Learning Resources for Education

12/09/2024

We ❤ this animation about the fantastic services that public libraries in Northamptonshire offer for families with under 5s. The Strong Start Team is pretty fantastic too- do give them a follow if you have little ones.

09/09/2024

On Friday LRE spent the day with British Library with National Literacy Trust for the Inclusive Libraries conference. It was an inspiring and informative day, with fantastic talks by Jeffrey Boakye, Nazneen Ahmed Pathak, Sharna Jackson and John Vincent, plus meeting World Kid Lit reminding me it's World Kid Lit month!

03/09/2024

We are on the road over the next week delivering resources to schools, plus we are ready and waiting to take your last minute requests for autumn 1. So whether you need books about biomes, artefacts about Ancient Greece, or a space themed story sack, get in touch!

28/03/2024

Places where kids eat for free, or for £1, during the Easter holidays! 🐰🥚

20/03/2024

We are devastated that our libraries colleague and friend Liam has passed away. Many of the staff at LRE have worked with Liam over the years, and many of our schools in the Rushden area will know him him from Rushden Library. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.

19/03/2024

We don't just loan resources to schools, we loan to home educators too! Join us at Corby Library on Friday 1:30 to 3:30 at their home ed drop-in event. There'll also be craft activities, lego and refreshments. Corby Library

18/03/2024

Happy ! This week is a great opportunity to introduce children to Shakespeare and his works. Check out the official website for downloadable resources. LRE also have many child-friendly versions of his works, as well as full playscripts and even a 'Tudor Times' artefact collection to borrow!

Join over 1,000 home educators registered to take part in Shakespeare Week

13/03/2024

What fantastic shortlists! Congratulations to all the illustrators and authors. It’s time to get on with some reading for the shadowing of the awards!!

05/03/2024

Want to know more about Learning Resources for Education? Never managed to visit the showroom and want to know what it looks like? Want to see some fabulous acting skills when pretending to answer the phone? Then take a look at our promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp3tlBzwDQg

Learning Resouorces for Education (LRE) is the school library service for Northamptonshire. They supply home educators, early years settings and schools with...

01/03/2024

We know that schools are bombarded with information about World Book Day events, so here is a short thread to some of the best online events happening across the whole week 🧵🌍📚🌤️
World Book Day (UK & Ireland) SLS UK

28/02/2024

Do you know any children who would like to be involved in voting for the Children's Book Award? Northamptonshire Children's Book Group are looking for families, school classes or reading groups to read and vote. Contact Northamptonshire Children's Book Group to get involved!

In the run up to our Top 10 announcement on Monday, we thought we would share some fun facts about the Children's Book Award with you! Remember, the CBA is voted for entirely by children, start to finish! Huge thanks to our local testing groups who facilitate this monumental logistical task!

26/02/2024

Our phone number is changing! Our new number is 01604 526337- be sure to update your records!