QBS Learning Centre News
Week beginning 23rd June
A great year.
Summer Reading - "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury
What an amazing first year our new Learning Centre has had! We are so proud. We are happy to celebrate that we are a fantastic community of readers. This year borrowing is up by over 5000 books to 73,911! We have had 365 hours of parental help and had almost 10,000 visits during snack time and lunchtime. This is truly amazing and illustrates that reading is valued by QBS students, parents and staff.
Keeping reading going.
To keep this trend continuing and improving, please refer to the following suggested links for great summer reading. Check out Qoodle and the following sites if you are looking for inspiration and recommendations.
Need inspiration?
This is a brand new book award for internationally-minded young people in Hong Kong, founded in 2014 by the Association of Librarians in English Speaking Schools (ALESS). It caters for children between the ages of 4 and 18 and hopes to foster enthusiastic and discriminating readers.
Primary Battle of the Books (BOB) exposes students to a variety of titles, builds teamwork and encourages reading for fun. The titles this year are particularly good and are generally aimed at Years 5 and 6.
IBOB newly launched, aims to provide a similar purpose to that of BOB but is more internationally focussed due to the online platform.
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they love. This can be found on Qoodle.
Big Universe is another online collection which is full of great nonfiction. This can be found on Qoodle.
Read Kiddo read. Great recommendations for all ages.
Super book lists for all ages from American Libraries Association. Well worth down loading and taking along to your local library.
Amazon have also a list of best books for 2014. make sure you check the age range of the books to ensure the content is suitable for your child.
Remember to keep in touch
Email: learningcentre@qbs.edu.hk
Website: http://www.qbs.edu.hk/
Location: Hau Yuen Path, 6, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: 2566 42 42