55th National Library Week celebrations in AP Schools

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Rc.No:ESE02-22/54/2022-SCERT DATE:12/11/2022

School Education – SCERT, AP – Department of library – Conduct of 55th National Library Week celebrations – Primary , Upper Primary, High schools under all managements in the state – Scheduled from 14-11-2022 to 20-11-2022 – Reg

All the District Educational Officers in the state are informed that it is proposed to conduct 55th National Library Week celebrations in all primary, upper primary and high schools under all managements from 14th November to 20th November,2022 as the school library provides information and ideas that are fundamental to functioning successfully in today’s information and knowledge-based society. The school library equips students with life-long learning skills and develops the imagination, enabling them to live as responsible citizens.

Suggested activities to be conducted by the teachers /students in the week:

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Displaying of all library books and classifying according to their subject
Every day one teacher should explain in the assembly about the Importance of libraries and how they utilized libraries in their career.
Involve all the stakeholders of the school administrative staff, teaching staff, parents , old students and community.
Book buffet: to introduce your students to a variety of literature sstories, humorous books, biographies, fiction, non fiction etc )in a short amount of time. The activity gives students an opportunity to read genres that they never would have picked up by themselves. Place a different book on each desk in a classroom. Tell students that they will be reading the book for 5 to 8 minutes and then you will tell them to switch with someone else.

These books should be of a great variety with many different types represented. At the end of the class, students should have switched 5 to 10 times. Ask them if there are any books they started that they would continue to read if they had the chance. If so, make sure those students get a copy of the books they enjoyed.
During National Library Week students can compete in a book reading race. They should chose books to read and earn “miles” for each page read, or a set number of miles for each book. Students can try to earn enough miles to win the game.
Go places Groups of students are given with atlases. Ask them to select any place in the world they have heard about and would like to visit. They can be taught to go to the index, locate page number and coordinates. Let them to use left hand for ‘latitude’ and right hand for ‘longitude’ and make the fingers meet when they find the place. Supplement the activity with wall maps and globes.
Interview a Reader : A good reader will be on the ‘hot seat’. Let others ask questions on anything related to his/her reading.

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In this connection it is proposed to conduct the following competitions .

Date	I to V	VI to X	Process
14- 11- 2022	Fancy dress Competitionsfavourite cartoon character/ any character in their favourite book) with dialogues	Fancy Dress Competition sfavourite author/ poet /character in a popular book) with dialogues	–
15- 11- 2022	Repairing the library books and preparing book jackets, book marks	Repairing the repairing books and preparing book jackets, book marks	–
16- 11- 2022	Scavenger hunt sstudents will search for a specific book for the given topic)	Scavenger hunt sstudents will search for a specific book for the given topic)	This activity is for your students to better understand the library and to see all that it has to offer. Divide your students into several different groups in an effort to finish a library scavenger hunt first. Give each group a list of ten different items they need to find or list. ,Locate and list a reference book that represents one of your interests”. *The first team that answers all the questions correctly wins a prize. All the groups learn a lot more about the library than they knew before. Clues lead from book to book, from section to section in a random way.
17- 11- 2022	Book auction/ selling a book by explaining the futures of a book	Book auction/ selling a book by explaining the futures of a book	One set of children extols the virtues of the book they have read and enjoyed, to a younger group or to a set of their own class. They do this in the style of an auctioneer. *No money transaction involved.
18- 11- 2022	Story Telling	Quiz time	Students will prepare questions from the same day’s newspaper and conduct the quiz programme)