It is that time of year when we need to get all the library books back to school, so round em up!
The first 
class to have all their books returned (this includes teacher books) gets a treat from me.
Round em up!
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Great Websites for Kids to learn to Code
“Like reading, …Coding gives children a creative way of looking at the world. It empowers them to make, rather than passively consume. It encourages them to work together.” – Sylvia Aguiñaga
Why should kids learn to code?
- It teaches them how things work. Kids are naturally curious, they want to figure things out. Learning some basic coding makes them appreciate how all the electronics that are part of their everyday life work.
- It teaches them math is not just something you do at school. Coding requires mathematical thinking and logic.
- It is fun to make things and see how they work instantly.
- It is a great career path with lots of jobs and opportunities.
Some great websites for kids.
- App Inventor – http://www.appinventor.org
- Code.org – http://code.org
- Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu/
Computers in the Library
Websites for Library Computers:
EBSCO: (recognizes IP addresses from NVSD)
WORLDBOOK : (recognizes IP addresses from NVSD)
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY – password needed.
Games:
http://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/play-shelver/
Bears, Bears, Bears
We are all busy learning about bears! Our school wide bear theme began with a visit from Maggie deVries, author of Fraser Bear – A Cub’s Life. Maggie led us through the ideas, research and publishing and editing process of her books and shared some writing tips with us. Now we are all busy learning more about bears, reading bear stories and novels and coming together as a Cove Cliff Community. 
Upcoming events:
- the North Shore Black Bear Society will be coming to talk to us about bears in our neighborhood
- we will be having a Teddy Bear Picnic with buddy classes
- primary students will have a bear activity day
Earn Books for our Library
It’s Easy!
Use this link to go to Amazon.ca, buy whatever books you are wishing for, and our school gets credit from Amazon to purchase library books. Could it get any easier?
Want to purchase a book for the library? here is a link to our Wish List
The Big Weed
We are in the process of weeding out books that have not been checked out of the library for several years to make room on the shelves for all our new books. If there are any parents with time to help, this will be an ongoing project for the next few weeks. Please drop in to the library or leave a comment below if you can help out.
A Huge Success
The book fair was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated, especially all my hard working student and adult volunteers, we couldn’t have done it without you! We raised over $2000 for our school.
Book Fair!
The Book Fair is Coming December 3-5
We are hosting a Book Fair on December 3-5. This is a great opportunity to get free books and magazines for our library. Please sign up to help out on Volunteer Spot by clicking the link below.
Book Fair Hours:
Please note the changes below the book fair will not be open at recess. (it is too short a time)
Students will all visit the Fair during class time on Tuesday or Wednesday (schedule will be posted with classroom teachers)
Monday December 3, 2012 – Fair open at Lunch and After School (from 12:20pm-1:00pm and from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
Tuesday December 4, 2012 – Fair open before school, lunch and after school (from 8:00am to 8:45 am, 10:20 – 10:40 am, 12:20pm-1:00pm and from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
Special Adult Only Shopping Tuesday evening from 5:00pm – 6:30 pm.
Wednesday December 5, 2012 – Fair open before school, lunch and after school (from 8:00am to 8:45 am, 10:20 – 10:40 am, 12:20pm-1:00pm and from 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm.) PAC Meeting at 4:30 pm.
Professional Develpment
The staff had a great presentation on inquiry based learning on Friday. I know my mind was racing with ideas, and that is what is good about professional development days, they give us a chance to be together, to share ideas and to learn new things. Something that came out of the day was that there are a number of teachers who are going to be working on a collaborative project about Communities. In particular Deep Cove. They are looking for resources and artifacts to share with the children. Do you have a book, old photos, magazine or newspaper articles, or other artifacts relating to communities or Deep Cove that you could share with us?
New Books!
A huge thank you to the PAC for the first installment of new books for our library. The Intermediate students thank you. (I know this is true because most of them are already checked out.)