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Miss Kindness

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📚🎟🚨 Got kids? Then get your FREE tickets to our @louiestowell.bsky.social chat about her bestselling LOKI: A BAD GOD'S GUIDE series! Where better to hear about the shape-shifting Viking trickster god Loki than among some giant Viking tombstones at Govan? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
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JohnChalmers+SandraMarrs=Metaphrog @metaphrog.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In the Glasgow Times today, ahead of our book launch. It’s online too.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Enjoying some Summer reading ☀️so far I’ve been to Greece and Orkney ( by book)! Anyone like to share their Summer book choices? 📚
Beneath the Orange Blossom book by Emma Cowell. Cover has orange sunset above deep blue sea. The Apothecary by the Sea, book by Victoria Bennett. Cover has yellow flowers against background of sea and grass.
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Big news for your calendar! 🗓️ Book Week Scotland (14–20 June 2027) and Reading Schools Week (16–20 November 2026) just got new dates, and we couldn't be more excited to share and celebrate them with you.
Illustrated poster that reads: 'Save the dates. Reading Schools Week: 16–20 November 2026. Book Week Scotland: 14–20 June 2027.' The logos are for Reading Schools Week and Book Week Scotland.
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Tomorrow is World Day of Social Justice, and we are focusing on reading for pleasure. Did you know that reading for pleasure improves language skills, social skills and employability? Read more about how reading tackles poverty www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/how...
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How reading for pleasure can tackle poverty
The benefits of reading—even for a short time each day—are varied and life-changing, from improving employability, language skills, social skills, and family bonding, to reducing stress and anxiety.
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Holyrood RC Secondary Art & Design department @holyrood-art.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I know most of us are here to avoid Twitter, but if you do have an active account please vote for our S2 Fareedah who is currently a finalist in the Glasgow SOS digital poster competition Thanks! @holyroodsecondary.bsky.social @chrismcgrane.bsky.social x.com/sos_glasgow/...
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
New books thanks to the #SLIF Youth for Equity schools’ project.
Selection of young peoples anti-racism & equalities booksSelection if young peoples anti-racism and equalities books
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EALCooper @kazcoopee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I love reading this with the Higher ESOL class - it's a great discussion starter! #RoodReads
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
What are reading @mrsfarhatali.bsky.social
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Holyrood colleagues, it is #ReadingSchoolsWeek - it would be great to share our love of children’s literature📚💖 What have you been reading? What have our yps been recommending? I’m reading ‘Evander and the Cesquill’s Blade’ by our own Emmanuel in S2. It is superb🎉 #RoodReads
Book ‘Evander and the Cesquill’s Blade’ by Emmanuel Amusan, cover art by Iona Olliero. Purple cover with gold lettering and embellishment.
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lfsholyroodsec.bsky.social @lfsholyroodsec.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
A few more from our workshop. Also, thank you to @fionakindness3.bsky.social for facilitating! Great morning 🎨
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lfsholyroodsec.bsky.social @lfsholyroodsec.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Brilliant workshops with some Sustainability Leaders and artist Abi this morning. We created clay artwork that will be part of the wider "Painting for Peace" project that is happening in our local community ♻️☮️ can't wait to see it all come together!
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New Library books, these were recommended by parents 😄 #RoodReads
Book - Disabled and ProudBook- How to be You
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
We had a fun lunchtime designing our own tartans, and borrowing books by fantastic Scottish authors present & past 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Including @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social , Elle McNicol, & R.L. Stevenson. #StAndrew’sDay #ScottishLit
Display board with colourful A3 tartan designs and St. Andrew’s Day bannerTartan design with red & yellow weave on grey backgroundBook display of Scottish authors Books on tartan, saints, and Scotland
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Some lovely book cover designs from our brilliant S1 at lunchtime 🎉📚 #BookWeekScotland
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We have some fabulous books still left from our Holyrood #BookWeekScotland staff Book Swap. Helpers can deliver to your classroom if anyone missed out 😄📚
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our Holyrood group had a fantastic time at this special poetry event at Hampden Bowling Club today. Thank you so much to Donna Matthew and @juliemcneillwrites.bsky.social #BookWeekScotland #Poetry
Group of young writers working on poetry sitting at large tableGroup photo with pupils and Donna Matthew in Hampden Bowling Club
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#BookWeekScotland Prizewinners collecting prizes from our book vending machine 🎉👍 for excellent poetry writing in English class. Well done! #RoodReads
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
So impressed by A.S. in 1L who rustled up this lovely book display on #Friendship at lunchtime, for #BookWeekScotland. We’re planning a fun week with loads of activities ( and prizes)📚🎉
Book display on table on theme of Friendship - includes Jacqueline Wilson, Wallace and Gromit, and Benjamin Zephaniah poetry.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Enjoy our brand new podcast on Spotify Holyrood Chapter Chats 🎤📚 Perfect for #BookWeekScotland #Friendship #Podcasts #ReadingSchools open.spotify.com/episode/6ZOi...
