About Our Library
Eagle View Elementary School library is a very popular location in our school. The library is now OPEN again in the mornings from 8:30—9:00 a.m. and OPEN every day after school from 3:00—3:30 p.m.
LIBRARY CLUB: Library Club started in mid September and meets for training/exploration/leadership sessions most Wednesdays and Thursdays during lunch time. There are 40+ students in grades 4-7 involved in library club. This equates to nearly 1 out of 3 Intermediate students are in our library club! Our latest themes included: North Island history (from Ruth Botel); Spring, Easter, First Nations, Science Fair, Exploring Technology, creating ideas for a new library mat, and producing book trailers about popular books in the library. (These have just started....watch for book trailer videos attached to the library site later this school year.)
UPDATES: Olivia won a tropical fish aquarium set for our school and it is presently being stored in the library. We just had a new power pole installed and after a visual poster storage unit is removed, our new school aquarium will be set up. We are very excited about this!
Our SMART board arrived last fall and is set up against the back wall of the library. Ms. Gunson has been using it for library and ELL lessons. There is also a sign out timetable and other classes without their own SMART boards, are using this one while waiting for their own boards to arrive.
NEW BOOKS FOR OUR COLLECTION: (Some popular interests at school right now are: humor, hockey, dance, wakeboarding, tropical underwater creatures, life cycles, scary/horror, biographies, Africian countries, First Nations folklore, ATV, war, Natural resources, pets).
POPULAR BOOKS AND SERIES: Some of the most popular books and series in the library right now include: Warriors and Seekers (Animals/Environmental Adventure) by Erin Hunter. We still have reserves on the books!; Bad Kitty (Picture books and novels) by Nick Bruel; The Sisters 8 (novel series...about 8 orphan sisters. Popular in grades 3-5); Vordak the Incomprehensible (novel series humor/adventure. grades 4+); Ivy + Bean (novel series. Grade 3-5); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Humor. Grades 3+); Pokemon Handbook Black and White. BONE graphic novels and the Hunger Games series also continue to be major hits in our library. Newer popular series are the Rick Riordan books (Throne of Fire) and Veronica Roth's novel (Divergent).
I introduced a new author who has recently become a Canadian citizen (from Australia) in December. His Christmas theme books using computer graphics are extremely popular with nearly all grade levels at school. We have Canadian Jingle Bells and A Moose in a Maple Tree by Troy Townsin. Check out his website: www.amooseinamapletree.com
As our budget for the library is very limited, (about $14 per student each year) there is a fee for books which are lost or damaged. Please enjoy your books but keep them dry and in good shape for others to enjoy.
Red Cedar Book Award - B.C.'s Young Reader's Choice Awards 2011 - 2012
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CURRENT CLASSROOM COLLABORATION PROJECTS: Mr. Starr and Mrs. Waring grades 6 and 7 (A group of 5 students are researching about the history of Port Hardy Junior Secondary school/Eagle View Elementary School. They are interviewing students, teachers, and administrators who attended this school in past years. The girls have been scanning microfiche at the Gazette, scanning photos, and interviewing some current students in upper Intermediate grades. They are utilizing ipads, ipods, and will be preparing a video about our school based on the show "What's in a name?".
Two groups from Mrs. Miller's grade 4 class are learning how to expand their thinking using the Focus on Inquiry model. They are learning to ask deep questions and research to extend their knowledge. Mrs. Sedola and Mrs. Williamson are starting to work collaboratively with Ms. Gunson on Technology stations with Kindergarten students. The students will be learning how to use interactive SMART board, Ipads/Ipods, and computers. Mr. Starr's grade 7's have just started their Focus on Inquiry Roman Empire theme projects. We are currently at the planning stage establishing questions and researching areas of interest.
OLDER COLLABORATION PROJECTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR 2011/2012 include: Mrs. Soltau-Heller and Mrs. Brown's grade 1 (A group of 6 students were involved in Reader's Theatre related to a princess/castle/dragon theme. They performed The Paper Bag princess and The Dragon for their classes on Fri. Dec. 15th). In Mr. Smith's grade 3/4 class (A group of 5 students used technology and books to research about provinces and territories of Canada. The students presented their projects using the library SMART board trying to convince their classmates why they should travel to 'their' province just prior to Spring Break. Well done Owain (Saskatchewan), Isabella (Ontario), Kalina (Quebec), Freddie (Manitoba) and Carson (Yukon Territory). Mr. Barfoot's class researched about Renewable Resources and learn how to properly cite sources using Easybib.com bibliography source. Mrs. Campbell's grade 3 class were also involved in a collaborative project involving zoo animals.
The winner of the Nov. 2010 Scholastic Book Fair was Madison. She picked $25.00 in door prizes and Mrs. Williamson also got to select $25.00 of books for her class.
DIVERSITY MONTH: During October our school district has encouraged focus on the theme of Diversity. We had a guest speaker talk to the upper intermediate classes in the library about his life in Africa and years spent living in refugee camps over there. Non-Fiction and Fiction books comparing different countries, cultures, customs, family structures, differences and similarities have been introduced and discussed.
In addition to being a safe and positive place to gather, many recent research studies in the United States and Canada point to the correlation between students’ access to well stocked libraries run by qualified library staff, and increased student success in literacy achievement. Recent developments in the field of teacher-librarianship promote the importance of a teacher librarian serving a leadership position in three main areas: literacy, inquiry, and Web 2.0 technology.
Academic standards are important at our school and a strong library program supports and assists students and staff.
Drop by and visit our library one day. It is a delightful place to be!
Last updated: April 5th, 2012
