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Friday 27 September 2013

End of September already.....

One more school day left in September?! The last two weeks I was out of the library helping teachers and resource staff to complete our District reading assessments.  It was a wonderful experience reading with all of our students, they did a great job and I look forward to seeing their progression.  If you came to see me about volunteering, I am so sorry I missed you, please come back next week. My schedule this year is a little more straight forward, I will be working: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  We do have a library schedule but it may still change this week, but hopefully our first official week in the library will be fun, challenging and exciting!

Keep reading everyday no matter what!
Have a restful weekend.

Ms. Borthwick

Saturday 14 September 2013

Week 1- I think everyone survived!

It seems like everyone had a wonderful, albeit busy first full week of school.  I was open for a few days this week and met some of the new class combinations for the year.  I am really excited about all of the energy and enthusiasm I saw for reading! Very few students took less then the maximum and I had a few students who wanted to take out more!!!

The library will be open three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday until lunch).  If you have any questions about my availability, please feel free to come by to discuss it with me.

I am thinking about collaborating with the PAC and choosing a night that we can offer some help to parents who are finding it difficult when helping with research projects at home.  We have many helpful resources that can be accessed at home and they are available in a variety of languages.

The library will be officially opened for regular exchanges by the beginning of October. Stay tuned for more information regarding our grand opening of the new library.  We are excited to invite some of the main people who helped to make the library the beautiful space it is today!

So many things to be excited about!
Keep reading,
Ms. Borthwick

Wednesday 4 September 2013

Welcome Back!

A new library and a new school year! Lots of things on my to-do list this year and if anyone would like to come and help out I am always looking for library volunteers. I will post a list of tasks and time commitments for anyone who is wondering if they could come and help out.

The library will be open for business by the end of September and keep a lookout for all the new books available to borrow in the library!

In October we will be having a Drop Everything And Read day and an official Library Grand Opening on the same day!!!!  There will be cake, lots of reading and a chance to dress as your favourite literary character, so much to look forward too!

Come by and visit,
Ms. Borthwick