End of Semester 1

A successful semester 1 in Library Service has come to an end. Charity and Skylor handed over their leadership positions to Humza and Satyanshu (Grade 11 students) during the Library Service session.

"We built up their capacities for their new roles during the past year so I feel confident that they will make us proud. Their first responsibilities as the new leaders was to conduct the library service on that day, under our supervision." - Skylor

A few photographs from Semester 1:

Non-fiction crew headed by Charity.

Satyanshu at work.

Humza sorting books.

Onkar shelving books.

Readers, do look forward to another action packed semester of Library Service :)

Battle of the Bands: Success!

Total revenue made: 18,250 Rs.

Everyone in Library Service who was able to attend the event was kind enough to donate some of their time for their shift selling beverages at Battle of the Bands. Due to our excepted number of visitors to be somewhat less than had actually attended, we had to sell back some of our stock. The extra Milo that was donated to us was sold to the cafeteria, this generated an extra 7000 Rs. which was very helpful in raising funds for the Library Service. The additional soft drinks that were left were returned to the store. Overall, we are happy with the effort we put in and I think everyone should give themselves a pat on the back. The event itself was also very entertaining and the music played by the bands was well recieved by the audience.

I would like to acknowledge Nestle Lanka PLC. for donating the Milo and the staff at OSC at helping organize the event and help set up our stand.

Job well done,

-Library Service

Fundraiser Meeting/Discussion

Today, in Library Service we worked together as a group to formulate ways of raising funds for our CAS activity. Infact, our group of students had a lits of ideas, some of which include:

- Reading sponsoring

- Bake sale

- Movie program

(Movie Ideas:

• Rush Hour
• Transformers 3
• School of Rock
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Lion King
• Pirates Of The Caribbean
• Night at the Museum 2)

Skylor - Drinks

Charity - Kimbab/Pancakes

Beda - Anzac Cookies and Brownies

Cupcakes - Alo/Greta

Posters - Humza

Download movie - Satyanshu

Statement from the leaders

As the leaders of Library Service, Charity Dowers and Skylor Knoll will be planning/organizing the Service program for the duration of our enrollment in 12th grade at OSC. Therefore our goals/plan for the academic year are:

-Limit the number of students in Library Service to 8-10 students to not overcrowd the library and make the workload last long enough until 3:30.

-Divide the students into two groups:

Grades 6-8 will be supervised by Charity ( 4 or 5 students no more than 5)

Grades 9-12 will be supervised by Skylor (3 or 4 students, he will personally choose them)

Middle school grades will be in charge of organizing non-fiction books (they are easier to sort because of their numerical placement)

High school grades will be charge of organizing fiction books, ordering the magazines, and updating the library service blog each session. Also, they will take pictures for the blog.

Library Service Daily Routine

1. Attendance
2. Separate the two groups and organize what needs to be organized
3. End the session with a ‘good job’ and ‘thank you’

Library Service First Day

1. Speech about library service (maybe take some pictures)
2. Cover what is expected in Library Service: ATTENDANCES (3 strikes)
3. Learn names of each student
4. Explain how pizza party works
5. Try and set up the service blog

Book Week (Will probably come up with more activities that are “Community-based”)

• More publicity –have the service make a few posters
• School newsletters, emails
• Assembly presentations (videos)
• Manga/Comic Day
• More reading days (10 minutes)
• Quotes from famous authors about reading
• Publish creative writing
• COSPLAY

Student Reflection/ Student reports

Around the end of November when the first semester is ending we will have students write a short reflection on their time in library service. Also Charity and I will be writing student reports on the students’ performances in the service. I will write the reports for high school students and Charity will write for the middle school students.

OSC Library Service Members - 1st Semester

Library Service (2011 - 2012) initiates today. This blog will keep you updated about our works in this service activity.... make sure you keep up :) 

LIBRARY SERVICE TEAM:

Supervisor (and the Head Librarian at OSC) - Mrs. Raina Lockwood

•  Philipp Hofbauer (12.1A) - CAS Blog Manager
• Charity Dowers (12.1M) - CAS leader
• Skylor Knoll (12.A) - CAS leader
• Onkar Ashish (11.2LE)
• Satyanshu Sapra (11.2L)
• Humza Usmani (11.2L)
• Constantine Hempel (10.1R)
• Greta Rocchi (9.2S)
• Christiane Amare (8.2H)
• Tulika Khosla (8.1G)
• Alo Lenk-Walker (8.1G)
• Beda Bellugue O’Leary (7.2R)
• Sejuti Sarkar (8.1G)