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Reaching out: Jamie Butts (left) and Hayden Mondin from Herbert Spencer School, with some of the books that have been collected for a school in Uganda. ible experience to see the Ugandan teachers grasp the concepts so quickly and make it their own. The work the children produced was amazing. As educators it was a hugely rewarding experience.” Other highlights from Literacy Week include a pajama day, where students and staff donned their PJs and listened to guest readers – such as school superintendent John Woudzia, Mayor Wayne Wright and local police and firefighters. The week also featured a parent drop-in reading event and books fairs.
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stocking it with over 700 books, and each year our teams have mentored the local teachers by providing them with various reading strategies to support their early readers. “This year, we had Carrie Ng from Lord Kelvin facilitate a professional development day with hands on learning around Smart Reading strategies. Our team members then supported the Ugandan teachers in the classroom, side by side, coaching them through the process as they introduced the strategies to their students. It was an incred-
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erbert Spencer Elementary celebrated Literacy Week with a bevy of bookcentric activities, including one with a charitable bent. The school collected hundreds of books and more than $200 throughout the week for the Rwentutu Christian School in Uganda. Spencer has a special connection to its African sister school. Spencer principal Tracy Fulton and counsellor Sharlene Briggs have volunteered at the Ugandan school and have shared their experience with students and staff at Spencer. The school regularly fundraises on behalf of Rwentutu school, which educates underprivileged children. “Our work at Rwentutu is primarily focused on supporting literacy,” Briggs wrote in an e-mail to The Record. “We built the library in July 2008,
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