School Library

Welcome to the School Library…

As a pupil, you are a member of the library as soon as you join the school. The library is here to support you. If you would like to choose something to read, need to find information for homework or if you just want a quiet area to study, you are always welcome!

Library resources:

Fiction and non fiction
Audio books
Newspapers and magazines
Careers Information
Free Internet and e-mail access
Past papers and revision guides

Library News and Events

World Book Day

by Alloa Academy | Mar 13, 2018 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

We celebrated World Book Day at Alloa Academy a week later than usual due to the snow days! We had a special visit from Waterstone's Stirling who brought their brilliant pop-up book shop to library! Pupils were able to visit though out the day to browse and buy a...

Library Resources for Revision and Exams

by Alloa Academy | Mar 13, 2018 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

Don't forget to visit your school library for study guides, past papers, success guides and course notes. All available to borrow now!

Literary Christmas TV Guide

by Alloa Academy | Dec 14, 2017 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

Wondering what to watch on the TV over the Christmas holidays? Look no further, we have just the thing for you! The wonderful Helen Smith from Eckington School in Derbyshire produces a guide to Christmas TV every year, linking films to books. The titles have only...

Bookbuzz at Alloa Academy

by Alloa Academy | Dec 1, 2017 | Library News and Events | 0 Comments

Bookbuzz is a reading programme from Book Trust which gives S1 & S2 pupils the opportunity to choose and keep their own book from a list of specially-selected titles. The books have now been distributed to all S1 & S2 classes and pupils will be taking their...

Explore our new Elibrary!

by Alloa Academy | Nov 27, 2017 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

This week we are launching our amazing new elibrary! This brilliant new service can be accessed via Glow and enables users to borrow and read ebooks from anywhere, at any time and from any device with an internet connection. Please contact Mrs Smith in the library for...

Book Week Scotland!

by Alloa Academy | Nov 20, 2017 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

Book Week Scotland is nearly here! Join in the celebration & visit the library to: Take part in virtual author events Enter our twitter book review competition Explore ebooks in our new elibrary Follow @AlloaAcademyLib on Twitter to find out what staff at Alloa...

Celebrate reading at our Book Fair!

by Alloa Academy | Mar 7, 2017 | Events, Library News and Events, News, Parent Information | 0 Comments

Celebrate reading at our Book Fair! The Scholastic book fair will be arriving in school next week with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy! Tuesday 14th March–Thursday 16th March 2017 in the upper library. There will be over 200 titles to choose from...

Celebrate World Book Day 2017!

by Alloa Academy | Feb 22, 2017 | Events, Library News and Events, News, Parent Information | 0 Comments

World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading! In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind! A worldwide celebration of books and reading, marked in over 100 countries all over the world. ...

Christmas Literary TV Guide

by Alloa Academy | Dec 20, 2016 | Library News and Events, News, Parent Information | 0 Comments

Wondering what to watch on the TV over the Christmas holidays? Look no further, we have just the thing for you! For the past several years Helen Smith the School Librarian at Eckington School has compiled a list of all the films and television shows based on books...

Author Visit!

by Alloa Academy | Mar 22, 2016 | Library News and Events, News | 0 Comments

Barry Hutchison On Wednesday 30th March we will welcome award winning author and screenwriter Barry Hutchison to Alloa Academy! He will be talking to our S1 pupils about his fantastic, funny and shiver-inducing horror series “Invisible Fiends” and his “Afterworlds”...