Family Literacy Day, celebrated annually on January 27, is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada. Some PWPSD schools extend the event to a week of literacy activities, or celebrate on an alternate day. In honour of this year’s 20th anniversary, Literacy Day 2019 encourages families to “Take 20” by incorporating 20-minute literacy activities into everyday family activities, such as singing karaoke, following a recipe to make a batch of playdough, or creating a different ending for a favourite story. Families can find additional tips in the Take 20 Literacy Day resource, and from the following school-based activities:
SCHOOL |
DATE |
DETAILS |
Beaverlodge Elementary School |
Monday - Friday, January 21-25 |
This year’s theme is “Find Your Treasure…in books.” Daily activities will include a book swap, creating personalized pirate name bookmarks, paired reading in the gym with popcorn, literacy scavenger hunt for chocolate gold coins, and morning nursery rhymes read by the Principal. |
Clairmont Community School |
Monday - Friday, January 21-25 |
Students and staff are looking forward to a week of fun and engaging events: · Monday: Camp Read opens in the library and runs all week (pictured). · Tuesday: Writing ‘Mad Libs’ in class. · Wednesday: Teacher Swap. Teachers will switch classes to read their favourite story. · Thursday: School-wide Pajama Day and reading in the gym with reading buddies. · Friday: Books and Bannock. · Daily: School-wide “Read the Halls” – silent reading during last period until 3:00 p.m. S’mores will be delivered by members of the student leadership team and student council. |
Harry Balfour School |
Tuesday - Thursday, |
· Tuesday: Green Eggs and Ham at the canteen. Dress as Your Favourite Literary Character Day. · Thursday: Celebrity Reader Day. Special guests will visit HBS to read their favourite books. · Friday: Annual book swap, organized and run by parent volunteers. An opportunity for students to swap gently used books. |
LaGlace School |
Friday, January 25 |
Students and staff can dress as their favourite Robert Munsch character. The author’s stories will be shared in a cross-grade setting with younger students reading to older students and vice versa. |
R. W. Zahara Public School |
Friday, February 1 |
The school will host a combined Family Literacy and World Read-Aloud Day on Friday, Feb. 1, with a family lunch during 12:15 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. and shared reading aloud throughout the school. |
Rycroft School |
Friday, January 25 |
Students can trade used books during a book swap event. Cross-graded groups will write and illustrate a book. |
Whispering Ridge Community School |
Monday - Thursday, January 28-31 |
Scholastic Book Fair will be held on January 28-31, in addition to the following daily events: Monday - Wednesday: Bookmark design competition between K - Gr. 2, Gr. 3-5, and Gr. 6-8. Winning bookmarks will be professionally printed and available in the library at a later date. Monday - Thursday: Mystery Announcer and Collage of Characters. The WRCS Pride Council will create a largeWhere’s Waldo-style book cover collage filled with pictures of well-known characters submitted by each class. Classes can have fun trying to find as many characters as possible. Tuesday: Book fair continues with a late night shop for families, open 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday: WRCS Pride assembly with literacy activities. Bookmark winners will be announced. |
Woking School |
Monday - Friday, January 21-25 |
Daily: Silent and shared reading in the hallway for 15 minutes. Friday morning: Cross-graded literacy activities in classrooms. Friday afternoon: Activity centres throughout the school, including baking, karaoke, and board games. |
Camp Read at Clairmont Community School.
Information provided by The Peace Wapiti School Division #76.