Library Day Celebrations at JJR – February 2019
After a few weeks of planning, and hectic preparation on the day before, we were ready for the Library Day celebrations at a school in North Goa, which has always extended their full support to Bookworm – 2nd Lt. Jayendra Jayba Rane Govt. High School, Kudchire, Bicholim. The School authorities had been informed in advance […]
Bookworm Trust in Aldona
Six years ago, Bookworm started its Libraries in Schools (LiS) program in the lovely, not-so-quaint-anymore village of Aldona, in North Goa. This was due to the efforts of Dr. Mrs. Aurora Couto who wanted to keep alive the ideals of her late husband, Alban Couto. At that time, we started in only two schools of […]
Yo Ya Vachuya
This year, the Libraries in Schools (LiS) team conceptualised a new activity called Yo Ya Vachuya (YYV) which means ‘Come, let’s read’, in Konkani. The plan is to conduct this activity at least once a month in classes 3 and 4. By the end of the academic year, each class will have participated in 5 […]
Fiction in Non-fiction
By a random chance, I found myself reading two very interesting books at the same time, last week. I have never been able to read two books at the same time, for leisure. I don’t know why I felt it necessary to read both at the same time, but once I had started them, there […]
Aldona has a BookStop!
It all started last year (late 2016) when Sujata asked me to find out how much it would cost to make a small shelf for books, which could be placed or hung in a noticeable, accessible spot. The shelf would have a metal frame and a couple of wooden shelves with some material to cover […]
Mae De Deus High School Library Inauguration
The picturesque island of Corjuem hosts the only co-ed high school in Aldona – Mae-de-Deus High School. Bookworm has been conducting sessions under its LiS (Libraries in Schools) Program in this school since September 2015. At the end of every academic year since then, the Principal and teachers of this school have always offered some […]
In and Out of Aldona Schools
At the start of this academic year 2016-17, the Bookworm Team were all set to continue in two schools in Aldona – the first was one of our oldest LiS schools, St. Thomas Boys’ Primary School or STBPS and the second was one of the newest LiS schools, Mae-de-Deus High School or MdD. As usual, […]
Year end presentation at Mae-de-Deus High School, Corjuem
The end-of-the-year feedback presentation with the Principal and teachers of Mae-de-Deus High School, Corjuem, Aldona, Goa, was scheduled for the 12th of April, 2016. She had hinted at some kind of felicitation in front of the whole school, but no specific details were provided. Niju and Krupa collected me on their way from Panjim to […]
Adarsh concert
As the academic year draws to a close, the LiS team plans end-of-the-year activities at the schools in which they have conducted sessions. This year, for a change, the Team asked the students of classes 6A, 6B, 5A and 5B from Adarsh V V High School, Margao, to let us know what they thought of […]