Happy September everyone! We’re very excited to have you back in the Learning Commons and to welcome you to the MC library blog. This a place where you can learn about upcoming library events, activities, contests and book themes!

 

BACK TO THE BOOKS CHALLENGE:

Read a book from one of this month’s themes and tell us about it to win a prize from the library prize bin (stickers, fidgets, candy) and enter a draw for library tote bag! This month’s themes are…

         

INTRODUCE YO’SHELF:

Come on by the Learning Commons this week to introduce yourself at our Library Photo booth! Pick our 5-8 of your favourite reads, arrange them how you’d like on the shelf and snap a photo with them. All participates will enter a draw to win an indigo gift card at the end of the month! (See our teacher examples below!)

Looking for more info on our June activities? You’ve come to the right place!

June Reads

This month’s book themes are WeRead Recommends and Cool Reads for Hot Days. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!

   

Read a book from one of these themes in June to collect your final sticker of the year and, if you’ve collected them all—stay tuned!

Cardboard marble run:

Join us from June 6th-13th and create your very own twisty-turny marble run! Use our Learning Commons supplies (or your own) to create a unique and inventive route! The winning team will get a candy jar! There is a maximum of 3 people per team and the sign-up is just outside the doors of the Learning Commons. The winning team will receive a jar of candy!

Book Cover Art Contest:

Create a digital or physical art piece of your favourite book cover for a chance to have it up on the wall in the quiet corner! Submissions are due June 12th. You can use Procreate, acrylic/watercolour paint or charcoal! Come Friday, June 2nd for specific information & dimensions of the frames. Feel free to work on it in the LC or at home anytime before June 12th!

 

Important dates:

Thought you returned your book? Come to the library and see if you can find it on the shelf. If not, double-check all locations it could be.

If your books are not returned by June 9th, you will need to pay to replace your books by June 15th. You will be notified about the price and a parent email will be sent home.

Book Return Challenge:

Does your class have a lot of books checked out? Any overdue? The homeroom with the lowest book total count by JUNE 9th will win a cool treat! Will it be your class? Totals will be updated outside the Learning Commons before June 15th!

summer reading:

The Library Learning Commons is closed for the summer, but that doesn’t mean reading has to stop! Books on Sora are available all summer! If you forgot your password, come to the Learning Commons before the end of the year to get your password reset so you can use Sora this summer!

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Looking for more info on our May activities? You’ve come to the right place!

May Reads

This month’s book themes are Fantasy and Science Fiction. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!

                        

Make something for Mom:

With Mother’s Day around the corner, we’ve got several great opportunities to make a gift for your mom! Come paint a single bud vase (May 8 &9), make a card (May 11th) or learn some recipes, gift wrap ideas and more for how to celebrate your mom at our Mother’s Day 101 with “Mumsy”(May 12th) ! 

Share a photo of what you’ve made for your mom for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card after Mother’s Day weekend!

Padlet link is on Teams!

 

Candle Making- SPring Session

We’re running our spring candle making session May 16-18th.  As we had so much interested in the fall, our list is already full from this, but we’ll open up spots if anyone on the list can’t make it. Arise and Shine Candles will be helping us again with this. *Note: this is a two part session. You’ll NEED to be there Tuesday and either Wed/Thurs to make a candle. 

Sign up and details outside the LC

 

3D Puzzle Design Challenge

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We’re looking for creative 3D puzzle designs! 
Come May 24th for more info and to get started on Tinkercad.
All submissions due May 31st. 

The winning design will be printed (a copy for you) and some to send to children ICC supports in Chengsha. This is an excellent opportunity to bless someone in need!

 

April is Poetry month!

Looking for more info on our April activities? You’ve come to the right place!

April Reads

This month’s book themes are Free Verse and Our Planet and Grow your Faith. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!

       

Poetry Month Challenges:

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To celebrate poetry month, each week we’ll have a new poetry prompt set out in the Learning Commons. Come write a poem in response to that prompt! Share your poem (or another original poem you’ve written this month) on our Padlet for an invite to our Poetry Cafe on May 5th! We’ll have a special treat for the authors of our 5 favourite poems from the month! 😉

Padlet link is on Teams!

 

APril Maker Mondays

Maker Mondays this month are dedicated towards making for the ICC Fair (May 9, 10, 11th). We’ll have workshops on Tinkercad and 3D printing the first two Mondays and next, come learn how to use the Cricut Cutter! We hope to have a table where we can sell things that were made in the LC this month at the fair!

 

Earth Day Photo and Haiku CHallenge

*Reminder: All photos must be taken BY YOU and since this contest started.
Enjoy some time in nature, take a photo and write a haiku about/inspired by your photo. All submissions due before Earth day (Apr 22nd).

 

Every book is a passport to a different world.
Where will you go this month?

Looking for more info on our March activities? You’ve come to the right place!

March Reads

This month’s book themes are Book Fair Favs and Livres en Francais  and International Women’s Day. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons and find a great read today!

    

MARCH MAKING BINGO

Just because we’re not at school, does not mean that making has to stop! Join in for our March Making Challenge:

 Complete a full row and share photos of your creations on our Padlet to enter the draw for an indigo gift card at the end of the month! These can be completed at school or home. The only requirement is it has to be something you’ve made SINCE this challenge started! 😉

Padlet link is on Teams!

