Aug / Sept 2016

The National Reading Day @ IJ

As part of the National Reading Day, NLB planned and organised a week-long event where 1 book will be donated for every 10 people who read for 15 minutes. The books will be donated to NLB’s kidsREAD programme This event aims to raise awareness of the reading message and provide opportunities for all to Read Together.

Read For Books @ Your Own Space

Members of the public can read offsite and upload a group picture of their participation on their Facebook page before 30th July, 5pm and hashtag #readforbookssg. Organizations and schools can read offsite and submit a group picture of their participation to read@nlb.gov.sg

In support of the National Reading day, our school, CHIJ (Katong) Primary participated in the Read for Books programme to help the lower income group and for a good cause. We had a total of 1334 students and teachers from our school who participated in this National Reading Day! Great job teachers and students!

Check out our photos below!

NLB Services to Schools Information Sharing Session 2016

Our school MRL Department was invited by the National Library Board recently to share with more than 180 teachers from Primary and Secondary Schools about our Reading Ambassador newsletters/website initiative in the annual NLB Services to Schools Information Session 2016.

Apart from sharing our school's reading initiatives and showcasing the services that NLB provides to schools, it also provides a platform where teachers can share or learn about best practices in creating a vibrant school reading culture. Our MRL co-ordinator, Mdm Sharon Yong and MRL members, Mdm Salamiah and Mdm Farhanna attended this event and indeed, it was a fruitful afternoon and there were other schools who came to share with us on some reading initiatives they had rolled out in their school library.