Ready for School Pack
Help your child get excited about starting school by borrowing our Ready for school bag Each bag contains specially chosen stories to share, exploring what it’s like to go to ‘big’ school.
Over and Over Collection
Order your Over & Over collection of books from North Tyneside Schools Library Service.
Schools and Nurseries with an SLS subscription can order an Over & Over pack containing 15 titles.
Contact us by email, telephone, or come and choose your own books.
We stock a huge range of quality popular picture books perfect for reading aloud and can provide multiple copies of titles.
We are open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm Contact us - Tel:6435838 or email sls@northtyneside.gov.uk
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Why subscribe to SLS?
We save you money
Books are exchanged regularly ensuring you are continuously supplied with high quality, up to date books.
Save you time
We assess the suitability of the resources and compile your project books and resources for you.
Give professional support and advice
Our team are always on hand to give you advice on books or artefacts to support your needs.
Provide access to author visits
Through regular book festivals and working with publishing contacts we bring authors to the region.
Subscriptions
Choose from a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, class sets, artefacts, resource packs, multi-sensory books and lots more.
Schools can choose from four different subscription packages:
- Level 1 - 150 items at one time, £362
- Level 2 - 400 items at one time, £690
- Level 3 - 700 items at one time, £1,123
- Level 4 - 1000 items at a time, £1,496
Level 4 subscriptions include:
- Deliveries: project boxes are delivered every term to and from your school
- Reading for Pleasure Collection (by request)
- Discounted author visits
School projects
These are compiled by SLS Librarians to meet the specific requirements of individual teachers and will include any combination of non-fiction or fiction books, and other resources including ‘big books’, artefacts, picture packs and multimedia items as appropriate.
Complete the Project request form.
Opening times
| Day | Times |
|---|---|
| Monday | 9am to 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am to 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am to 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am to 5pm |
| Friday | 9am to 5pm |
| Saturday | Closed (by appointment only) |
Visit us
For more information, to arrange a library visit, or to request a copy of the full Service Level Agreement, contact:
Rachel Warkcup
Service Manager
White Swan Centre
Citadel East
Killingworth
NE12 6SS
Tel: (0191) 643 5838
Fax: (0191) 643 7462
Email: rachel.warkcup@northtyneside.gov.uk