Monday 26 May 2014

School's out for summer (almost!)

It's almost that time again....

Below is a great deal of information about the end of the school year in the library. Here's a link to a calendar to help you remember important dates.


  • June 2-6- The last week for student borrowing.
  • June 9- All student and parent books are due. (Please add this date to any parent info that you are sending out.)
  • June 9- Class library inventories should be completed.
  • June 9- Book recommendations (class library, book set, big book) should be sent to Debbie by this date.
  • June 9-20: The Library and Learning Lab will be closed (no classes or supervision during break times or after school.) Returns only, please.
  • June 13- Majority of books checked out to teachers & class libraries due + National Library books. Keep what you absolutely need.  

Overdue Notices
To reduce the amount of paper we use, notices will be emailed to teachers and students in grades 3-5. Please remind students to check their email and perhaps forward the lists to parents for help in locating books.
When you receive your overdue notices, please don't worry too much if there are books on the list that you haven't see in a while. We have tried to tidy up your lists so that resources from a long time ago have been marked as lost. Find what you can and let us know what is missing. Keep your iPad.

Returns:
Please ask TAs and students to sort through your books before returning them to weed out your class library books, guided readers, book sets, your personal books, etc.

Don't panic! We will be reasonable and flexible.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Incentives! 
There will be treats for:
  • The first infant & junior class to return all student books.
  • The first infant & junior class to return all class library books (without a class library sticker).
  • The first teacher to clear his/her account.




Monday 19 May 2014

Congratulations, UWC East Dragons Readers Cup Team! - Update...

Congratulations to our Older Readers team who came in third place in the Readers Cup last week. The competition was fierce. Our five grade 5 students, exhausted and excited from the Exhibition, competed against teams of 6 members- many of whom were in middle school. 

                                   

Our Younger readers team of grade 2, 3, and 4 students gained valuable experience competing against many teams. They were gracious and exhibited great sportsmanship. 

                                  

There were 26 teams with 146 competitors competing in the 3 categories, younger, older, and mature. 
Congratulations to SAS who won the younger and Older categories; and to UWC Dover who won the Mature Readers category.

Click here for more information about the competition. 





The following students are on the UWCSEA East Readers Cup team for the competition at the Canadian School, Lakeside on May 22 at 4:00 PM. 



Younger Readers
Arya4RoW
Rohan2DGo
Alana, 2MLN
Jiya3MaW
Sophia, 3MaW
Aarush3MaW


Older Readers

David, 5JTo
Divya5LWh
Teja5AnC
 Vatsala5LWh
Joseph, 5AnC


Alternates

Joshua, 3CHo
Manasvini3CHo
Mekhla2MLN
Saduakas3JaG
SeoYee2NDo
Dylan, 3JaG

We have been preparing for the competition for many weeks after school. The Readers Cup is where teams from different international schools in Singapore test their knowledge of books from the Red Dot Award lists.