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Episode 1
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Claire from Glasgow Libraries will be in the library at lunchtime today ( Wed) to lead us in another fabulous STEM/ using circuits/ poetry/ creative event today . ⚡️💡🔌
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
We enjoyed our visit from Tawona Sitholé today, leading us in celebrating our many spoken languages, with a bit of drama and fun😄 Well done to Mr. McGrath’s & Mrs. Cooper’s excellent pupils.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
1D enjoyed a fantastic session with Etienne Kubwabo today. Huge thanks for helping us design our own graphic novel characters. 1D were very inspired to meet Etienne. ( we also had healthy breakfast snacks)🍏
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Well done S1 & S2 at lunchtime and thanks to Claire, Glasgow Life STEM Co-ordinator. We made circuits using graphite ✏️⚡️& turned our black-out poems into ‘talking poems’ using iPads voice recording 💖 #STEM #poetry
Black out poem with page marked up in pencil and electrical connectors creating a circuit
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Having lots of fun, Hallowe’en decorating. Great Helpers in action😀 We re-use the same decorations every year to be sustainable♻️ Growing very fond of mr. Pumpkin 🎃
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
For #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek, we had some great tannoy announcements and shared resources like #MissionDyslexia “I liked this book as it shows that all different types of people can be dyslexic - even superheroes! I used the Tips for Time Management”. (LN, Holyrood) 😄
Selection of workbooks from the Mission Dyslexia series
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
All of our readers at Holyrood are absolute stars 📚🤩 Well done Sep/ Oct ‘Readers of the Month’ : Rayan, Aisha, Zainab & Prableen 👏
Notice board containing Reader of the Month photos.
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This Dyslexia Awareness Week Scotland (29 Sept–5 Oct), it's time to challenge common myths about dyslexia. Scotland will only become a dyslexia-friendly country when everyone knows what dyslexia is – and isn’t. Explore 10 myths from Dyslexia Scotland: dyslexiascotland.org.uk/busting-dysl...
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Books galore being returned today😄 Our Holyrood young people have borrowed & returned 1,538 books since August🎉👏 And here’s our ‘Cosy Autumn Reads’ book display created by lunchtime helpers 🍁📚 #RoodReads
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Chapter Chats PODCAST coming soon🎤 Thanks to Annabeth, Foxface, Yvonne, Richard Hannay, and Mr. McGrath (we chose favourite book characters as our aliases); so much fun starting our podcasting adventure today. Thank you to Mrs. Panaretou for technical help. 💖
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Well done to all who visited the library this week😊 60 young people at our #AutismFriendly lunchtime, all behaviour calm & considerate💙 Some excellent Lego work from S1 Today at Chapter Chats #BookGroup we watched video of Sarah J. Maas, & what inspired her to start writing✍️ New members welcome!
Lego model in style of Superhero, Transformer, with wingsProfile picture of Sarah J. Maas, with a copy of her book ‘Throne of Glass’.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Very much enjoyed our first Chapter Chats #BookGroup of the new term
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The library #CostOfTheSchoolDay trolley is stocked up😄 Plenty of snacks, stationery items, sanitary products - Holyrood pupils, just pop in. ✏️📔
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Wednesday is #AutismFriendly lunchtime in Holyrood School Library. Relax, read & make friends
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a penguin is laying in the grass with books and a bag of potato chips
ALT: a penguin is laying in the grass with books and a bag of potato chips
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Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
If you take away the librarian, you don’t have a library. Please sign and share to save Glasgow’s school librarians. www.change.org/p/save-our-s...
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Save our School Librarians! Reverse proposed cuts to Glasgow schools
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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children’s life chances. So whatever else you do, please never stop helping kids find books to read & love. Never stop sharing books, talking about books, celebrating books & reading. It will change their lives! #literacy
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The ‘Seeds of Resistance’ reading group at the Rumpus Room sounds perfect for our Holyrood Seniors. Fri evenings, starting 25th July. For more info and to sign up, contact rumpusroomteam@gmail.com 📚
Information poster about the ‘Seeds of Resistance’ reading group at the Rumpus Room, Govanhill, for ages 16-25. To sign up contact : rumpusroomteam@gmail.com
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Lindsay Littleson @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I like the idea of a year that prioritises reading. Let’s make 2026 the year we reopen closed libraries, open new ones and reverse the loss of school librarians.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
A great prize - always wanted to start a Book Club for young people and dads/carers. These would be ideal 🤞📚
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
#GlasgowZineFest starts tmrw 😄💖 Great line-up of events⬇️ Tramway is beautiful, handy for Southside Glasgow. I’ll be going! issuu.com/glasgowzinel...
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Glasgow Zine Fest 2025 Programme
http://www.glasgowzinelibrary.com
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
#schoollibraries #pupilvoice @cilipscotland.bsky.social @cilipslg.bsky.social
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James McEnaney @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
BREAKING on @heraldscotland.bsky.social Glasgow schools face losing their librarians as part of council cuts aimed at saving £100k. Glasgow Life won't say why this information is only coming out a few days before schools close for the summer. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525653...
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Glasgow schools to lose librarians due to council budget cuts
The proposed changes have only come to light days before schools close for the summer.
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We had a great lunchtime today, with our Prize draw for readers who have recently borrowed books📚Special guests from SDS drew the names, and we had a bit of a celebration ( that’s bubbles, not confetti in pic 3)🫧🗯️🥳 #RoodReads
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Miss Kindness @fionakindness3.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
#BookGroup members have set ourselves reading goals for the Summer😄 mine is to read the BookTok sensation #ShatterMe
Book - Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. Blue cover with dystopian eye imagery with barren trees and grey sky
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