Mother Tongue Monday -- stories in different languages during Morning Break and Lunch Break -- in the library, etc.
Teacher Read-Aloud Tuesday -- teachers will swap classes for a read-aloud session.
Poem-in-Your-Pocket Wednesday -- we are asking everyone to have a poem ready to share at any time on Wednesday. Note that the Reading Room (off the library) is now stocked with plenty of poetry books to help you find a perfect poem.
Non-Fiction Thursday -- we are asking all students to read some non-fiction in your D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) time today.
Dress-Up Friday -- come to school dressed as a character from a book or story.
Questions? Contact Katie Day, Teacher Librarian (kda at uwcsea.edu.sg)
Bookaburra Books will be holding a book fair in the Canteenon Wednesday (9:00-4:30), Thursday (7:45-4:30), and Friday (7:45-3:30).
Infant parents are encouraged to visit the book fair with their children before or after school.
Junior students can buy books before and after school and during break times. They will also visit the book fair with their teachers during schooltime. Parents are asked to send money in with their children on their fair visit day -- as indicated below:
Wednesday, March 25: 3HaB, 2JEn, 3LWh, 4KrM
Thursday, March 26: 4SKl, 2HBe, 2MGo
Friday, March 27: 4MSa, 3DGo
This is a great opportunity to pick up some holiday reading for your child; a percentage of sales will be donated to the Library so we can purchase more books too!
On Friday everyone is asked to come dressed as a book character. So start thinking!
Click here to get some dress-up suggestions.
This illustration team, who just had their first children's book -- Monsters on the Wall -- published, came in and drew pictures of monsters, dinosaurs, fairies, and combination creatures for K1 students on March 23rd.
For more information, see Joshua Chiang's website, Cereal Box Studios, and Din's website, Dinability.
Wai Han, the publisher of Ethos Books, read her latest picture book, Guai Wu, and talked about how books are published with K2 students on Monday, March 23rd.
Roger Jenkins, storyteller and poet, will be entertaining Grade 2 students on Wednesday morning between 10:30 and 11:30.
See Roger's website for more information.
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Grant S. Clark, author of the new book Monkey Magic: The Curse of Mukada, will be visiting Grade 3 students on Thursday, March 26th.
For more information about the book, see Grant's website, Monkey Magic.
See also the Author/Illustrator Visits page
Shamini Flint, local author of both picture books and novels for children, will be visiting Grade 4 on Wednesday and Grade 1 on Friday during Book Week.
For more information about Shamini's books, see her website, Sunbear Publishing.
See also the Author/Illustrator Visits page
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