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Teaching Practice Collection

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General Topic Books

This small collection of school based resources can be found on the first floor of the Learning Centre Holloway Road, along the left side wall. It is organised in the following way:

FP = Fiction Picture book (age range 0-7)

F = Fiction (age range 8+)

General topic books are organised using Dewey classification (age range 0 - 11)

  • 200 - Religion
  • 300 - Social Sciences
    • 305 - Social groups
    • 326 - Slavery and emancipation
    • 398 - Myths, legends, folktales    
  • 400 - Language
    • 428 - English language, phonics, spelling and grammar
    • 491 - Books in other languages
  • 500 - Science
    • 501 - Mathematics
  • 600 - Technology
    • 612 - Human body
    • 616 - Diseases
  • 700 - Arts & Recreation
    • 740 - Graphic and decorative arts
  • 800 - Literature
    • 820 - Literatures in English and old English
  • 900 - History & Geography
    • 920 - Biography, famous people
    • 930 - History of the ancient world
    • 941- 942 British & UK history

To search for resources in the Teaching Practice Collection use the Classic Catalogue search from the Quick Links on the library catalogue page. 

Where to find the Classic Catalogue in Quick Links

Then, on the advanced search screen type F or FP or a topic keyword.
From the Materials Type, select TEACHING PRACTICE

Advanced search for Teaching Practice books

Your results will be items held in our schools collection. 

Teaching Practice resources

And the stars were burning brightly by Danielle Jawando

And the stars were burning brightly by Danielle Jawando (F/JAW)

Cross Crocodile by Mwenye Hadithi

Cross Crocodile by Mwenye Hadithi (FP/MWE)

Danny Chung does not do maths by Maisie Chan

Danny Chung does not do maths by Maisie Chan (F/CHA)

The gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson (FP/DON)

If you're happy and you know it!  by Jan Ormerod

If you're happy and you know it! by Jan Ormerod (FP/ORM)

When life gives you mangoes by Kereen Getten

When life gives you mangoes by Kereen Getten (F/GET)

Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak

Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak (FP/SEN)

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