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Mme Jacqueline Kellam: About Me
I have been teaching since 1991! I love teaching and I have taught lots of different things. I have taught in French Immersion for almost all of the years I have been teaching. I have taught grades 1-5, but mostly grade 1. For about 12 years I worked as a Student Support Teacher, so I helped lots of kids when they were having difficulty learning something. And since 2017, I have been a Teacher Librarian. Teaching in the library is definitely one of my favourite jobs ever! I love books and reading and I especially love children's literature, so it's a perfect job for me.
In September 2022, it will be 22 years since I started teaching at Ecole Hammond Bay. It is hard to believe I have been here that long! I love coming to school every day because we have such wonderful students and families, and an amazing, dedicated staff.
Happy reading! Bonne lecture! Mme Jacqueline
Summer Reading Challenge: Read Around Vancouver Island
Need books to read? TumbleBooks is a great option!
There are many books in French too! Go to the Destiny link on the Research Help page, and access it there. You can also visit Vancouver Island Regional Library to find TumbleBooks. www. virl.bc.caBC Author Spotlight: Margriet Ruurs
Margriet Ruurs visited Ecole Hammond Bay in May 2018, as part of the school readings program of the Vancouver Island Children's Book Festival. Her sessions were generously funded by our EHB PAC. She shared with us the story of Stepping Stones, and for a few weeks after we made many Stepping Stones-inspired pictures with stones that Madame Jacqueline brought into the library.
You Hold Me Up/Tu me soutiens
by Monique Gray Smith
I invite you to enjoy this video of Monique Gray Smith reading You Hold Me Up. Right now, we are all holding each other up. I hope you are helping everyone around you be kind and gentle with each other. How are you holding someone up?
My Heart Fills With Happiness
by Monique Gray Smith
What fills your heart with happiness? Listen to Monique Gray Smith read her book, and then click on the images for more to explore. We can fill our hearts with happiness by doing simple things that give us joy. And we can share that happiness with those around us!
