Friday, October 26, 2012

SEMANA DE SALVADOR SALAZAR ARRUE



En el marco de la celebración del día del niño y la niña, la biblioteca de secundaria LRC
organizó a partir del 22 al 26 de octubre diferentes actividades en homenaje a los 113
años del nacimiento del escritor salvadoreño Salvador Salazar Arrué.
Dichas actividades fueron realizadas con alumnos de 6º grado y como material de
apoyo “Cuentos de Cipotes” de Salarrué, edición adaptada para niños escrito por Irene
Piedrasanta, editorial guatemalteca.

El objetivo primordial es fomentar entre los estudiantes el conocimiento de la literatura
salvadoreña, que sirve para representarnos e identificarnos como país, ya que hasta la
fecha tienen vigencia estas lecturas en nuestra identidad cultural.
La actividad contó con la participación de varias invitadas entre las cuales están;
Ligia Salguero, encargada de la Mediateca y actividades infantiles del Centro Cultural
de España en El Salvador. Quien estuvo leyendo algunos cuentos como: “Cipotío que
sacaba la lengua”, “la primeritita comunión de Menchedita Copalchines” y “la muerta
viva tonta. También se disfrutó de los videos de los Cuentos de Cipotes hechos por
dibujos animados producidos por el Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen.

La invitada además enseñó cómo elaborar una bonita manualidad hecha con foamy de
un cipote y cipota colgado de una rama, juego que muchos de nuestros niños lo hacen
siendo parte de su entretenimiento en El Salvador.

La siguiente invitada fue Silvia Elena Regalado poeta, ensayista, académica, antóloga
salvadoreña y Directora de la Casa del Escritor; que estuvo compartiendo con los
alumnos sus vivencias en la Casa del Escritor e interactuando con la mayoría de los
alumnos que se mostraban interesados en la casa que habita el espíritu de Salarrué.
Entre los poemas que compartió están algunos de su propia autoría dedicados a Katya
Miranda:

•Hay una niña que abre un libro de cuentos.

•Ella, palabra de amor, sílaba de sueños.

•Es un jardín de risas, ama a su perro.

•Pinta abrazos y soles para su pelo…

Para los días finales estuvieron de narradoras de los cuentos Yensi Vides e Hilda
Gómez como representación de la biblioteca del LRC.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Theatre Week at the ABC


Theatre Week came to an end last week with a very special LOL. The drama students, with the help of Mrs. Mariona, put together a short skit about how corn came to be. The music was performed by Miss. Leong and a few music students. The masks in the play were made by students and teachers during the after school workshops, held each day outside the LRC. At the end of the presentation, Mr. Keslake gave out two awards from the Art department, for the best Theatre Week Poster. A big thanks to everyone who contributed in making this a special event.

We have included a short video of the event in case you missed the live one.


Friday, September 28, 2012

Banned Books Week

It is Banned Books Week this Week! Many books are banned each year and it has been this way throughout history. What is censorship? Why do people and organisations ban books? 

Do you agree or disagree with this practice? Does the LRC ban books? 

Follow this link if you would like to know more and check out the banned books display in the LRC. 



It is Theatre Week this week!



Come along to the mask making workshops after school in the LRC each day to make cool masks and even help prepare a short performance! 

Take a look at the Who Said That? posters outside of the LRC. Can you figure out which theatrical character spoke those words? Write your answers down on the papers provided and add your own favourite theatrical quotes to the empty speech bubble posters.



Monday, September 24, 2012

Peace One LoL

Welcome back to a new school week!

If you were unable to attend the Peace One Lunch on the Lawn concert, you can always watch it on the LRC Youtube channel or check it out along with pictures from the event on our Facebook Page.


Monday, September 17, 2012

Welcome back to a new school year!




Welcome back to a new school year!

We are really looking forward to this amazing new school year.

We recently updated our ICT Curriculum, with many new and improved learning experiences  for our students to engage in. This year they will be involved in building in virtual worlds on Jokaydia Grid PoraOra and Minecraft,  creating interactive e-books with iBooks Author, Android App programming,  using iPads for research, animation, audio creation and more, and this is  just to name a few. For more details have a look at our vertical schemes online, on the ICT Website.

The new books have been pouring into the library since late summer and are rapidly making their way onto the shelves. Our new audio books are here too and we have invested in a collection of e-books from Follet. This collection will soon be accessible 24/7 by students for browsing and checking out, on their mobile devices, as well as computers.

The back of the LRC is now being utilised as a video recording area with 3 chroma key screens installed and another on the way, special lighting and boom mics. The new iMacs  have arrived bringing the total of bookable desktops to a whopping 36. Add our 12 new iPads and the existing 22 laptops to the mix and we are now able to manage the computing needs of 3 teaching groups at a time!

Our LRC activities have now started and there are plenty to enjoy each month. You can always check on what is coming up using the LRC Calendar on the front page of the LRC website. You can even add this calendar to your own Google Calendar.


Our new 6th grade students visited the LRC last week for orientation. The students came down with their English teachers and were the first to use the new iPads. They used the iPads to help identify and work out clues during a QR code Scavenger hunt. This activity was prepared and run by Yensi and Hilda our Librarians.


The traditional Civic Week tour  also took place last week. The LRC hosted more students than ever this year, from both the Primary and Secondary sections. During the tour students worked in their class groups with the librarians and teachers, to learn more about El Salvador through artefacts,  special puzzles and traditional games. The photos from these activities can be found on the LRC Facebook page.





It has been a great start to the year so far and there is so much more to come. Watch our Facebook Page for updates on Peace One Day, Banned Books Week and Salvadoran Children's Day activities. We also encourage you to take a look at our Website where you can find useful resources, browse our collections, check out the new arrivals and more, as well as follow us on Twitter.

Here's to an amazing SY12/13!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Summer Opening Hours


Update: We will also be closed on June 21st as we are working with the Stories to change the world 2012 project, which is being held at the Cojutepeque Library.



The LRC will be open this summer for checking out and renewing books, except for the following dates: June 23rd-July 6th & August 3rd-6th. Our summer opening hours will be 7:00-3:00, Monday to Friday. We will close between 12;00-1:00 each day. 


 New books will be arriving all summer long. Use the Shefari Collection to view them and do come in and check some out on the holidays.  Have a great summer holiday everyone!