Term three is always our favourite time of year in the library. The children's Book Council Short list has been announced and we are enjoying studying all the books to decide which should get our vote for book of the year in each category. We are also looking forward to some wonderful events.
TOTALLY AMAZING
The Book Week Theme for this year is One World Many Stories. On the 17th of August the performance group Echelon Productions will enterain us with their production of Totally Amazing. The performers will take us on a journey to explore the Book Week theme and watch a number of the shortlisted books come to life. International writer, composer and teacher, Craig Christie has created this musical.
As Year 5 will be away at camp, the group has agreed to return on the 9th of September for a special performance for these students. No one will miss out!
BOOK FAIR
From the 23rd ofAugust until the 26th of August the library will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair. There will be a large display of books on offer for purchasing or donating to the library. Remember that every purchase helps our book collection to grow.
BOOK PARADE
The book parade will take place on Thursday the 25th of August from 9:15 until 10:45 am. Get those costumes ready!
THE LIBRARY PROGRAM
Three of the categories in the CBCA Short list will be studied this term. Kindergarten and Year One will examine the Early Childhood Short List. Years Two, Three and Four will study the Picture Book of The Year category. Stage Three students will study the Younger Readers Short List. This is a rather broad category of novels for primary school aged readers.
A Smart Notebook has been created to guide each unit of study. The students will read the texts, participate in a number of interactive activities in response to their reading and access websites which inform them about the authors and illustrators. Each class will use the Intel Online Visual Ranking Tool to vote for the book that they believe should be the winner. This tool allows the students to comment on the books and compare their voting with those of other classes in a visual diagram.
OUR NEW MAP OF THE WORLD
In keeping with the theme One World Many Stories we have a wonderful, very large, felt floor map of the world in the library. To accompany this map there is a large collection of felt animals, landmarks, and labels identifying continents, countries, cities, mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, lakes and seas. The Atlases have been dusted off for use!! The students are having a great deal of fun researching and exploring the world.
It is going to be a busy term and, as usual, we are having a great deal of fun in the library.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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