Engaging Readers & Life-long Learners!
On Wednesday, October 19th, Rachelle Delaney, a local Children’s author came to Seaforth and did presentations to Divisions 4 to 10. Rachelle talked about the writing process , and how she gets her ideas for plot , setting and characters. She read and Continue reading Rachelle Delaney Author Visit
Websites: Encyclopedia of British Columbia http://knowbc.com/ebc/ The Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/ Canadian Geographic https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
This year’s Festival du Livre was a big success. Merci to the students and their families who attended this event to purchase French books and, in turn, to raise funds for the school library. The winner of the Family draw door prize was Continue reading Festival du Livre – Merci!
On Friday, June 10th , Mo Willems came to Vancouver, the only Canadian city he was visiting on his North American tour. Kidsbooks hosted the event and it was sold out within 24 hours so it was a real privilege to get Continue reading Mo Willems visits Vancouver!
The Home Reading Club / Club de Lecture passports are due on Friday, June 3rd. Students who have reached the 200 nights of reading goal will receive their book prize the week of June 6th to 9th. Thanks to all the families Continue reading Home Reading Club / Club de Lecture
Please return your books by June 9th! Yes, it’s that time of year again! It’s June and the school library must close on June 9th so that I can get all the books back by June 29th and also to Continue reading Library closes Thursday, June 9th
Websites to do research: http://baseballhalloffame.ca/inductees/vancouver-asahi https://www.nfb.ca/film/sleeping_tigers_the_asahi_baseball_story http://bcsportshalloffame.com/inductees/inductees/bio?id=298&type=person http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/asahi/index2.php?loc=en-CA http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vancouver-asahi/ Japanese Canadian National Museum: http://www.jcnm.ca/resources.htm Japanese Canadian History – The Early Years: http://www.japanesecanadianhistory.net/historical_overview.htm
All good things … and book series must come to an end! This is going to be a hard lesson for some of our young readers at Seaforth when I share some sad news from the literary world. With the publication Continue reading May is Thank-O-Rama Month!
Howdy pardners, this year’s Sports Day theme is Western and we have aptly named it the Seaforth Stampede. During the week leading up to Sports Day, I will be reading a humourous story by Jan Brett titled Armadillo Rodeo to the lower primary Continue reading Seaforth Stampede Sports Day
Last Wednesday evening, Ms.Higgins went to see the author of one of the YRCA 2016 titles, Escape from Mr.Lemoncello’s Library , Chris Grabenstein which was hosted by Vancouver Kidsbooks. It was a delightful and informative presentation in which Mr. Grabenstein had children Continue reading Chris Grabenstein , Children’s Author in Vancouver