Information for teachers

Boy at a reading event

Libraries can help teachers boost a young person’s love of books and reading through:

What is on offer from the Salford libraries and information service specialist children's team?

Holiday activities on specific themes
Support for the summer reading challenge
Reading groups for a specified period to promote wider and more challenging reading
Homework help support (including online resources)
Fiction promotions
Competitions to promote reading
Story-times
Group visits to facilitate book borrowing and research skills
Access to author, illustrator and poet sessions
School promotions to encourage joining and borrowing books

Would you like to book a class visit?

Please contact one of the members of the team to discuss ideas and to arrange any class visits:

Jennifer Abbott - 0161 211 7326 - Pendleton, Ordsall and Lower Kersal Library in Salford Sports Village
Lynne Ashworth - 0161 921 2370 - Swinton, Height and Clifton
Heidi Brotherton - 0161 211 7223 - Eccles, Winton and Hope
Sara Mountford - 0161 211 7152 - Walkden, Little Hulton, Worsley Village and Boothstown
Sue Smith - 0161 909 6548 - Broughton

Please contact Pamela Manley on 0161 778 0842 for all other areas, including Irlam and Cadishead.

The Schools' library service is also a dedicated resource for teachers in Salford.

This page was last updated on 2 November 2011