9. Criteria for engagement
Working with children ages 0 – 12 years and their families
Working with schools more than a mile from a library
Working with council/partner nurseries more than 0.7 miles from library
Working more intensively with schools in the 0 – 10% SIMD data zones
Supporting communities including events and gala days
Providing a programme of holidays activities for children and families
10. A family centred approach across
Renfrewshire
Through the promotion of reading and storytelling sessions, children and
young people will develop a love of books and reading
Involvement of children in play sessions
Parents and carers will be supported to interact and play with their
children and increase their awareness of the benefits of play
Parents and carers will have access to information, advice and support
through the mobile service staff and partners
Outcomes
11. Tackling Poverty in Renfrewshire
The gap between children from low-income families and
high-income household starts early. By age five, there is
a gap of ten months in problem solving development
and 13 months in vocabulary.
Supporting parents to encourage early language
development and literacy skills in their child’s early
years would have a significant impact on narrowing the
attainment gap.
Deliver tailored interventions in schools to address the
gap, with specific focus on literacy skills and parental
involvement.
Report of Renfrewshire’s Tackling Poverty Commission
13. Literacy Programme Schools
Work with schools in the 0-10% SIMD data
zones to provide a range of activities to
promote literacy and library services
Visit for one day per week over a term and
one evening to promote bedtime reading
sessions
14. School Attainment Challenge Fund
•5 Schools in Renfrewshire received funding in 2015/16, more in
next 2 years
St David’s 4 years programme to raise standards in literacy and
numeracy and close attainment gap
•Programme of Family engagement – Play in the Park, Bookbug,
Lego Storytelling
•A number of schools want to work in partnership with us
15. Bedtime Reading
‘Excellent, the boys found it exciting and really enjoyed it,
it encouraged them to get interested in books.’
16. Play
‘Play comes in many forms. It can be active, passive,
solitary, independent, assisted, social, exploratory,
educational or just for fun. Moreover, it can happen
indoors or outdoors, it can be structured, creative,
messy, entirely facilitated by the imagination or can
involve using the latest gadget.’ (Play Strategy for
Scotland, 2013)
3029 children took part in our play
sessions
787 adults took part in our play sessions
17. Play in the Park
Comment from parent
‘Great idea combining fun and exercise – good for the mums
as well as kids and once kids are older there are not many
organised activities that combine both.’
19. Early Years Local Learning Community
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Picture courtesy of the Paisley Daily Express
20. 28% of parents in Renfrewshire with children
under 3 do not read to their children
(Dartington Social Research Unit)
4,718children have come onboard for story telling sessions
8,972 books borrowed (April 2015 – September 2016)
22. Bookbug
Primary 1
gifting
• 650 pupils will receive their Primary 1 bags at
Skoobmobile gifting sessions (21 schools)
• CPD session with teachers & library staff
• Every Child a Library Member membership
forms
23. Schools Partnership
• Stronger relationship with Education
• Literacy Development Officer link
• Involved in Read Write Count planning
• Raising Attainment
• First Minister’s Reading Challenge
• School Development Plans
24. Other Partners
Picture courtesy of the Paisley Daily Express
•Families First (Early Years Neighbourhood Family
Support Service)
•Family Nurse Partnership
•Health Improvement Team
•Refugee Services
25. Bookbug encourages parents and children to
share books together from birth. Bookbug
sessions help to build confidence and social skills
and give a child’s speech and language
development a real boost. All children receive a
Bookbug pack at 4 key stages. Bookbug is run
nationally by Scottish Book Trust.
‘My daughter loved the sessions, we read to her every night. She really enjoyed
teaching us the songs.’
‘Both Anna and I really enjoyed attending Bookbug at nursery together. I would really
have loved this to be an ongoing thing at nursery and not just for the block.’
‘Fabulous idea, my daughter loved this and was so excited each Friday for session.’
