Our new library hosts its initial bookfair.

Lights! Camera! BOOKFAIR!

Our very first bookfair in the library!

Kids viewing the books available at the bookfair.

Students reading, drawing and browsing in our new library.

 

Year One share some of their illustrations.

See what our kids get up to in the library at lunchtime.

Lunchtime activities in our library. on PhotoPeach

A big thank you to all helpers- what a great result from the bookfair.

Lots of lovely new books to read. on PhotoPeach



We earned approx $2000 worth of new books!! 
There are so many wonderful reads to be added to our library!! 

"Seven Little Australians" come to Coffs Harbour

 Please find attached a copy of a page for a “Colouring Competition” being held by Coffs Harbour City Library. Children can download, print and colour in the page then return them to school for later delivery to the local libraries. It is an extra activity that the children may or may not decide to share in. I will also make some copies available in the library for the morning "Homework Hub"  and also during the lunchtime openings.

To promote the staging of the Seven Little Australians at the Jetty Theatre, and the exhibition of original oil paintings from the book at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery, we're holding a colouring competition for school students.

Entries can be returned to school or directly to any branch of the library, and the closing date is 31^st July 2011.

Entries will be displayed at the libraries, and at The Jetty Theatre.

Your family may like to share in some  of the following events:
Seven Little Australians Associated functions:-

¨       Oil Paintings by John Lennox: Bunker Cartoon Gallery Exhibition, 24^th June-16^th July

¨       Family Movie Night: Coffs Harbour City Library, Fri 1^st July @ 6.30pm

¨       Edwardian Morning Tea & Display: Coffs Harbour Library, Thurs 7^th July @ 11.00am

¨       CHATS Production: The Jetty Memorial Theatre, 22^nd July-31^st July

            Art supplies will be awarded as the prizes,
 with sections being:

• Preschoolers
• K – 2
• 3 – 6
• 7 – 12

Our very first debate was held!!

Sandy Beach Public School hosted a team from Woolgoolga Public School for our very first debate in our new library learning space. 

 

We had a most successful celebration of reading on Thursday. 

Thank you to all the parents, friends, staff and students who took part in some way to make our celebration of reading such a success!!

I was able to select just over $2000 worth of books, that the children had suggested, with the commission. These books will be added to our current selection in the library as soon as we can get them processed and ready for reading!!

Our P&C generously donated $500 for board games for classes this week.

What good timing!! BTN showed this program last week about board games:(You can access BTN archives and view past episodes.)
From all the kids and the staff at SBPS I wish to publicly say: Thank you to all the parents who helped to raise the money for the kids to have these games in their classrooms. 
As a parent you might be thinking: "Why play games at school? There is so much learning to do..." but as Kirsty says on the program: "Thinking before you take action is one of many skills these students have learnt. There's also problem solving, developing strategy, using your memory and being a good sport. And it's a good way to improve your social skills."


Have a chat with your kids: What board games would they like to have in their classroom? 
Please feel welcome to share them here on this blog. :)

Take a look back at 2009 Bookfair

    2009 Bookfair- Our very last one in the old library!!!



                   2009 Book Character Parade

At last: Our library learning lounge opens for its first lunchtime!!

Our library learning lounge opens for its first lunchtime at last!!! on PhotoPeach.



We have come a long way since these slideshows: Check out the animoto slideshow of "Our new BER library" and the photopeach of "Our first impressions of our new BER library."

Announcing the 2011 SBPS Bookfair!!!

Our annual Book Fair is coming up on Thursday 26th May.This is a great way to provide more stimulating books for your children to read and a great way to highlight and celebrate the joy of reading!

This year the theme is:

Lights, Camera, BOOKFAIR!

 

The Scholastic truck will arrive on Friday 20th May so we can set up. This year we will hold the Book Fair in the new BER library. Come along and check it out!

 

The Book Character Parade and Book Fair sale day will be held on Thursday 26th May.

The Book Fair will be open from 8am-6pm.

 

We look forward to seeing lots of parents and friends join us on this day for a huge celebration of “reading.” Students can come to school dressed up as any one of their favourite book  characters.

 

We encourage, where possible, students to bring along a book that displays their character for sharing with visitors and their classmates. It can be a book from home, the public library, Grandma’s or our library...  

 

Parents and family are welcome to join their children for recess and then a brief book sharing time in the classroom.

          

The Book Character Parade will commence at 12.15.  Parents and friends are also welcome to join their children for lunch. Our canteen will be catering for this event.                          

 

After each class presents their book characters in the parade we will do 1 x lucky draw for a “poster pick” from the  Bookfair = 13 lucky winners!!  

 

Book Fair Program of Events

 

Thursday 26th May 2011 – parents, family and friends are welcome to join us for:

 

Morning Tea – 11.15

Class “read in” from 11.40

Book Character Parade commencing at 12.15

Lunch – 1.15

The Library will be open from 8.00am until 6.00pm selling books and we look forward to seeing you on the day. 

Come one, come all!!

Come and check out our new library learning lounge.
Remember the fun of last years bookfair:

and last years book character parade...

Visit our new LIBRARY tab on our new school website.

Visit our library tab on our Sandy Beach Public School's new website 

LIBRARY    and you will find: 

SBPS Library 4 Lifelong Learningweblinks

-Virtual Library 24/7

This site provides access to weblinks, web tools and e-resources to support
teaching and learning for staff and students, parents and carers
@ Sandy Beach Public School. 

and this weeks news: Check out the  photopeach of: 

Our first impressions of our new BER library on PhotoPeach

Sharing the e-books so you can search and find them in the holidays.

 Enjoy these e-books from Fraboom- Online Children's Museum:

We are on our way to our new BER library.

I would like to say a BIG thank you to all the wonderful parents and carers who have come along and helped me with the move.
Your help is really appreciated.
 I could not have managed without you!!

Sandy Beach school kids are working hard on improving their spelling.

I have had parents asking for online games for extra reinforcement.
Here are some great games to try for spelling:
starting with: 

SCRAMBLESAURUS 

 

 

 

SPELLING MATCH

   Help Dobie find treasure under the sea by

   matching letter patterns and word parts to spell words.

 * choose your class and then the unit....

Thie time it really is 1O's work!!

Make Books Online at Bookemon!			read	send

These are our drawings of the tooth fairy from 1B

Year 1 B share their 2011 tooth fairies with you.
Year 1 B's tooth fairies on PhotoPeach (not 1O as I previously stated)

Watch our show in a spiral version:
Year 1 O's tooth fairies on PhotoPeach


Check out all the countries involved in the TOOTH TALLY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM this year

Kinders in library in week 6.

Kinders in library in week 6. on PhotoPeach

Yr 4 welcome kinder kids to our library.

Yr 4 welcome kinder kids to our library. on PhotoPeach

2l from Dubbo share their results from February's Tooth Tally

Tooth Tally February on PhotoPeach

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