Schools across UCDSB to celebrate Family Literacy Day

Schools across the Upper Canada District School Board are celebrating Family Literacy Day Friday, January 27 through a variety of fun, educational activities. Students at Laggan Public School will enjoy a “dress up as your favourite character day.” Students will be encouraged to dress up like their favourite storybook character, said Principal Silvia Speck.

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Brockville - January 27, 2012 - Schools across the Upper Canada District School Board are celebrating Family Literacy Day Friday, January 27 through a variety of fun, educational activities.

Staff members at Rideau Vista Public School in Westport are sending home an information package from the Family Literacy Day Web site about how to foster literacy at home. Students are also participating in a school-wide buddy reading activity.

Students at Laggan Public School will enjoy a “dress up as your favourite character day.” Students will be encouraged to dress up like their favourite storybook character, said Principal Silvia Speck.

Students at Montague Public School in Smiths Falls will enjoy a “Snuggle Up and Read Program” on Friday from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. The event will allow the students’ parents and grandparents to read to their family members and be read to.

At Lyn Public School staff and Grade 8 students are sharing their all-time favourite children's stories with students at the school. The Grade 8 students will be assigned to a classroom from Kindergarten to Grade 7 and they will share with the class their favourite book. In the afternoon Principal Jennifer Moore will make the rounds to each classroom to share her favourite books with the students. At the end of the day, teachers will rotate through each classroom in the school to share with each class their favourite children's stories. The students are then encouraged to go home after school and share with their parents the story they heard at school that was their favourite.

At The Stewart School in Perth, staff and students will enjoy the “Journey to Learning.” Students will rotate between different classroom “countries” where they will enjoy literacy based activities. At the end of the day students will enjoy a read-aloud in the gym with all classes and the principal. Door prizes of books will be given out at the end of the day.

Students at Carambeck Public School in Carleton Place will be engaged in a Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) event following the school’s Student of the Month Celebration Assembly.

Primary students at Oxford-on-Rideau Public School will celebrate the day by rotating through each primary classroom to participate in a shared reading lesson and reading response activity. The theme for the day is Animals in Winter. Staff members at South Crosby Public School in Elgin have a variety of activities planned for students throughout the day. In the morning, visitors such as Rideau District High School Principal Sharon Halladay and a local artist will be sharing some of their favourite picture books with South Crosby’s primary classes. In the afternoon, the school has invited families to join their children to participate in a number of literacy activities. The primary students will be listening to stories, making crafts, following a recipe and reading with older students. The junior students will be participating in The Amazing Literacy Race in which students will participate in a variety of literacy focused activities. The school has also set aside time for a RAFT (Read Anything for Twenty) event. Everyone in the school will be reading for 20 minutes at the same time.