We hold different CPD and training events throughout the year. Please get in touch to book your place on any of these events.
Virtual Book Chats
Join ELS staff online as we talk you through our current recommended reads to entice your pupils and help boost reading for pleasure in the school. We'll highlight new releases as well as some of our favourites. Please feel free to bring along your own top reads too! Open to anyone working with primary school pupils. The dates for 2024/25 are:
Wednesday 13 November, 3.45 - 4.15pm - KS1 Book Chat
Tuesday 4 February, 3.45pm - 4.15pm - KS2 Book Chat
Thursday 6 March, 3.45pm - 4.15pm - KS1 Book Chat
Tuesday 29 April, 3.45pm - 4.15pm - KS2 Book Chat
Monday 23 June, 3.45pm - 4.15pm - KS1 Book Chat
Visit TicketSource to book your place on any of these chats.
ELS Awareness Sessions
If you'd like to find out more about ELS, come along to one of our awareness sessions. You'll get a behind the scenes tour and get to see all the wonderful resources we loan to subscribing schools, including books to support the curriculum and reading for pleasure, objects and artefacts, and story sacks. You'll also find out about the support we can offer for your school library and class reading corners, as well as training events that we offer throughout the year.
If your school subscribes to the service, there'll be chance to borrow resources to take away on the day.
Sessions will be held at ELS throughout 2024/25 on the following dates:
Thursday 7 November, 1pm - 2pm
Monday 20 January, 4pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12 March, 1pm - 2pm
Tuesday 10 June, 4pm - 5pm
All sessions are open to subscribing and non-subscribing schools, please visit TicketSource to book you place. If you can't make any of the specified dates or times but would still like to visit, please email educationlibraryservice@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk to arrange an alternative date.