LIBRARY
The school library offers an inviting place to visit and borrow favourite books and materials.All classes from Kindergarten to Grade 6 have a regularly scheduled time to visit the library to borrow books and materials. Students are also welcome to visit the library in small groups or individually during open library periods.
This year, classes from grades 1 to 6 will have a class in the library once every week. The borrowing maximums are as follows:
- Kindergarten: One book, no magazines
- Grade 1: 2 books, including magazines
- Grade 2: 3 books, including magazines
- Grade 3-6: 4 books, including magazines
The checkout time period for books is usually 2 weeks but students can renew books up to 4 times. The only time a charge is laid is if a book is lost.
If students wish to exchange their book(s) before their next scheduled period, they may do so:
- anytime the librarian is in the library, (with their homeroom teacher's permission)
- after school
- during recess (but students must arrange this ahead of time)
This year we are on a 5 day rotating cycle. Because of this rotating schedule, library will not fall on the same day each week-see below for which day of the cycle your child's class has library. Please help your child to remember to bring his or her books to school on library day by marking it on your calendar at home.
Room Homeroom Teacher Library Day The Garden Avenue PS Library Web Page has a wealth of links to appropriate learning resources for students. TDSB staff in the Library Learning and Resources department is constantly working to provide access to quality online databases and Internet sites from safe, dependable sources which will assist students with all areas of their learning. Aside from the library catalogue, which can only be accessed from school, the resources on the web page are available to students at home or from the public library. Access to some of these online resources such as Grolier Encyclopedia and the Toronto Star Pages of the Past, have been purchased by the TDSB and as such are password protected when accessed remotely. These passwords are available from Garden's Teacher-Librarian.
Please be sure to check out our library's blog at http://gardenavenuelibrary.wordpress.com/. Anyone can post comments and write to the blogger. It is updated frequently so keep checking back for news in the library and student engagement in literacy, favourite books, upcoming events, etc.
During the winter and early spring, our school participates in the Ontario Library Association's annual 'Forest of Reading' program. This program provides opportunities for our students to be exposed to high quality Canadian literature and to vote for their 'favourite' book. At Garden, students may participate in the Blue Spruce program, which are read-aloud picture books for students in Kindergarten to grade 2. Students in grades 3 to 6 may choose the Silver Birch program, which offers a selection of novels and non-fiction as well as an Express category. At the end of the program, participating students vote for their favourite Blue Spruce or Silver Birch selection. Votes from students across the province are then tallied and the authors of the winning entries are presented with these much-coveted awards at a special ceremony in May.Please take the time to drop in after school if you would like to explore our collection or learn more about our school library resources.
Internet resources
TDSB Cyberlinks
