The reading challenge winners are…

The Reading Caterpillar of OIS library organized a challenge to our grade 1. – 4. students in autumn term: to make the Caterpillar grow, the kids needed to read as many books as possible.

And that’s what they did! The Caterpillar stretched all the way from one end of the PYP corridor to the other – and half way back – before the autumn term was over!

The best readers this year were students of class 2.A. Congratulations and well done! The Caterpillar rewarded them with an Enchanted library visit organized by the library team members, The OIS reading heroes. The winners got to eat enchanted fairy cupcakes, take part in story reading, quizzes, crafts and face painting and enjoy the enchanted atmosphere of the library.

Reading Week – Lukuviikko next week

Stand-up comedy! Rap! Storytelling! Stage poetry! Reading grandmas and grandpas! Writing stories! Illustrating! Events in libraries!

All this and more is about to happen in our school and all around the country every day next week when we celebrate the national Lukuviikko – Reading week.

PYP students will have a chance to show their talent in writing and drawing in the Reading week competition. They are challenged to work as author&illustrator teams to create a story – or a whole book if they like! All stories will be presented here in the blog and in the school library. Winners will get a prize!

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MYP students can show their talent on Wednesday at the OI!! Open MIC event. The stage is open for comedy, storytelling, rapping, singing or any kind of performance.

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Take a look at other interesting things that happen during the week in Oulu and on-line all over the country by clicking the link to the Lukuviikko web pages.

http://www.lukuviikko.fi/

Toys at the library!

OIS first and second grade students received a letter from Paige the Library Bunny: she invited their favourite toys to visit her at the OIS library! On a Friday morning, the library bus (or a cardboard box) came to pick the toys up – and an hour later it returned them safely back to their owners.

The funny thing was that the students didn’t have any idea what the toys had been up to at the library – until Paige sent them these photo stories…

Have a look! You might learn something about how to use our library.

Paige the Library Bunny was excited. She had invited other toys to visit the school library, her home. It was nine o’clock on Friday morning. She saw the library bus coming. ”Welcome! Welcome my new friends!”

”So many books!” the Dolly sighed and climbed to the bookshelf.

”We want to read a book about cats! White and furry and cute cats!” said the kitties and followed her.

A visitor from Minecraft was more interested in science books.

The Snake found dictionaries in different languages. ”I want to find out what ssssnake issss in Ssspanissshh and Russssian and Chinessssshhe.”

The Owl is very wise. It has read at least a hundred books in its life. Today it wanted to read about water animals. ”Howwwl interesting!”

”We don’t know how to find the books we want to read!” said the Lynx, the Pug and the Red Hooded Bunny.

”Let me show you”, said the Horsie. ”You can use the computer to find them!”

But oh my! What was going on on the bookshelves? ”We were hungry”, said the Gorilla, the Robot and the Robo-Kitty. 

Oh, no my friends! The library is not the right place for eating snacks. The books can get dirty and sticky”, said Paige.

And down on the floor, something even worse was going on!

”These books are just DELICIOUS!” groaned the Dino.

The One-Eared Bunny was just shocked about his behavior.

”Oops!”

”Hmm… Maybe we got a little TOO excited about the books…” said the Hockey Player.

”Come on, let’s clean up this mess!” said the Doggie.

”We promise to treat the books much better from now on!”

”What is this special shelf with all these colours?” asked Batman.

”It’s the Reading Diploma shelf”, the Monkey told him.

”Reading Diploma sounds like an adventure! Let’s do it!” said Batman.

The Husky and the Pink Bow Dog found a book they wanted to borrow.

We have our library cards with us. It is pink like my bow.”

The Owl showed them how to use the computer to borrow the books. ”Just beep!”

”You can take the borrowed books home, but remember to bring them back”, Paige said.

”Where do we leave them?” asked Mr. Fox and the White Bunny.

”Here!”

The library bus was about to head back to the classes.

”Come and visit me soon again”, Paige said to her new friends. ”And bring your owners with you!”

I love the library”, said the Teddy. ”I want to be a library bear one day.”

7 reasons for reading

Hello!

I’m A from the library team. I enjoy reading very much, and I think other people shoud try to read more as well. I will share some reasons of why you should read:

 

1. It’s relaxing! You don’t have to think much and just enjoy being with the book.
2. It’s suitable for anyone! There are so many books in this world and anyone can find something that is suitable for them.
3. It’s free! You can buy your own books if you like, but it’s not necessary. It’s always a good idea to go to the library and enjoy some reading time there or borrow books — for free!
4. There are many different genres — fantasy, history, horror, sci-fi, animal… You name it! You can choose between different varieties and never get bored.
5. It makes life feel more exciting! Reading a book takes you to a whole different place with completely different people. You won’t even notice how long you have been in a different world…
6. Books don’t run out of battery… I think that says all, right?
7. If you’re learning a foreign language, reading books (even children’s books!) in that language will widen your vocabulary.

 

Of course there are many many other reasons too but here are some examples that are great in my opinion. If you still don’t enjoy reading, don’t worry! It just means that you haven’t found the right book or genre just yet. I’m sure everyone will find a book of their taste at some point!
Thank you for reading and I wish you enjoyed this post!

Read a hundred books!

Congratulations Finland! Onnea Suomi! You are a hundred years old this year! OIS bookworms want to celebrate you with the whole school – by reading!

We have challenged all OIS classes to read a hundred books together during the autumn term. How is the challenge going in your class?

To help you to fill your class bookshelf poster with colors in no time, bookworms want to help you share some book tips. Go and see these tips for English and Finnish language books:

http://time.com/100-best-childrens-books/

http://time.com/100-best-young-adult-books/

https://www.kirjavinkit.fi/avainsanat/lastenkirjat/

https://www.kirjavinkit.fi/avainsanat/nuortenkirjat/

You can also get excellent reading tips from the libraries. The bookworms’ home, OIS library is now open again – come and visit us!

Have you already read a book that you liked? Please share it with us by leaving a comment!