Monday, 24 September 2012

Goodreads for Read Alouds

Many people have asked me for recommendations of great read alouds for their classes.

I've just started using Goodreads to share lists with you for read aloud recommendations. So far, I have started lists for grades 1-5. These are novels not picture books. Have a look and, of course, feel free to share your favorites with me and I'll add them.



Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Coming soon to Singapore!

What do Harry Potter, The Cat in the Hat, Twinkletoes, and Fantastic Mr. Fox have in common? They will all be in Singapore! We are very fortunate to have some exciting children's literature related events nearby. Click on the dates below for more information. 



2 June- 30 September



22 August - 3- September



4-16 September



8 September 



1 November - 9 December



31 January - 9 February Horrible Histories! Mr. Gruffalo! Mr. Bean!






Back to School!

The primary library officially opened this week and so far things are going smoothly. Thank you for your patience as we continue to get things ready for the school year. Hundreds of boxes of books have arrived and we are working our way through them to get them on the shelves and in the classrooms. Our priority is getting books in your class libraries and then the new books for the library. Here are some links to beginning of the year info. 


Library Procedures

UWCSEA eResources: Online Databases


 To get logins / passwords:

send a blank email to
database_passwords@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
and all the logins/passwords will be automatically sent back to you.  
(NB: Only works for people with an @gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg email address.)





Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Monday, 28 May 2012

June in the Library

The library will be closed (no classes and no students during break times) for the last 2 weeks of school, June  4- 15. No, this doesn't mean that the library staff are going on holiday early!


We really want to get a head start on organizing class libraries for next school year before the new book orders arrive. To do this, we need as many books returned to the library as soon as possible.

We realize that you will still need books to continue running an academic program. However, (I won't name names but... :) some of you still have books that were checked out way back in September. We would like the majority of books checked out to you, your class library, GCCs, etc returned by Friday June 1. Don't panic! We will be flexible and reasonable.


However, here are some incentives:

Be the first teacher (who has books checked out) to return all books checked out in his/her name and receive a bottle of wine.  
Congratulations Julie Day!
The first class with all student books returned will receive chocolates.
Congratulations Helen Killen and K1HKi!
The first class with all class library books returned will receive ice cream. 
Congratulations Sharon Martin and K1ShM!
  • Books with a sticker like this, do not need to be returned:


(except for K2- sorry but we need all your CL books back.)
  • Book sets with a sticker like below, should be returned to your grade's book cupboard. 
  • Any book sets in your book cupboard without this sticker, need to be returned to the library. 
 

Student Info-
  • All books due June 1. 
  • Overdue notices will be sent via email to students in grades 3-5. Please remind students to check their email and forward the reminder to their parents to help locate all books as soon as possible.
**I'm sure the last thing you need is such a long blog post to read. So, be the first person to email me that you've read it to then end and you'll get a bottle of wine! Congrats to Anne Marie Chow!



Sunday, 27 May 2012

Readers Cup Winners!

Congratulations to our Younger Readers team who tied for first place in the Singapore Red Dot Readers Cup competition on May 24!



Our teams members are:

Younger Readers:
Avni Tohani
Divya Kartik
Aishwarya Santosh
Kina Takahashi
Abha Panchdhari
                                                                    Rhea Shrivastava

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Library Catalog How To...

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