Library Workshops during Assessment Week

Posted on January 9, 2025 by gladwind

The library will be offering three different activities during Assessment Week (Jan. 20-24, 2025):

Learn to Make Your Own Custom Printed & Cut Stickers Using the Cricut machine. Monday morning from 9-lunch. At right are examples of stickers Ms Gladwin made using pictures of the dolls she crochets plus a Grogu snowflake. You will need a device to do your designing on; bring your own or use one of our laptops. The Cricut Design Space app can be downloaded onto mobile devices, laptops, tablets. It’s helpful if you download the app and make a free account for yourself ahead of time. Here’s a link to the apps https://cricut.com/en-ca/apps

2. Decorated Envelopes. Monday afternoon (1-2:30). Learn how to use simple calligraphy and drawing techniques to decorate envelopes in many ways. These are great for getting attention when you’re delivering special cards or letters, either in person or through the mail. Elevate the thoughtfulness of your Valentine’s, Birthday, or Thank-you cards (great for thanking teachers for those reference letters!). You’re welcome to bring the envelopes for any cards/letters you’re preparing now. Bring a selection of your pens, pencil, markers so you can learn to work with your supplies as well as ours. Please sign up ahead of time so that we know how many supplies we’ll need. Maximum of 20 participants.

Board Game Day. Wednesday from 10am-2pm. You’re welcome to come by at any time during the session to play some board games. You can play one of ours, or bring your own to share with others. No signup needed, just show up and find someone to play with.

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Button/Badge-making workshop

Posted on December 5, 2024 by gladwind

Learn to make your own pin-back buttons. In the library at lunch on Friday, December 13th. We’ll provide the button-making supplies, you just need to bring pictures to put in them, or you can print something out or cut out a picture from an old magazine or comic.

Our button-maker can make three different sizes, so pick an image that will fit inside a circle that is one of these sizes: 58mm. 32mm, 25mm.

You can bring your lunch to eat while you work.

Here are some instructions on how to use a button-maker like ours

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Magnet-making workshop December 6

Posted on December 3, 2024 by gladwind

Want to learn how to make your own glass magnets? They make great little gifts for others or for yourself. Come to the library at Flex block on Friday, December 6th. We’ll provide all of the supplies you need, including some old comics and magazines to take images from. If there’s another image you want to use, you can bring it or print one on the library printer. Maximum size about 2/5-3cm. If you don’t have enough time to finish during Flex, you can come back at lunch to work on them.

If you want to see how to do this ahead of the workshop, take a look here

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Set your cardboard crafting creature free!

Posted on September 4, 2024 by cowleyj

Free Building/Crafting Materials: All the packaging from our new computer refresh was left in the Library. If you are a maker and want any good cardboard boxes (some flattened) or some black foam, it’s first come, first served, but only until Friday after school when it will go to the bins. Help us upcycle instead! They would be good as moving boxes (with cushioning even!) or crafted into test dividers, foot rests, desktop podiums, Halloween costumes, dioramas, marble tracks, toddler toys, cat houses…whatever you can imagine. If you need supplies to help you realise your plans, we’ve got all sorts of makerspace tools you can use too. We’re open in Flex, Lunch (not Tues/Thurs), and after school.

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Welcome Back!!!

Posted on August 31, 2024 by cowleyj

There have been some changes in the Library over the summer. Many of our desktop computers have been replaced with Laptops (in our cart). There are also many more laptop carts throughout the school, so Library laptops will not be signed out to classrooms except in special circumstances. We are still awaiting new shelving units for our Non-Fiction collection, but they are browsable on the black carts.

We’d also like to welcome Mr. Saggu to our Library staff. He will be working with us on block 7 (for 1/2 a block, schedule TBD).

Watch here and in the Student Bulletin for information about joining the Library Club. We’re always looking for members committed to making our Library the best it can be. If you were a member last year and would like to help out before we schedule shifts for this year’s members, please come speak with us.

Book circulation will be available as soon as possible, but we will be open Sept. 4 for at least individual study in the first week of school. The puzzle & colouring tables will be open on Wednesday, Sept. 4.

Ms Cowley, Ms Gladwin, Mr. Saggu, and Ms Saul

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Thanks for the gifts!

Posted on May 8, 2024 by cowleyj

Thank-you to the talented crafter who stealthily gifted us a pride-full flock of birds. We love them! And we have origami paper if you want to make more or teach a workshop to others!

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AP Exams–Library Study Spaces and Personal Support

Posted on April 30, 2024 by cowleyj

This year there are NO AP EXAMS IN THE LIBRARY!!!! So for the first time in many, many years, we will be OPEN ALL OF MAY!

And that means we can support AP students in other ways. All are welcome to study in the Library during opening hours or to use our resources for destress ing and recovery. We have…

books about self-care topics you may be sacrificing (sleep, mental health, healthy diet),
novels that can help you escape the realities of exam prep,
DVDs (and new players!) you can use in the Library to watch an escapist blockbuster…or to review some concepts,
colouring sheets and supplies for some calming art,
puzzles to help you focus on something other than your worries (the new one is all candy wrappers!)
comfy seating to relax a bit during a study break,
quiet study rooms where you can shut out some of the distractions,
a hidden nook where you can catch a quick nap,
and a large collection of stuffies to help you get some good hug energy!