The Purpose of Library Lessons
Library lessons are incredibly powerful. Lead by teacher librarians, they range across the full library curriculum, including supporting reading for pleasure and teaching information and digital literacy skills.
Lessons to Support Information Literacy
Information literacy includes the ability to find, evaluate, decode, use and communicate information sources and involves skills such as referencing, research, note taking and source evaluation. This is a core piece of the school library curriculum and underpins critical thinking and academic success.
Lessons to Support AI Literacy
Engaging with artificial intelligence requires a set of knowledge and skills that are perfectly aligned with the information and digital literacy skills that are core to library curriculum and teaching. These lesson ideas introduce students to AI and the skills needed to understand and navigate it.
Lessons to Support Reading
Supporting reading for pleasure is a key part of library lessons. From early years, where students are starting to explore books and discover what they enjoy reading, to teenage years, where keeping them reading is vital. These ideas promote the joy of reading and build they skills they need to engage in reading for pleasure.
High School Book Week Library Lessons
Browsing, Reading and Borrowing Time (BRB)
Lessons Across Year Levels
Library lessons are important for all year levels. Our youngest students might first discover the joy of selecting their own book, while those in the middle primary years learn the basics of information literacy and are exposed to new formats of books to fall in love with. There are important transitions, like moving up to new sections or new libraries, and senior students engage in library lessons for their specific and advanced subject needs. Here are some lesson ideas from across the student timeline.
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