Engaging Readers & Life-long Learners!
Seaforth School was very fortunate to be one of the Burnaby schools to host the author and illustrator, Ashley Spires. She came all the way from Saskatoon to do presentations in the Burnaby School District. She spoke to students from Continue reading Ashley Spires Author visit
Yes, one-eyed Leon is our Livromanie mascot this year! He is adorning our Livromanie bookmarks and book labels as one of his books, Leon and les traditions is on of this year’s book list. Livromanie began early this year as we got Continue reading Livromanie
We celebrated Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday which was also the cumulation of February is Kindness month at Seaforth. To tie in with those themes, this week I read Pink! by Lynne Rickards to the Kindergarten, Gr.1 and Gr.1/2 classes. All Continue reading Pink Shirt Day & Kindness Month
Hanukkah began at sundown on Saturday, December 8th. Last week and this week, Intermediate classes will be watching the video version of a popular Jewish folktale adapted by Eric Kimmel called Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. Here is the link, Continue reading Happy Hanukkah!
This week, classes heard stories of war and peace. One touching book about Remembrance Day is titled Why We Remember which was written and illustrated by a class from Graysville elementary School in Manitoba. Students also heard the song, Let Continue reading Remembrance Day
This Halloween, there are some great new books to read to the students. Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown was a big hit with the primaries because it had a great mix of imagination and humour. Here is a video Continue reading Happy Halloween!
This Monday is Thanksgiving in Canada so that has been the theme in the Library this week. Lower primary classes were read Bear says Thanks by Karma Wilson, and the upper primary classes were read Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. The Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
Rick Riordan was in Vancouver on Thursday, May 3 to release his new book, The Serpent’s Shadow, the third book in the Kane Chronicles. His presentation was engaging, informative and humourous! He told the audience about how he became a Continue reading Rick Riordan Author visit
In April, we celebrated Poetry Month in the library. Students in the Primary classes read and shared poems from a wide range of poetry books. There are some wonderful poets whose poetry resonate with the kids, Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Continue reading April was Poetry Month!
On March 23, the movie of The Hunger Games will be released. Once again, readers will have to decide which do they prefer – book or movie, or both? It should be interesting to hear what the film critics will Continue reading The Hunger Games – book vs. movie