. Editing software is available in room 702. Please ask if you require training.

Chronicles Our school magazine is The Chronicles, which is published at the end of each half term. Articles should be of no more than 300 words and should be submitted to Caroline Howick with at least one suitable image within 3 days of the event taking place. Your event can then enjoy pride of place on the big screens and on our new website before going to print in Chronicles.

If there is any way that we can improve our service please let us know – we are not easily offended! Michelle Armstrong-Harris LRC Manager