Going Green with Bookworm Jumble Sale 2015
Who supports Whom
Administering our Libraries in Schools program is not a routine task. I subscribe to the anonymous idiom , “God is in the detail “ but there may be some who think it is the devil! Each LiS Class has both back end and onsite documentation and recording. These administrative tasks have been typically handed to […]
LiS with a student volunteer
We have a new LiS school, approximately 50 Kms from Taleigao in the village of Kudchire in Bicholim Taluka. How we got here and why , I reserve for a separate post for now I want to to share my joys in Student Volunteers who convince me that there is a hope and it is […]
Helping Van
Our trusty red van has done 33762 kilometres, since 2009. This red van has taken books to schools for the past 7 years and till today clocks approximately 250 kms a week. It transports an average of about 1200 books to children every week, drives up hills and down dales. The van carries stationery and […]
Libraries in Schools – FIRST TERM Summary 2014 – 15
My experience with Libraries in Schools program
Written by Sabina My work on the Bookworm Library in School program ( LiS ) is to have a good lending and returning of books in the short time we get during Library period. The process is possible because in every respective classes of Auxilium , Caranzalem name tags have been made for children. The […]
Bindi Su visiting schools…
Written by Barkha Over the last month we read aloud the story of ‘Bindi Su’ across standard I in all 4 schools. Bindi Su is a little red car who doesn’t want to stop! Bindi Su is the first of a series of ‘early readers’ children’s books to be published by Bookworm. The aim of […]
Gandhi – Pictures and Stories…
Ahead of the Swachh Bharat campaign which was launched on 2nd October, I was cleaning out the shelves at Bookworm, collecting all the Gandhi book we have and looking forward to a week of reflection and remembering the Mahatma. When we first procured Picture Gandhi written by Sandhya Rao and published by Tulika, Chennai; we […]
Leading my first class…
Written by Analia I have been with the Bookworm team Library in School Program ( LiS) for over three months now and suddenly I was in the lead. Quite content to be a Second in Command I was worried about taking the lead role. My first class was scheduled for St. Thomas Boys Primary School […]
Chhuk-Chhuk-Chhak at St. Thomas Boys Primary School, Aldona
Written by Flavia It was the first library session after the week-long school holidays for Chathurti. The boys were all set to hear a new story. We asked them what they had done over the holidays – many had gone to their ancestral homes or visited the homes of their relatives. Unfortunately, no one went […]