It has been a busy week with visitors this week.
Grade 1 classes brought their friends from Papaya Academy into the library to share some stories during ‘Friendship Day’. To prepare for the day, a group of Grade 1 students came to the library to plan their activity. They located many books on our shelves that were stories about friendship. They chose the best of these stories and placed them on a trolley, ready for the groups of friends to share together.
The Friendship Trolley
When the friendship groups arrived, they appreciated the time spent reading and relaxing with each other.
Friends reading together
More friends
Grade 4 classes had the priviledge of a visit from one of our local authors, Ms Gizela Gonzalez. Ms Gonzalez’s book, Where the Children Are, provides us with some very moving portraits of children from various part of the Philippines. These children are given a voice by Ms Gonzalez and they are able to tell their stories; very remarkable stories showing how they live very positive lives regardless of the materially disadvantaged backgrounds from which they come.
An eager audience!
Gizela Gonzalez, Where The Children Are
The CMC is a ‘hive of activity’ as classes come in to research information for their units of inquiry and to ‘Browse and Borrow’ their favourite books.
Grade 4 classes have been investigating what it means to migrate and have been reading a variety of fiction and non-fiction books to discover the ‘pushes and pulls’ of migration. Through reading stories of peoples’ journeys, they are developing a deeper undertanding of, and empathy for, those who migrate.
Inquiring Minds
To support their unit of inquiry into ‘What makes a good citizen?’ Grade 3 classes will be coming into the CMC to read biographies about people who have the qualities of good citizens. As well as investigating the good citizens of our world, they will be examining the language structures used to write a biography.
Grade 2′s have found out all about different habitats in our world and have chosen one to investigate more thoroughly. They are beginning their inquiry focussing on a particular animal from that environment.
Learning is Fun!
Grade 1 parents attended a small worshop looking at ways to help their children ‘catch the reading bug.’ The workshop was based on the book ‘How to Help Your Child Catch the Reading Bug’ by Paul Jennings.We talked about the ways parents can help their children read for meaning and enjoyment.
Catching the Reading Bug
ECLC and Pre-schoolers love coming to the library to choose their book to take home. They love listening to stories and telling us all about their own story.
Loving stories!
