London Branch

Chair: Linda Kelley
E-Mail: Linda.Kelley@spgs.org
Tel:
Secretary: Nikki Packer
E-Mail:sla.london_secretary@hotmail.com
Tel: 020 7291 7008

Branch Newsletters

Spring 2010 Newsletter (Adobe PDF, 82 KB)
May 2009 Newsletter (Adobe PDF, 128 KB)

Branch Events

SLA: London Branch - Annual General Meeting and Storytelling Workshop

Tuesday 22^nd June
At Bow School of Maths and Computing
Paton Close, Fairfield Road, London E3 2QD
(nearest tube - Bow Road, nearest station Bow Church DLR)Starting at 1.30 pm (a light lunch will be provided) and finishing no later than 5pm (refreshments will be provided during the afternoon

Annual General Meeting: 2pm - 2.25 pm
Any agenda items for the AGM are to be submitted to Linda Kelley (linda.kelley@spgs.org or phone 020 7605 4809) by 15^th June. If you are interested in joining the committee please contact Linda for further information.

Storytelling Workshop: 2.30pm -5pm
Our Speaker, Alma Simpson, is a professional storyteller who began her career as a teacher and has had experience of working with a Librarian to set up a successful storytelling club in her school. The workshop will demonstrate the value of storytelling, and give us the confidence and enthusiasm to set up a group of our own. There will be an opportunity to put Alma's advice into practice and try our hands at storytelling ourselves.

This event is free to attend.
Non-SLA members are welcome (but will not be able to vote at the AGM) - please bring a friend!
Please confirm your attendance and any dietary requirements by 7^th June 2010, via e-mail to sla.london_secretary@hotmail.com or telephone Nikki Packer on 0207 291 7008

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The first meeting of the London Branch of the School Library Association was held at St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, London W6 7BS on Thursday March 12^th 2009.It was followed by our speaker Tricia Adams (Director of the School Library Association) speaking on "Learning Friendly Libraries"

The PowerPoint presentation and references from Tricia Adams' talk are available below for download by SLA members.
Learning Friendly Libraries presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint file, 2.6 MB)References for Learning Friendly Libraries presentation (Adobe PDF, 14 KB)

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24 September 2010
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