PYP News
January 2021
After School Book Club
Let’s make reading fun and come together for the PYP Library Book Club! Mrs Val will host the first group in the spring term for PYP5 & 6. We will be reading two novels by the David Walliams.
Do you think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet Miss Seethe who loves giving out detention and Dr Dread that is half man and half monster ... in "The World's Worst Teachers".
Your parents might be embarrassing, you'll change your mind when you meet “The World’s Worst Parents”.
October 2020
PYP Library Book Club
The PYP library has added an afternoon book club for students with a passion for reading. We have 5 groups reading from PYP3-6. The titles are " A Drop of Hope" for PYP6, "Treasure" for PYP5, and "Silver Summer Meadows", "Otto Tattersal" and "Monster Hunting" in PYP3.
May 2020
The PYP1 ISH Garden - Inspired by story of the week .... 'Florette' by Anna Walker
April/May 2020
Bringing the whole school together in the PYP Library
March 2020
Women's History Month in the EY/PYP Library!
February
2020
Black History Month in the EYP/PYP Library!
January
2020
Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.
Texts can be found written in English and Spanish but can be listened to as audio in many more languages.
December
2019
Mother tongue books!
The PYP Library is always on the lookout for new books in languages other than English or Swedish.
The Library is always happy for donations! We are currently looking to expand our mothertongue section for all age groups in PYP. If you have any exciting books at home that you would like to donate, please bring them past the PYP library. Our opening hours can be found here!
November
2019
Winter fair in the Library!
On Saturday the Library had a guess the book for PYP and MYP students at the winter fair!
The correct answers for the books were Ariel, the little Mermaid and Percy Jackson, The lightning Thief. As there were several people who guessed the correct titles, our PYP coordinator and our MYP principal drew the lucky winners of our competition. The winning students will be informed in their class and receive their rewards the coming week.
Thank you to everyone who came, bought books and participated in the quiz. Thank you for all the interesting talks with students and parents.
September
2019
The PYP library has a new reading corner!
Students can listen to a story while the pictures from the book are shown on the screen with a document camera. This makes it possible for everyone to get involved and follow along. The librarians can close the curtains to keep distractions out.
May
2019
Read aloud in Library - week 20
Last week of read aloud for the term
K1 - Seasons Unit
PYP 1 / PYP 2C
PYP 4
K2 - Life Cycles: Sharing the planet
PYP 2A/B - Journeys Unit
PYP 5 - Explorers (Vikings)
K3 - The environment
PYP 3
PYP 6
April
2019
Read aloud in Library - week 17
PYP 1 - Imagination Unit
The Adventure through the Ocean, A story by Sebastian (PYP3b)
PYP 4 - Ancient Civilization Unit
Greek Legend Helen of Troy
PYP 2- Learner Profile: Courageous, Principled
PYP 5 - Explorers (Vikings)
PYP 3 - Mapping Unit
PYP 6 -
EXHIBITION PREP
Read aloud in Library - week 15
K1 - Seasons Unit
PYP 1 - Imagination Unit
PYP 4 - Ancient Civilization Unit
K2 - Life Cycles Unit
PYP 2- Learner Profile: Caring
PYP 5 - Explorers (Vikings)
K3 - Learner Profile: Principled
PYP 3 - Mapping Unit
PYP 6 -
EXHIBITION PREP
Read aloud in Library - week 14
K1 - Seasons Unit
PYP 1 - Imagination Unit
PYP 4 - Ancient Civilization Unit
K2 - Life Cycles Unit
PYP 2- Number Systems Unit
PYP 5 - Inventions Unit
K3 - Transportation
PYP 3 - Mapping Unit
PYP 6 - Learner profile CARING
March
2019
Read aloud in Library - week 13
PYP 1 - Imagination Unit
PYP 4 - Ancient Civilization Unit
PYP 2- Number Systems Unit
PYP 5 - Inventions Unit
PYP 3 - Illustration Unit
PYP 6 - A break from exhibition work with stories about animals and prosthetic science
WORLD POETRY DAY - THURSDAY 21 MARCH
PYP Womens History Month Display
Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.
February
2019
PYP Black History Month
December
2018
Winter in the PYP Library!
Winter is a time to play in the snow, cozy up under a blanket and read a book and to celebrate with ones family and friends.
The Christmas tree is made by Miss Valentina and the PYP 5 students!
June/July
2018
The PYP Library is undergoing some changes!
At the end of this term as well as during the summer the PYP library will be changing how it is set up.
Pictures will be posted underneath each change as the work progresses.
There will be a brand new Mother tongue section
- May 28th
A larger and more inviting English Picture book section
- June 14th
A new board game and Display area
- June 14th
The Swedish Fiction books will move into new islands in the Swedish section
- June 14th
The Swedish Picture book section will also grow as well as being split with Picture books and Easy Reader books.
- July 2nd
A complete Literature Circle organisational re-do to allow for easier access and finding of books, a full inventory as well as dedicated spots for all book containers
- July 19th
A new Bokcirkel (Swedish Lit. Circle) set up including the catalogisation, labelling and organising of all books with a full inventory
- July 19th
Introducing a Teacher Resource section with space for the PLC group
- July 19th
English Fiction and Non-Fiction books will be switching spots making the Fiction books more accessible and the Non-Fiction more organised
A updated poetry section
May 2018
Book Sessions in PYP
The PYP Library uses modern technology in the book sessions. The book is held under projector that transmits the image onto a large TV Screen. This allows students to have a good view of all the pages and the librarian can point out things for students.
Here we can see Ms. Sheila reading "Harriet Gets Carried Away" by Jessie Sima to one of the PYP classes.
The book is about imagination and creativity, something the library and school always encourage.
- PYP Library: May 8
April 2018
Check out the new page:
The ISH Library is striving to teach about and work with the United Nations Global Goals.
This new page will highlight what we currently doing to attain these goals within our local community and how we support the progress.
December 2017
Winter Fair in the PYP Campus
At the 2017 winter fair, the library hosted a "book in a jar" quiz where students had the chance to win a beautiful copy of Cornelia Funke´s Dragon Rider. Students had to guess the full title of the shredded book in the jar. The book used was an old, broken copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (/Philosophers Stone).
Old books, that had to be taken out of the library collection due to being old, never read or simply had to be replaced because of damage were given away for free to students and parents. We strive hard to not waste the books but rather give them a second chance, such as members of community taking them home.
November 2017
School Library Magazine
Click on the image or scan the QR-code for access.
November 2017
HAPPY READING!
Poetry at PYP Campus Library
Poetry is a form of expression. For each library session, students get to hear a poetry chosen by our library assistants. Some poetry lead to complex discussions, while others carry fun rhymes, riddles, and songs.
We had some sing-along sessions with some of the classes. "Five Little Speckled Frogs" was a hit. Check out the YouTube video we have for this song. While you're at it, why not sing-along yourself. These speckled frogs sure know how to have fun!
Another poem we are featuring this month is "Refugees" by Brian Bilston. This poem describes some emotions and thoughts regarding refugees. Do not be discouraged when you first read it. Why not try Mr. Bilston's suggestion? Like our students, you might be surprised.
Give POETRY a go, and let us know what you think about these poems through our interactive NOTICE BOARD. What comes to mind when you think of poetry? Do you have other poems you can recommend?
We can't wait to hear from you. Until next time!