26. Developing library services
•Every Child a Library Member
•Sharing best practice /activity plans
•Evaluate all our programmes
•Dedicated children’s team
•Appealing Skoobs brand
•Break down barriers (real or perceived)
•Increase in new members / book borrowing
27. Challenges
Secure funding beyond March 2017
Setting priorities in order to manage demand
Build sustainability
Tackling Poverty
Working together to tackle attainment gap
28. Contact details
Skoobmobile
c/o Foxbar Library, Ivanhoe Road, Paisley PA2 0JX
Tel: 0141 618 6190
Email: skoobmobile@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Pauline Simpson, Skoobmobile Co-ordinator
Email: pauline.simpson@renfrewshire.gov.uk
Andrew Givan, Children and Families Development Co-ordinator
Email: andrew.givan@renfrewshire.gov.uk
www.renfrewshirelibraries.co.uk
Notes de l'éditeur
Introduction
Take you on whistle stop tour of the Skoobmobile out What we do, who we visit, what we’ve achieved and where we’re going
Launched April 2015
Skoobmobile – name
Visit figures
2 mobile libraries couldn't meet demand from schools
Play Talk Read bus - successful engagement - Renfrewshire wanted its own
Early Years and libraries redesign service to create play, read, discover and learn bus
Funded by Renfrewshire Leisure, and Renfrewshire Council Early Years Fund
Describe the bus, lift, awning
Books, smartscreen, ipads, wifi on board, area for partners
Seated area, removable table, storage cupboards
Skoobmobile team – Jimi McGuigan, Deborah Coulter, Pauline Simpson, Laurence Doherty.
Children and Families Mobile Workers – previously Library Assistant / Mobile Drivers
Early Years funding –
Co-ordinator
Playworker
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24 schools are more than a mile from a library.
21 nurseries are more 0.7 miles from their local library.
Renfrewshire Early Years Strategy Operational Plan
Report states – “The multiple hits of economic recession, austerity measures and negative elements of welfare reform have all combined to make things worse for people on low incomes. People experiencing poverty often face a ‘perfect storm’ of low paid employment opportunities, a rise in zero hours contracts, cuts to benefits and a harsher regime of benefit sanctions.”
21% of children in Renfrewshire live in poverty – 7,000 children
Libraries Change Lives Finalists
Good experience, recommend. Appiness winners last year
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Working with schools in the 0 – 10% SIMD data zones to provide a range of activities to promote literacy and library services.
We work with the schools for one day per week over a term and one evening to promote our bedtime reading sessions
We offer a wide range of activities and allow the Head Teacher to tailor the programme to meet the needs of their school
Auchenlodment – whole school (every pupil onboard once)
St David’s – whole school (every pupil onboard every week) Bookbug, book borrowing
Mossvale – Primary 4 and 5 (every week) 10 mins reading in class/book borrowing and Lego storytelling
St Charles – primary 4 and 5 onboard for 4 sessions each. Promoting a enthusiasm for books using fiction, non fiction, ipads and augmented reality apps and books.
St Catherine’s
Gallowhill primary and nursery with the main focus on the nursery and primary 1.
At the end of the engagement pupils, teachers and the head teacher are asked what they of the engagement along with Skoobmobile staff and it is presented in a report.
Our sessions are simple, relaxed and informal. Children and their parents are invited to :
listen to a bedtime story
Take part in craft/play activity
Snack (milk or water for children, tea/coffee for adults, toast or pancake)
Choose a book to take home and record in the reading diary how often the story is read
By the end of a block (average 6 weeks) children have everything they need for a good bedtime routine
Library bag with toothbrush and toothpaste provided by ChildSmile, booklet about health snacks for children, tips on bedtime reading from the Scottish book trust and they also collect incentives every week which include a free family swim pass from Renfrewshire Leisure, a Teddy bear to cuddle and a book and certificate on the last week.
Re worked our reading diary to include counting elements to tie in with the Read, Write , Count campaign – to include counting elements
Evaluate – ask the parents to fill out an evaluation form which asks about both child and parent enjoyment of the sessions.
Supporting bigger bedtime reading programme at Todholm
The Skoobmobile has a wide range of toys, arts and crafts materials and games for children and families to explore. We also have an onboard computer and tablet, 12 portable ipads, onboard wi-fi and 4 laptops which we are now using for our first coding club and we will shortly be starting Lego robotics classes.
