School Library Service
The School Library Service is a cost-effective way of
ensuring that schools have access to up to date educational
materials through the leasing of specialist services and providing
support for learning through high quality resources for both pupils
and teachers. In addition to the resources below, other
items include play sets, story sacks and author packs.
How to access the service
The service is only available to those schools that have
subscribed to a Service Level Agreement and you will need to
complete the relevant order form.
Resources
Fiction loans
Fiction titles are available for all ages and are colour-banded
to aid selection. More details are available on the fiction order form.
Project loans
Need a collection of books to support your history, science and
numeric work? We have a wide selection of books covering all
aspects of the National Curriculum subjects at key stages 1, 2 and
3. All you need to do is complete a project loan form.
Class reader sets
We can supply you with reading sets to support the National
Literacy Strategy. These consist of fiction at key stages 1, 2 and
3. This list is updated annually and suggestions for additions are
always welcome. Reading sets need to be ordered on a project loan form with the
title requested and number of copies required.
Big books
An extensive collection of big book titles is available. You
need to indicate which key stage you need and if you have any
special requirements i.e. non-fiction. Again these need to be
ordered on a project loan form.
Stories on CD
A selection of stories on CD is available to use with reading
sets. Please consult the class reader list to find range of titles
and order on a project loan form.
DVDs
A range of DVDs are available to support the National Literacy
Strategy and National Curriculum. Titles in stock can be found on
the DVD list and need to be ordered on a project loan form.
Poetry
Collections of poetry books are available at key stages 1, 2 and
3. These will be tailor made to your requirements.
School talks
We are happy to visit schools to give talks about books to
children as well as allowing classes to visit our libraries to
introduce them to the facilities we hold within Knowsley.
Activities include:
- Introduction to the public library through a class visit
- Introduction to ICT facilities in the public library through
our computer suites
- Information skills workshops delivered in the public library or
school
- Local history workshops
- Author visits
