Claim the date....Our annual bookfair Friday 25 May 2012

Scholastic Showtime Bookfair 

Friday 25 May from 8am to 6pm.

We would LOVE to have your company!

                                                                                                                           

PLUS there's MORE:

Family Friday in the library 

Let's Read More in MAY

Every Friday, starting 4 May, the library learning lounge will be open until 3.30pm

for students, parents, grandparents and children to read and borrow books together.

Stock up for the weekend!!

Get those Easter preparations going!!

Are you preparing for Easter? 
You may find some helpful weblinks at SBPS Library site: Easter
How are you all going at creating your Easter hat?
This Cardiff North class has a head start....You may find some ideas that you could adapt

Join in the action!

Our students are learning about sustainability: 
These are some of the areas of activity that students explore.


Find out about Earth Hour. 


In 2011, Earth Hour saw hundreds of millions of people in more than 5,200 cities across 135 countries switch off for an hour. 


Will you be involved in 2012?


This Earth Hour 2012: 8.30pm, Saturday 31 March, celebrate your action for the planet with the people of world by switching off your lights for an hour, then go beyond the hour.


From its inception as a single-city initiative -- Sydney, Australia - in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2011 created history as the world's largest ever voluntary action with people, businesses and governments in 135 countries across every continent coming together to celebrate an unambiguous commitment to the one thing that unites us all -- the planet.

Enjoy this Flickr Slideshow

Explore the map: Find out what’s happening around the world and hear some inspiring stories from countries and territories that have already taken Earth Hour Beyond the Hour.


If you are interested in running your own earth hour activity visit http://www.earthhour.org/page/get-involved/how-guides to find out how to go about it.

For those who are ready to do more: Top 10 tips to go beyond the hour

Visit: The Australian National Sustainability Initiative

Some related fun for the kids:

Create a lantern for earth hour

Play  POCOYO'S RECYCLING GAME

or Kids Game Earth Hour

Kids Games - Play Educational and Fun Online Kids Games! Play Kids Games.

Kids Games -  Play Educational and Fun Online Kids Games! Play Kids Games.

NEW

 SO many to choose from!!

vocabulary pinball, word searches and crsswordsvocabulary pinball, word searches and 

Will you complete the 2012 Premier's Reading Challenge?

    Plenty of Sandy Beach Public School kids  will succeed!!
                      They sure know how to read!!
Watch what the kids who finished early in 2011 got up to as a celebration!!

                   2011 PRC Celebrations on PhotoPeach

At Sandy Beach P.S. we encourage all of the students to read good quality,
 fun, interesting to them books. There are many thousands to choose from in the PRC.
                         
 Make sure you get the chance to join the fun in 2012.
How may books have you read so far? What was your favourite book?
Share your answer in the comments.

Read a message from the Premier of NSW

Regular reading each day, will get you on your way!!

                       Make sure the books you choose are FUN for you and EASY to read.

Reading is not a CHORE!!
                  It is wonderful when you find the right book for you!!

                                   Happy searching.

Past websites of the week...Have fun!

Have fun!
Plenty of variety!
You can visit these past websites of the week any time through

                                  the Website of the Week tab 
                                     (surrounded by stars in this picture)   

   COOKIE

 

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS MATH FACT FUN    

       

National Geographic KIDS

DARE to explore!!! 

Explore the countries of the World         

                                                                     Screenshot of home page                                                           

  Draw a Stickman FUN! FUN! FUN!                          

 

Comic Creator

All About Animals- Have fun exploring!!

from 

All About Animals can be explored in three ways: using menus to search for information, using the index and using key words.

The database is available in two versions: with sound support on the menus and simple description pages or without sound.

              ABCya! Make a Car | Children's Computer Activity

Who is your favourite author?

In the library this year we have been ensuring that the students get time to "slow down and read in peace." So often life is hectic that it is vital to take the time to slow down. 

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 The Slow Reading Movement is part of the “slow movement” which aims to decrease the pace of life and promote greater comprehension. The Slow Reading Movement believes that we are losing the ability to read deeply. We tend to skim and browse more and more these days. If interested you can join in the International Day of Slowness.

Is it time to slow our reading down? Photograph: Steve Caplin

"Slow reading is the intentional reduction in the speed of reading, 

carried out to increase comprehension or pleasure." Wikipedia

Read more at The Art of Slow Reading.


