Library News – Prespatou Elementary-Secondary https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca Thu, 05 May 2011 16:47:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 Prespatou’s Battle of the Books https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/prespatous-battle-of-the-books/ https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/prespatous-battle-of-the-books/#respond Thu, 05 May 2011 16:47:29 +0000 http://www.prespatou.prn.bc.ca/?p=119 A new voluntary library reading contest began November 1, 2010.  It was called Battle of the Books and involved teams of 4 students.  There were 9 teams signed up for this spelling bee style contest which was held in May.  The challenge was to read 56 books and be prepared to answer a series of questions that would test their knowledge of the books and authors.

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When the contest was held, in the middle of May, there were only 3 teams left. Each of these teams won prize money for first, second and third place which was awarded at the May 19 assembly.

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]]> https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/prespatous-battle-of-the-books/feed/ 0 Author Visit https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/author-visit/ https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/author-visit/#respond Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:57:17 +0000 http://www.prespatou.prn.bc.ca/?p=204 We were very fortunate to have author Sigmund Brouwer visit our school for the morning on Monday, February 21st. We have over 60 of his books in our library. He did a presentation to the whole school and then worked with various intermediate and secondary students to promote reading and writing.

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]]> We were very fortunate to have author Sigmund Brouwer visit our school for the morning on Monday, February 21st. We have over 60 of his books in our library. He did a presentation to the whole school and then worked with various intermediate and secondary students to promote reading and writing. The visit was a tremendous success! Students were able to purchase one of Sigmund’s books for $5 while he was here.

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]]> https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/author-visit/feed/ 0 Library News https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/library-news/ https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/library-news/#respond Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:50:51 +0000 http://www.prespatou.prn.bc.ca/?p=230 Read, read, and read some more. Double your reading, double your fun reading contest. In six weeks, students have been challenged to double their reading time. We will finish with an assembly on March 15th with many great prizes donated by local businesses to give away.

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]]> Read, read, and read some more. Double your reading, double your fun reading contest. In six weeks, students have been challenged to double their reading time. We will finish with an assembly on March 15th with many great prizes donated by local businesses to give away. Primary students are given a draw ticket for each day that they read on the bus or at home. Intermediate and secondary students are challenged to double their reading time each week, and receive a draw ticket for every 200 minutes that they read and record.
Beanie Baby book reviews – sharing your favorite books really does pay off! Primary students are using a guided format to tell about their favorite books. Intermediate and secondary students are writing and talking about their recently read books, during lunch and class visits to the library. Each day at each age level one winner is drawn and they can choose a displayed beanie baby to take home. The response has been great and students are practicing public speaking and writing about some great books.
Battle of the Books – Six groups of intermediate students are busy reading with the May challenge in sight. Teams will be asked questions about the 40+ books on their team’s list with a chance of winning some cash prizes for each of the team members.

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]]> https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/library-news/feed/ 0 Book Fair – Library Fundraiser https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/book-fair-library-fundraiser/ https://prespatou.prn.bc.ca/book-fair-library-fundraiser/#respond Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:44:40 +0000 http://www.prespatou.prn.bc.ca/?p=133 The library hosted a Scholastic Book Fair on Nov. 22, 23, and 24th. Students and parents were invited to come in and purchase some great new books. Thank you to everyone who supported the book fair last week.

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]]> The library hosted a Scholastic Book Fair on Nov. 22, 23, and 24th. Students and parents were invited to come in and purchase some great new books. Thank you to everyone who supported the book fair last week. The money raised went towards purchasing new books for the library. Congratulations to the lucky draw winners who received some great prizes as well – Kyle Peters, Clayton Wiebe, Corey Zacharias, Raymond Bueckert, Barbara Wolfe, Amanda Bueckert, Andrew Fehr, Tyler Bueckert and Amanda Fehr. The family raffle draw prize went to Kimberly Wiebe.

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