I am only going to talk about 2 of our play sessions because of time.
We introduced Play in the Park in October 2015. We encourage families to join us onboard at local parks or green spaces to listen to a story and then we go on an activity trail round the park which is connected to the story. The Skoobmobile staff have already set up the trail with the consent of our parks department or Renfrewshire Leisure depending on who owns the space.
Visit parks and families join us onboard to listen to story and complete outdoor activity trail / treasure hunt connected to the story.
Examples - Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson in October and Never tickle a tiger by Pamela Butchart (P1 book gifting)The sessions have taken place in Shanks Park in Johnstone, Durrockstock Park in Foxbar and Barshaw Park in Paisley.
We have purchased Ponchos for aboth adult and children in case of rain and pedometers so that children can count their steps around the park which is to tie in with the Read, Write, Count campaign.
St David’s Attainment Challenge Fund bid – planning a literacy trail at Thomas Shanks Park, The school aims to encourage parents, pupils and staff to become partners in planning, researching and accessing funding independently to develop the local park to become a more literacy rich environment
We use a combination of Lego Education Kits, Lego Learn2Learn kits and ordinary lego building blocks.
Children work together to create stories from Lego or work independently
The lessons are designed to fit in with the curriculum for excellence and get the children using a wide range of skills including literacy, language, communication, science, team working , community and digital literacy
A story starter is given and participants are asked to finish the story by using their imagination.
Lego Family Story sessions with St David’s Primary to deliver this as part of their School Challenge Attainment Fund. This will involve us creating a new programme based on books and traditional fairy tales and historical events. Tie in with the Paisley 2021 by including aspects of Paisley’s History such as the Paisley Witch Trials, Benston / Quarrelton Pit Disasters. (working with Heritage team)
Our partnership to promote reading - The Early Years Local Learning Community (3 local Paisley Primary schools and 8 feeder nurseries). Over 400 children took part in the reading challenge in the nursery and onboard the Skoobmobile. We organised a World Book Day celebration at the Paisley Town Hall and contacted Scottish Book Trust who kindly donated £2000 pounds worth of books Parents attended Bookbug Sessions at St Charles which were led by the Skoobmobile Playworker, with approx 15 parents attending every week.
112 children joined up for library membership.
From November Numeracy Challenge – same schools but including P1 over 600 children. Use Read Write Count resources – Beebots.
Promote a love of reading
Number of kids attending storytelling sessions
Number of books borrowed - wide range available - audio, dyslexia, EAL
Quote from Aidan Page, age 8: "I thought this is the best library bus and it was really fun and amazing so I want you to come back!"
Renfrewshire Libraries Summer Reading Challenge Award
Booster Cushion
St Charles 17 in 2015, 50 in 2016 (194 per cent increase)
Todholm 11 in 2015, 136 in 2016, (1,136 per cent increase) 56 completed (41 per cent)
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The whole ethos of the Skoobmobile is to work in partnership with a variety of organisations and to give out information about local services.
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Partnership with Scottish Book Trust
Staff trained - taking Bookbug into schools and community settings - 114 family Bookbug sessions
P1 gifting and develop offer for Explorer Bag Gifting
Train the Trainer programme – building capacity
Partnership with Scottish Book Trust – supported EYLC, Blog posts
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We are not a static service one of the challenges we have is trying to build sustainability into what we do.
That can include going back to communities that we have worked with previously to continue engagement or to roll out our programme to libraries. For example our bedtime reading sessions we are just fine tuning our programme and then we will be able to support libraries / early years establishments in areas of deprivation to do their own sessions so that we can reach more families.
Tackling Poverty - The geography of poverty has changed. Poverty is less concentrated in ‘deprived neighbourhoods’ than it has been previously, meaning some of the area-based ways of looking at poverty, such as the Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation, can no longer give us a full picture of where poverty is being experienced in our communities. 30% of kids in Paisley North West , 13% in Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, Langbank – how do we address this?
Working with range of partners to support Raising Attainment agenda
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