Unplug & Play, Jan 20-27, 2024

 

An invitation to reduce your screen time, and move and play more with family and friends for the last week of January and into your future!  

For Bastion Bobcats as well as all community members join me and some wonderful regional authors for the "Salmon Arm PJ Storytime," 5:45-7pm, Wed. Jan 24th.  Bastion Elementary, 2251 12 Ave NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 2V5, Canada (map).

Come listen to amazing storytellers and enjoy a delicious treat.  PJs and stuffies encouraged!  Often the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) also gives out a free book.

Enjoy you Unplug and Play week!

Unplug and Play schedule

Using QR Codes to Find Information

 

 How To Scan QR Codes:

IPads

Chromebooks

QR Code - Book Exploration

First Stage: Choose a QR Code & Watch a Book Trailer

• Choose a qr code (no turning over the sheets & peaking at titles)

• Select an Ipad or Chromebook that matches your seating plan number

• Scan the qr code (see instructional videos)

• Return the qr code to the pink bin

• Watch the book trailer video
  
  

Second Stage: Find out if the Bastion Library Has this Book

• Open the web browser Safari or Google Chrome

• Go to the Bastion homepage bas.sd83.bc.ca

• Go to the library tab and select “Alexandria Library Search”

• Click on the “Search” magnifying glass; Type in your book title or author

• Is Your Library Book on the Shelves? 

• YES: find the book on the shelves; put your shelf marker in beside the book, then take the book out (leave your shelf marker to mark its spot)

• Return to the carpet and get to know the book more deeply

• Volunteer to do a brief book talk about this book

• NO: is it already signed out?  If yes, choose another qr code and repeat steps

• Is it on the book trolley, or on display? 

• If the Bastion library doesn’t have it, please recommend it to Mme M if you think it would be a good addition to the Bastion library

Two Days Left for the Bastion Scholastic Book Fair - We're half way to our fundraising goal!

 

Bastion Bobcats we have two days left for the Scholastic book fair.  We're over half way to our $4000 sales goal (our average has been $4400 per year over seven years).  Drop by the library for awesome reads and for those that celebrate Christmas, there are many gift options for you to consider.

So far our "gross" sales (before tax) are $2742 up to Dec. 5th.

We're down to many "last copies," so check that last copy section on top of the book shelves as you enter the library: Hockey Superstars, World of Rocks, Discovering Dragons, Bad Bunny, and Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: No Brainer, and more are sitting up there just waiting for more people to order them.  They take about a week or less to arrive at the school.  

Thanks everyone for supporting this exciting fund raising opportunity for our Bastion library.

See you at the fair!  Your Ardent Librarian, Ms. Shannon Murrells-Allaway, aka Mme or Ms. M.