Southgate Middle School Library Learning Commons

It is time to be on the look out for lost and overdue library books and return them asap please.

We are having Canadian author Eric Walters to visit on Wednesday March 1st!! He will be presenting to some of our classes in the afternoon.

Family literacy week is next week Jan. 22 – 28. This year’s theme is Make it Count! Play, Sort, Measure.
There are a number of community events happening. Here are some links to these events.
https://virl.bc.ca/event/family-literacy-week-library-activities/2023-01-31/
Campbell River Literacy Association - Home | Facebook
https://decoda.ca/community-events/entry/640/

Family Literacy Week Community Events - Decoda Literacy Solutions The Decoda Literacy office is located on unceded territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Encouraging a love of reading through discussion.

Questions to get children talking about reading Can you get your children to talk about reading, even if you haven’t read the same book? In an ideal world, you and your children would know the ins and outs of all the same books so that you could ask more specific questions. But as children g...

Just a reminder that our Scholastic Book Fair runs Wednesday and Thursday this week. This link gives a few hints of books we will have

Book Fairs Toolkit | Resources Welcome to our Book Trailer Videos! These short, fun videos introduce young readers to new characters, authors, or even a series, that they may not have considered before, creating a wonderful world of empathy, adventure and fun!

Scholastic Book Fair coming to Southgate Nov. 23 - 25th:)

I Read Canadian Day is a new nationwide initiative that celebrates the richness, diversity and breadth of Canadian literature. Taking place for the third year on November 2, 2022, this celebration will empower families, schools, libraries, bookstores and organizations to host activities and events by reading Canadian books for just fifteen minutes. For more information, visit ireadcanadian.ca/day and sign up for free to participate. Help get the word out on social media by following and using the hashtag .

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Wow! We had 372 students and staff participate in DEAR (drop everything and read) yesterday with reading times ranging from 15 to 40 minutes.

Lots of great new books hitting our shelves!

STUDENTS – HOW TO ACCESS LIBRARY RESOURCES FALL 2022

GO TO THE SD72 WEBSITE AND UNDER THE STUDENTS & PARENTS TAB CHOOSE 72 LEARNING HUB: LEARNING RESOURCES

CHOOSE FOR STUDENTS THEN DIGITAL RESOURCES BY LEVEL

SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE AND CHOOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL

HERE YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO INSIGNIA (OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM), SORA (EBOOKS/AUDIO BOOKS) AND LOTS OF OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES. YOU WILL HAVE TO SIGN INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

Welcome back to school! The library was a busy place today. We have lots of new books as well as lunch time activities happening.

There are still a great many overdue library books! Please have a look around and send them back asap:)