In slow reading "the goal is a closer connection between readers and their information."  John Miedema -author of "Slow Reading."

Tracy Seeley, an English professor at the University of San Francisco, and the author of a blog about slow reading, feels strongly that slow reading shouldn't "just be the province of the intellectuals. Careful and slow reading, and deep attention, is a challenge for all of us."

We have been using the SQUIRT method for classes from Year 1-6. The kids respond happily. They love not being interrupted.

Students have been doing a great job of borrowing all kinds of books from many different authors. This week we are going to explore some of their favourite authors.
Who is your favourite author?


Here is a poll for the students to take on their favourite authors. 

        The poll is made in BooRoo- a free, very easy to use poll, survey and quiz creator. 


Some of these authors and illustrators we have in our library, but some we don't. If you feel that you would like to recommend we purchase new books please feel welcome to make a suggestion by jotting down the Title, Author and Publisher and handing it in to the library. 

We read... other less fortunate children receive books to read.

In the library we have recently introduced this wonderful initiative-We Give Books as part of our Global Studies. The digital stories are so easy to access and read as a class using our data projector, in groups or as individuals on our netbooks. Some of our classes have already started implementing the program in their classrooms and as part of their suggested homework.

Read a book. Give a book.

           Combining the joy of reading with the power of helping others

 We Give Books was created by the Penguin Group 

                                         and the Pearson Foundation.

What a great encouragement and incentive to our students. 
Everytime a registered user reads a free online digital book the Pearson Foundation donated a book. View a video that outlines the project.

"We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online.

We Give Books combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers."

Please take a minute to log in or sign up and help share books with children who need them.

For every book members read online, We Give Books donates a book to a child who doesn't have one. It's easy and free.

Your family can choose which campaign it will support. 

There is NO cost,

however, you DO need to sign up and log in so they can track your reading.

Parents can visit: We Give Books - Read a book. Give a book. to discover ways to establish this fabulous initiative in your homes easily.
Teachers and Librarians: Ideas to make We Give Books -Read a Book Give a Book successfully work in your classroom.
There are three classifications of books to choose from: New Releases, Popular and Classics. When you sign up the books that your children read are stored for easy reviewing in your library.

The students can use the topic words to search for books they are interested in:

Boys build a castle in our library!

Our castle. on PhotoPeach

It is time to visit your local library for so many reasons

 The Coffs City library has a huge array of resources which includes books, magazines, music CDs, DVDs and audio-books. In fact the library holds over 90,000 items!

Your library card provides you with access to SOOOOOOOOOOOO much!! 

Don't miss out. Become a MEMBER

                                                              Get your library card ASAP!!

 Take your children along to the 

                                                     FREE CHRISTMAS CRAFT ACTIVITY

Join in their Weekly Events

Children's Storytime @ your library, 11:00 - 11:45 AM

Weekly storytime for pre-school aged children.

- Tuesdays @ Woolgoolga

- Wednesdays @ Coffs Harbour

- Thursdays @ Toormina                                    

 

Summer Reading Club 

2011-12 Summer Reading Club - The Amazing Read! 

The Summer Reading Club is a great opportunity for school aged children to explore the amazing world of books and stories during the summer school holidays. The library supports the SRC with fun activity kits for all children who participate, including ideas of interesting books to read! 

  

All books read during the Summer Reading Club from the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge lists can be included in the 2012 challenge totals!!                      

The library has access to many of the 

books. 

Start your reading now and get a headstart for 2012!!

LAST chance to get those Woolies dockets to school.

Thankyou to all the wonderful people who 
helped us collect our points. Many were 
friends and relatives from other areas 
of Australia. Your efforts are appreciated. :)

What can we get for our school? 
We have 3,845 points....

From more than 7,000 educational resources 

which are up for grabs including library books, 

classroom equipment, art & craft materials we 

can get some new gear. It takes many points 

to get the resources.  

Teachers are hoping to get some resources 

that will help our students have more 

opportunities to be creative and artistic by 

being better resourced for art and painting 

lessons. 

It is the very last chance to send in any dockets 

that you still have at home, or email Woolies to

inform them to add your online points to our school,

so they can be included.

Simply email Woolworths Online Customer 

service at shoponline @woolworths.com.au, 

Your nominated school name and suburb today 

with the subject "Earn and Learn with Woolworths."