JOY OF READING
13-05-2015
“ A Book is a gift you can open again and again”
- Garrison Keillor
The school Library celebrated ‘ Joy of Reading’ week, to promote reading skill amongst the students. As part of this activity “DEAR” Time (Drop Everything and Read) was observed, where students and teachers were allotted 10-15 mins, for pleasure reading. Classes I-VIII, observed the DEAR Time from 19th April- 23rd April, and on special request from students, it was extended for another week.
As part of Library week, special assembly was conducted with an English song, “Gotto Keep Reading” and a Hindi song, “Padna Likna Seekho”, along with speech on Importance of Reading, Quiz and Quotes.
Various activities like making of book marks on favourite cartoon characters, Literary Quiz, Word building, Dictionary Games etc. were conducted, during the Library periods.
A special assembly was conducted on 23rd April, with a poem by Safdar Hashmi, “ Kitaab Kuch Kahana Chahti Hain”. The program was a great success and left all the teacher and students with the thought.
“ Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons "
- Malala Yousafzai
