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The School Library
The Vision
To promote interest in reading among pupils and equip them with basic library skills
The School Library @ CHIJ (Katong) Primary is a vibrant and colourful haunt for our pupils.
They relish reading the wide range of books and magazines and playing the exciting computer games available in the library. Each girl is allowed to borrow 4 books (at least 2 MTL books) fortnightly, including CD-ROMs from the library.From 2019, Ms Sharon Lim is the Library Coordinator, with Mrs
Faith Heng (Subject Head/English Language) as the Overall In-Charge. Other members include Mrs. Anna Lim, Mrs
Macrina Fernandez and Mdm Hamidah, the librarian. We work together to organise
programmes that will instill good reading habits in our girls.
The following are the various NEW initiatives planned for the pupils:
- Silent Reading (USSR) to be conducted before school starts.
- From Monday to Wednesday, students are to bring English story books to read before flag-raising ceremony.
- From Thursday to Friday, they have to bring a MTL book to read. NTIL students will bring an English book instead.
- More regular Mobile Library @
Canteen (EL and MT): To make it more convenient for the pupils to borrow
books, a book kiosk will be set up in the canteen during recess.
- Storytelling@Recesses: Parent-Volunteers read to girls in the Library to
enthuse them to read interesting books of different genres during their
recesses (P1 & P2; P3 & P4 )
- Fortnightly schedules for Library
periods (P1& P2): EL teachers will lead their classes to the library fortnightly
to borrow books.
- Books In Bag for P1 & P2 (BIB):
Each child will use a bag with her register number and leave it for Mdm Hamidah to scan the books. She will deliver to the classroom when it is done and collect the bags from the class on a later date.
- Display of Class Readership Chart / Super Reader Awards per term at
Assembly & on the library door
- Long Recess activities like Origami, Treasure Hunt etc.
- Assembly Book Talks by authors
Post-exam activities for each level:
P3: Librarian’s Challenge (Term 4)
- Learn about the library through a fun scavenger hunt at Marine Parade Library.
P4: Read, Reap, Write (Term 2 and 4)
- Pupils explore how stories are related to the world around them through engaging series of discussions and activities.
P5: 'Dare to Read' (May to July)
- An independent experiential reading journey over 3 months.
- An incredibly exciting, fun and challenging reading activity when pupils find out answers through books, other resources found in the public and school libraries and the internet.
- Pupils go on a thrilling adventure as they go on a quest to solve mission every week.
- Pupils redeem tokens with each successfully completed mission.
For P1: BOOK-a-Date with Daddy
A bonding session between father and daughter through reading at a ‘picnic’ in our school hall, with a simple reflection activity at the end of the programme.
Continuing with the current programme:
LIBRARY INDUCTION PROGRAMME (P1 – P3)
Through this programme, the students are more familiar with:
- Different sections of the library
- Library etiquette
- Programmes and
competitions organised by the library
SUPER READER/ MASTER READER/ CLASS READERSHIP AWARDS
Super Reader Badges - Termly rewards for those who meet the
target number of books read.
P1 – 20 Target: 80 by end Oct
P2 – 20 Target: 80 by end Oct
P3 – 30 Target: 110 by end Oct
P4 – 30 Target: 110 by end Oct
P5 – 10 Target: 35 by end Oct
P6 – 5 Target: 18 by end Oct
P4 / P5 READING AMBASSADORS
Selected students will be trained by the teachers to become RAs,
who will promote the School Library activities, like storytelling, Book-a-Date with
Daddy, Mobile Library, buddy reading, participating in Lit Quiz/competitions, recommendations
of favourite books to their classmates and organising and decorating their
class library.