We are thrilled to announce that we are the recipient of a $40000 Indigo Love of Reading Foundation Literacy Fund Grant. Pearson Road Elementary is one of 30 schools to receive the 2019 grant. To celebrate the school's achievement and commitment to literacy, staff members from Indigo Kelowna gathered with the staff and students for an exciting assembly.
PSE Library Learning Commons
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
RSS Legacy Project
Thank you to the RSS graduating class of 2019
for choosing to support Pearson Road Elementary for their Legacy
Project! They purchased 50 picture books for our library and took the time
to come out and read with our two grade 1 classes. The kids had so much fun!!
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Expo of Awesome
The school district hosted the Expo of Awesome at UBC-Okanagan on
May 1, 2019. Over 1000 students and staff attended the event to showcase all
the “awesome” learning students are engaging in across the district!
There were four themed learning categories: Design Thinking,
Inquiry Projects, Scratch Arcade, and SumoBot. A group of Grade 4/5 students
from Pearson participated in the Scratch Arcade. They shared the educational
games they have been creating for approximately
40 minutes, and they were able to participate in three 40-minute rotations to
experience the learning of others.
It was a great experience for these students and
they were able to share their learning with the rest of their classes when they
returned to Pearson.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Accessing eBooks and eAudiobooks at the Okanagan Regional Library
Did you know you can borrow and download digital books from the Okanagan Regional Library? Check out the ORL Kids eBooks Collection and get started today!
You may borrow up to 5 titles from the ORL eBooks collection at a time. All you need is an ORL Library Card.
By signing in with your library card, you can also access animated, talking fiction and non-fiction books from TumbleBooks. Visit the ORL eBooks site and scroll to the bottom of the page to check out the TumbleBooks Collections.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
What is a Library Learning Commons?
You may have noticed some changes in our library since September. We have been working really hard to transform our library into a 21st Century Library Learning Commons. According to the Canadian Library Association (2014), “The library learning commons is the physical and virtual collaborative learning hub of the school.” (p. 5).
As the “hub” of the school, the Library Learning Commons is a space where students come not only to read books, but where students and teachers work together to co-create knowledge. Rather than passively consuming information, students have opportunities to explore inquiry-based learning experiences, solve real-world problems, be creative and become lifelong learners.
The Canadian Library Association suggests the Library Learning Commons should include “comfortable areas for reading, working and playing to learn” (2014, p. 34). In order to create this environment at Pearson, we are working to transform the physical space in the library. Since September, we’ve spent a lot of time removing clutter, rearranging our existing furniture to open up the space and weeding our collection of non-fiction books. It is still a work in progress, but here are some before and after pictures.
Calgary Reads Children’s Reading Place
References
Canadian Library Association. (2014). Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons in Canada. Retrieved from https://www.seobrothers.co/resources/clatoolbox_files/llsop.pdf
Johnson, D. (2010). Changed but Still Critical: Brick and Mortar School Libraries in the Digital Age [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20180727104328/http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/changed-but-still-critical-bricks-and-mortar-libraries-in-th.html
Our New Library Learning Commons Website
A Virtual Learning Commons is a collaborative space that is an extension of the Library Learning Commons. We wanted to create a space that is simple, easy to navigate and consists of useful resources for students and families.
Eventually, we would like it to be a space where students can contribute as well. For example, we would like to involve students in promoting books whether it is creating book trailers in iMovie or writing book reviews that we can highlight on the site.
If there is anything else you would like to see included on this site, please let us know:)
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