It's March? Already? How did that happen? Where has the time gone, and why have there been no blog posts between November and March?
Hmmm...
December: research skills and activities continued, although we were unable to hold our Christmas Songs and Stories event this year.
January: Fully Booked Week Planning underway, with more encompassing events, three author visits, and loads of activities throughout junior and senior school. Teaching an EPQ research/skills class each week begins with Year 12 students.
February: Year 6 students working on their academic essays, Y2 students learning how to research facts and write opinions, and attending the Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop in Singapore. (And presenting on two different days!)
And now it is March. We are in the midst of Fully Booked Week with an activity plan that looks like this (and it's too big to fit the whole day in one picture!):
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Oh, and that doesn't include special activities in classrooms like the EY2 "Bedtime with a Book" day where everyone is in pajamas and reading their favorite bedtime stories!
This year, the theme is "Branch Out with a Good Book!" We have a great guessing contest, the story tent at break and lunchtimes, parent story tellers in their home languages every day after school, DEAR time in senior classes every day, a book fair, a book swap, a charity book project, and so much more!
On Monday, the library team dressed as branches of the animal kingdom. Junior School students and teachers participated in the team trivia competition, and Khun Toobpong, an award-winning Thai author, visited with students during their Thai lessons.
For Tuesday, we had author and poet Simon Mole visiting with years 1-7. This was our FBW logo shirt day.
Today, we had the senior school team trivia competition, a Tea and Topics on reading by our principal, and the library team dressed as Groot.
For Thursday, we have Khun Nampong, another award-winning Thai author, speaking with students in Years 7-10. On this day, we are branches of mighty rivers around the world!
Friday, our culmination day, will have costume parades, an assembly, and the announcement of winners of various competitions. On this day, our library team plans special costumes as various mythological gods and goddesses of trees, mountains, fields, and rivers.
