Cornwall Education Library Service provides high quality books, resources, support and advice to primary schools in Cornwall.

Joined November 2019
Dobwalls first day back at school today, Louise from the ELS came to conduct Storytime to the children in reception and year 1 classes, the children thoroughly enjoyed the story. Louise introduced the session with some Cornish phases to the children. Duw genes
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ELS have a new Project Box for EYFS for September 2022. The box contains a variety of 20 books. You can find them on the data base under Picture Books for Early Years/ Foundation cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-mu… We hope this will be a useful addition for your school.
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Don't forget to join author Shannon Hale and illustrator LeUyen Pham, as they join us from America to tell children about their New York Times Best Selling picture book Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn. Suitable for Reception to Year 3. tinyurl.com/AAUKHalePham221
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👑👑👑To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee would you like to have a photograph taken of yourself with the Queen? Pupils in the Wadebridge area can pop down to the library, the Queen, her guards and the corgis will be waiting for you!👑👑👑
🤩We hope you enjoyed Authors Aloud UK event to celebrate author Anthony Burt's publication of his swashbuckling new book The Animal Lighthouse. We had some great questions from Cusgarne and St Mary's C of E, Truro schools. More events coming soon.🤩
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🌟Congratulations to Kingfisher class at Cusgarne School. They have won our Cornish Colours competition and have received a special selection of new books for their class library.🌟Thankyou to everyone who entered, keep your eyes peeled for more competitions from ELS.🌟
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You are invited to join us in another exciting webinar to celebrate the publication of Eternity Engine by Struan Murray, the final instalment in the Orphans of the Tide trilogy. The event is suitable for Years 4,5,6. To book, follow this link- tinyurl.com/AAUKStruanMurray…
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FREE Storytime for British Science Week Live, virtual STEM storytime for KS1. British Science Week is taking place between 14th - 18th March, each day during British Science Week a London STEM Ambassador will be reading a book from their The Questioneer' series between 2-2.30pm
Our ELS World Book Day 2022 competition is now closed. A big thank you to all the schools who entered. We are pleased to announce the winning school is…Nanpean! 🤩📚 We hope you enjoy your new books. 🤩📚
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Celebrate Michael Morpurgo Month, February 2022! Choose one of the 6 shortlisted books and review it. You could win a Michael Morpurgo Virtual Event for your school! Copy and paste the link below for more details. Good luck! michaelmorpurgo.com/morpurgo…
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To support Children’s Mental Health Week, seek out the Reading Well collection of books in your school. Copies available from ELS and your local library, ebooks available to download too 😊. reading-well.org.uk/resource…
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ELS, Authors Aloud UK and Puffin Books invite you to join author Catherine Doyle talking about her book The Miracle on Ebenezer Street. The event will take place on Friday 10th December 10 – 10.45am on Zoom. Please register to attend here: tinyurl.com/AAUKDoYl2 Happy Christmas
Our Christmas competition is now closed. A big thank you to all who entered. Lucky winners will be emailed- check your inbox! Can you share Christmas story time photos and pictures? Thank you for your continued support throughout 2021. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🎅🎄☃️
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ELS, in partnership with Authors Aloud, are pleased to host a virtual event with Jeff Kinney!Thursday 18th November 10 – 11am, for years 2 to 6. Link to register your class- tinyurl.com/AAUKKiNn1. Submit any questions to Jeff, in advance, to [email protected]
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ELS have a Christmas competition (KS1) once again- check your school's email inbox. 10 lucky schools will receive a special selection of 5 Christmas books. The closing date for all entries is Friday 26th of November. The 10 lucky schools will be notified by email. Good luck!🎄
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ELS are delighted to be able to offer a range of dual language books (KS1). We have an extensive selection of languages- Polish, Chinese, French, Turkish and Bulgarian and many more. Please get in touch if you are interested in these books- [email protected] or 01872 323456.
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David Walliams Megamonster is an action-packed page-turning adventure, set on an island in the middle of shark-infested waters – where the Cruel School stands on top of a dormant volcano. Please click link below to hear a short passage from the book. youtu.be/ijlPJjoXTTQ
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We are very proud to have completed our first outdoor reading session at Duloe Primary School yesterday. The children really enjoyed it and they were amazing.
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We are currently updating our website for the Education Library Service. Please contact one of our team in the office on [email protected] or 01872 323456, if you have and queries regarding your schools SLA or your Library space.
We are delighted to invite you to take part in a virtual schools event on Tuesday 27th April, with author Jen Carney to celebrate the publication of her wonderful debut novel ‘The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.’ To attend, please register your school here: tinyurl.com/4j6n47kz
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