Thank you for the Book Donations!
Just a little note…to say THANK-YOU to the Santorelli Family (Dominic Gr 7 & Selicia Gr 6) for the awesome books donated to our school library today!! Your generosity is…
Welcome to the Library
Mrs. Bond
Librarian/Resource/Vice-Principal
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
Mrs. Morena
Library Technician/Cataloguer
“A well-stocked, well-staffed library is like a gardener who plants books, knowledge, and dreams, and grows readers, learners, and do-ers.”
-Laura Pardie Salas
Upcoming Events
Online Resources
Informational Sources:
Vancouver Public Library
ABC Life Literacy
Reference Guides:
Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Dynamo Dictionary
Our Library Magazines:
Sports Illustrated Kids
ChickaDee/Chirp/Owl Kids
SPCA BC
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic
Popular Science
Online/Internet Safety and Etiquette:
Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Kids in the Know
Cyber Tip
How to Avoid Plagiarism
Kid-Friendly Search Engines and Directories:
Read – Write – Think
This is an awesome website for supplementing your Language Arts writing unit in any grade. The site is free and includes lesson plans/ideas, student interactives, and handouts for students. Check it out!
Looking for good webquests with up to date links? Well this is the site for you. With loads of Webquests in nearly every subject area for nearly every grade level, this is a very useful technological based resourse.
Important Announcements
Our Lady of Sorrows School Library is an inviting and positive place for students to come and develop a love of reading, as well as develop skills for identifying, locating and evaluating varied informational sources.
Through a collaborative effort between the teacher-librarian, the classroom teachers and the Library Technician, an effective school library program has been created to promote avid readers and information literate citizens.
The program provides instruction in the areas of curriculum support, information literacy and literature appreciation.
~ NEW BOOKS FOR SEPTEMBER ~
There’s ANOTHER 40 fabulous NEW LIBRARY BOOKS catalogued for you to enjoy checking out
for BACK TO SCHOOL in SEPTEMBER!!
Take a look in our PHOTO GALLERY at all the great books 😉
Here are some of my favorite new books!
HAPPY READING 🙂
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* Monday, June 18 – Please RETURN ALL Library Books TODAY!!
* Monday, June 18 – Bowling for Library Monitors and Peer Tutors in the afternoon 😉
* Friday, June 22 – Grade 7 Farewell Ceremony (12pm Dismissal)
* Tuesday, June 26 – Awards Assembly
* Wednesday, June 27 – LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!! 12 noon Dismissal 😉
Have a FUN & SAFE summer break!!
See you in September 🙂
