Our 21C Sandy Beach Public School Library is on its way.....

Have a read of a Storybird story I created:

Our 21C Sandy Beach Public School Library is on its way.....

Kids' who read, succeed!!!

Cheers

:-)

Our hall is ready- Very REDdy!! BE WELL READ Bookfair begins.

Many thanks to the parents, teachers and students that helped to make the hall look like a very special place to visit.

All of the students will get the opportunity to browse the books before Thursday and make decisions about any they might like to purchase. We also encourage all students from Kinders to Year 6 to make recommendations about the books they would like to have included in their school library collection. It is really important that we include the books in the library that are interesting to our students. Our annual bookfair provides this opportunity.

It was great to hear one students asking for a particular books for his Grandma because it was her birthday soon. I am sure that she would appreciate his thoughtfulness and enjoy a book for her present.

We are allowed 35% of our sales back in commission which allows us to select many, and often most of the books the students recommend. We look forward to your company on Thursday 27 May- Public Education Day.

LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome to another fine year of learning in 2010! Our library is open Monday – Friday this year from 8.30 am parents are very welcome to come to the library with their children and read a story. This is a lovely, relaxing way to start the day.

LIBRARY LESSONS:

Mon     Tues     Wed   Thurs    Fri
 
3E         6M        KG


3H         6I         KS       4C         5A


2CK     K/1O    1M     4/5TC  1/2C

Students who can read well, have a chance to do well in all other areas they explore. They are not held back and frustrated because they can’t understand and interpret information.

Parents play a vital role in the education of their child. At Sandy Beach Public School (SBPS), we believe that a strong and supportive partnership between home and school improves children’s learning capabilities.


As parents/carers you can help them in many ways.


1.Read to them for fun – enjoy. Even just 10 minutes per school day = 50 minutes per week = 200 minutes per month = 2400 minutes per year. See it will add up!!!!!!! Does reading a bedtime story to your children every night really make that much difference?


YOU BET IT DOES! The research proves it!


This habit should start in a child’s first year of life, and continue throughout childhood. Even some children in Years 4, 5 & 6 enjoy it. Perhaps by then they will be the ones reading to their parents.


2. Encourage your children to read. 10 minutes per day = 2400 minutes per year, BUT 30 minutes per day = 7200 minutes per year!!! Imagine how well they would be reading by the end of the year!

3. Borrow regularly from libraries, including our school library.


4. Be involved in their schooling. Research shows that children, whose parents/carers are part of the team teaching and guiding them, do much better at school than others.

HELPERS
We value our wonderful helpers and would encourage more helpers to join the ranks because it helps free us to offer more services to the students and staff.


If you can help with library duties (either at home or at school) please fill out the form at the end of this newsletter and ask your child to return it to the library.

  Please visit OUR SCHOOL BLOGS regularly:

SBPS Latest happenings


Mrs. Nay’s Internet Library Branch


Parents-partners in teaching and learning

Parents may also be interested in our other blog: These are a few of my favourite web2.0 things


Remember: “Kids who read, succeed”


Cheers :-)  Mrs. Nay,  Teacher – Librarian