Want some ideas and inspo? Click here!

 

Send the Mclibrary a postcard

Going somewhere on Spring Break? Send a postcard to the MC Library from wherever you travel! You can send your postcard from nearby or far away!  Anyone who sends in a postcard will enter the draw for this candy jar after the break. Come get info in the Learning Commons!

 

French Language week

March 20th is International Francophonie Day! We’re partnering up with amazing Mme. Yoyotte to celebrate French this month!

After March break, we’ll have an interactive bulletin board of French Idioms and a challenge to guess what each one means. We’ll also have a French game day at lunch! Stay tuned for more details after the break.

 

Kindness is love in action.

Looking for more info on our February events? You’ve come to the right place!

February Reads

This month’s book themes are Meet Cute and Blind date with a book and Black History Month Must Reads. Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

   

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

 

February MAKer Challenges:

 

DIY Kindness Colouring Page:

We’re looking for a colouring book page design that promotes a message about kindness or inspires kindness. This could include artwork, a quote, or combo of both. Just make sure that artwork is original and don’t colour it in yet!

We will be selecting a winning design, and this will be coloured in by middle campus students on Pink Shirt Day this year.

 

Kindness Stickers:

We’re also looking for original sticker designs that promote and inspire kindness. We’ll use the Cricut cutter to cut out winning sticker designs to hand out on pink shirt day! 

Designs are due Feb 15th!

You can come any lunch to work on either design challenge!

 

Book Trailers:

Is there a book you’ve always wanted made into a movie? Create a movie trailer for your favourite book—but only if it hasn’t been made into a movie yet!

Come to the info session on Tuesday, Feb 21st!

Winners will receive a prize a “Movie Basket,” with popcorn, candy and pop and be invited to watch Pixar shorts at break!

 

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR:

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New year, fresh start!

Looking for more info on our January activities? You’ve come to the right place!

January Reads

This month’s book themes are 2022 in Review and Once upon a Winter!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

                 

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

 

January MAKer Challenges: Try Something NEW!

Try a new Recipe:

We’ve got some awesome new cookbooks just into the library. All you need to do for this challenge is check one out, try out a new recipe and share a photo with us on the Padlet. Submit a photo any time before Jan 30th!  

Try a new Craft:

Come learn the ancient art of paper folding! We’ll have 3 tables, and a student leader at each to walk you through the steps to create a new design each day!  

Try a new Challenge: Tinkersketch

TinkerSketch is a challenge to respond to a daily drawing prompt. The goal is to make time (even if it’s just a tiny bit) to celebrate your creative self and jump start creativity through sketching. It’s up to you how you interpret the prompt, the only requirement is to sketch something! We’ll have a table set up for the month of January, and you can come any day to respond to the prompt!

 

Participate in one of these activities, and share a photo on the padlet to enter the draw for an indigo gift card!

 

Think outside the box engineering challenge:

Receive a box of random supplies and build the “challenge object” only using the supplies in your box! There will be 3 challenges: build a boat, a structure that holds a book open and a vehicle with wheels! Sign up individually or with a team of up to 3 people!

 

CHRISTMAS IS THE SPIRIT OF GIVING, WITHOUT A
THOUGHT OF GETTING.

Looking for more info on our December activities? You’ve come to the right place!

DECEMBER Reads

This month’s book themes are This Just In and Book Surprise!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or click on This Just in to browse the collection in destiny discover:

        

If you read a book from either of these themes in December, you can collect a sticker at the end of the month for the WeRead Community challenge and join us at the book party for snacks, games and prize draws!

 

12 Days of Making:

Come to the Learning Commons every day at lunch in December to create something!

See info on each craft here:

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There’s no need to sign up, you can just show up!

 

Gift Baskets for Refugees:

In December, as our focus is on making and giving, not just getting and consuming, we are putting together gift baskets for refugee families. We have connected with two refugee families, each who have two kids and would appreciate help getting a gift for their kids over the holidays. There’s two ways you could contribute if you wanted:  

Come down to the Learning Commons starting Dec 5th to see our baskets and learn a little more about each child!

 

WE READ TO REMEMBER, LEST WE FORGET.

Looking for more info on our November activities? You’ve come to the right place!

NOVEMBER Reads

This month’s book themes are Historical Fiction and The Library League Recommends!  Check out the books on display in the Learning Commons or browse the collections in destiny discover:

            

Click on the signs to explore the books in this category and place one on hold!

 

NOVEMBEr MAKer Challenges:

BRIGhTEN UP NOVEMBER…diy candles

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We’re partnering with Arise and Shine Candle Company to make Candles! You will get choose your own fragrance and flowers to design a scent and then make one candle that you can take home! If you sign up, note this will be a 2 part session so you’ll need to be free Wednesday and Thurs or Friday that week. 

Sign up will be posted Nov 10th
24 Spots. First come first serve!

 

TINY CARDBOARD GINGERBREAD HOUSES

 

We had SO many creative Book Character pumpkins submitted last week! View them all here and then vote for your favourite using the form below.
One vote per person please!

         

              

           

           

           

           

           

CLICK HERE for the voting form!