CAIS Spring Library Newsletter
Readathon 2019 – Building Novel Ideas
“Readathon 2019 – Building Novel Ideas” took place between January 28 – February 22. Students worked hard during this period of time in order to achieve their goals. Let’s give them a big round of applause for this.
More than 8000 AR quizzes were taken for the whole school, and the average passing percentage was higher than 80%, which is an excellent result for all of our students. If we count the number of words read, there were more than 257 million words!
The official results of the “Readathon 2019 – Building Novel Ideas” can be found on the Readathon page of our library website, or you can directly click the links below.
Grade 4 to Grade 12 classes: http://connect.lionsdenhk.net/library/2019/03/05/2019-readathon-g-4-g-12-results/
Preparatory to Grade 3 classes: http://connect.lionsdenhk.net/library/2019/03/05/prep-g-3-readathon-results-2/
Prize certificates were distributed to the winning students, and the whole school enjoyed their free dress days.
What we have been learning in the library lately
After Readathon, high school students learn about copyright and plagiarism in the remaining library lessons in Term 3 in order to prepare them for writing academic essays in the future study.
Readathon 2019
Planning for Readathon 2019 started in December, 2018. There will be numerous activities for students across the school. This year, the theme for Readathon will be around building – Building minds. Building futures!
Readathon 2019 will be from January 22, 2019 to February 28, 2019. More details will be announced soon!
Besides that, the library is carrying out several sessions about award-winning authors, such as Anthony Browne and Andrea Beaty. These introductions allow our students to have a wider range of book selections. Some skills, like summarizing and referencing, are being introduced to upper primary students.
Book Exhibition
Our library book exhibition for March and April is on the theme of Social Studies, which can also be named Social Science. Many branches are included under this academic discipline. In general, economics, history and geography are definitely part of it, and other branches also include anthropology, psychology, and political science, etc. You are welcome to come to our library to find out more about social studies.
