The minutes of the AGM held April 23, 2012, at the new Lakeside campus of CIS are now online -- on the wiki. See http://silcsing.wikispaces.com/Minutes
Note that the subcommittee which agreed to meet to continue discussing Hands on Literacy and other network PD initiatives is still exploring options. Watch for updates very soon.
DUES now due
A reminder that our membership year starts on April 1 and ends on March 31, so we are already into 2012-2013 in terms of fees.
Click here for this year's Membership Form. It contains all the information you need.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
POSSIBLE AUTHOR VISIT: Jerry Pallotta
Debbie Diaz from UWC has a teacher-librarian friend in the US who highly recommends Jerry Pallotta -- and indicates he would love to come to Asia.
She writes:
"He is definitely one of the best we have had in the last 20 years, if not the best....If you go on Jerry's website (jerrypallotta.com), you will see he has written hundreds of books which makes for a great bookfair. Don't know how parents react over there, but here they went crazy. He is definitely for elementary kids. Extremely funny—the kids adore him. He is very charismatic and is like a kid himself----thus--- their adoration!! His presentation is amazing, he will autograph until the cows come home. There is so much you can do with his books because they are mostly non-fiction. Older kids love them too. There are wonderful projects you can do in advance. Classrooms can make their own alphabet books, etc"
Jerry is probably best known for his many alphabet books, e.g.,
STORYTELLER: Cassandra Wye - Asia tour in Nov/Dec
Stories in Motion
With Cassandra Wye
On tour Singapore November –
December 2012
A firm favourite with Singapore audiences, Cassandra
has been invited back to Asia once again!
Stories in Motion: her unique blend of
circus, theatre and dance, with an exuberant, expressive and energy-filled
approach to storytelling, has taken Cassandra around the globe from Barbados to
Borneo, from the depths of the rainforest to the roof of the world.
She has worked across the educational
spectrum, from universities to nurseries, creating intimate shows for
profoundly disabled children and on the streets with audiences of 1000’s. She
has inspired adults and children to tell stories around the world and directed
performances of young people for local, national and international festivals.
She offers international schools a wide
range of performances, workshops and staff training that can be tailored to
suit either the needs of your national curriculum or to International
Baccalaureate system.
Her
performances celebrate the finest of folktales from
around the world and are often bespoke creations to suit the school – to meet a
range of themes from human rights to healthy eating
Her
workshops introduce children and young people to a kinaesthetic approach to story-telling,
story-making, creative writing and collaborative performance.
Her
staff training inspires educators to use
storytelling as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum from maths to
music –making, from kindergarten to senior school, both indoors and outside the
classroom
What people have said about her work:
“Being
her usual exuberant self, Cassandra delivered her stories with much gusto and
enthralled her young audience who simply loved the gestures and repetition used
in her storytelling sessions” Director British Council Penang
“An incredible skill in engaging the children's imagination, teaching with a tremendous sense of fun” Festival Coordinator Barbados
For more information, reviews and photos of
her work – please visit her website: www.storiesinmotion.co.uk
or email cassandrawye@yahoo.co.uk or ring her via skype.
APD Singapore distributes Epigram Books, including the new SherMay Loh book
The second book in SherMay Loh's "Archibald" series -- Archibald and the Black Knight's Ring -- will be published in June. Book launch at Kinokuniya on Sat, 2nd June at 2.00pm
From APD Singapore:
We are pleased to announce our appointment as the exclusive distributor for Epigram Books Pte Ltd for the ASEAN region with immediate effect for all new titles publishing in April 2012 and beyond. Taking of orders for ALL backlist titles published before April 2012 will begin from 21 May 2012 only.
From APD Singapore:
We are pleased to announce our appointment as the exclusive distributor for Epigram Books Pte Ltd for the ASEAN region with immediate effect for all new titles publishing in April 2012 and beyond. Taking of orders for ALL backlist titles published before April 2012 will begin from 21 May 2012 only.
An independent publisher based in Singapore, Epigram Books is known for putting together well-designed and thought-provoking titles.
Epigram Books began as a division of the award-winning design firm, Epigram, but registered as a separate entity in July 2011 in order to strengthen its focus on championing local writing.
Epigram Books publishes all manner of fiction--novels, short stories, plays, children's books and some poetry. They have published works by literary pioneers Goh Poh Seng, Stella Kon, Lloyd Fernando and Robert Yeo. Other prominent authors include playwrights Tan Tarn How, Ovidia Yu, Chong Tze Chien, Jean Tay and Haresh Sharma; and award-winning children's authors Adeline Foo and SherMay Loh, who is an international Moonbeam Children's Award winner.
Epigram Books also reflects Singapore's mad obsession with food by publishing both recipe books and food guides. In 2012, Epigram Books started the Wee Editions imprint to support local designers, photographers and artists through a unique series of compact coffee table books.
Epigram Books publishes all manner of fiction--novels, short stories, plays, children's books and some poetry. They have published works by literary pioneers Goh Poh Seng, Stella Kon, Lloyd Fernando and Robert Yeo. Other prominent authors include playwrights Tan Tarn How, Ovidia Yu, Chong Tze Chien, Jean Tay and Haresh Sharma; and award-winning children's authors Adeline Foo and SherMay Loh, who is an international Moonbeam Children's Award winner.
Epigram Books also reflects Singapore's mad obsession with food by publishing both recipe books and food guides. In 2012, Epigram Books started the Wee Editions imprint to support local designers, photographers and artists through a unique series of compact coffee table books.
You may contact APD at apdacad@apdsing.com should you require more information or assistance.
LOCAL AUTHOR: Adeline Foo - "The Thing Under My Bed"
Adeline Foo writes to us re a picture book she wrote in 2009 that she feels has not had the attention it deserves, as she was busy promoting Amos Lee when it came out.
See the website of illustrator Chris Martin, who travels through Singapore from time to time, according to Adeline -- so available for possible school visits.
SYNOPSIS:
The Thing Under My Bed
Written by Adeline Foo
Illustrated by Christopher Martin
Buster loves snacking just before bedtime. Take a peek under his bed and you'd find crumbs, discarded wrappers and half-eaten bits of food. One night, Buster hears strange noises from under his bed!
'Grrrllll'… a stomach growls hungrily, 'tsk, tsk, tsk'… fingers scratch impatiently, 'tek-ca-toh, tek-ca-toh, tek-ca-toh'… feet drum menacingly, and 'cssshhh, cssshhh, cssshhh'… a tongue sloshes around looking for food! Is there a monster under the bed? Is Buster safe? Read this story and have a good laugh at what's really making all those dreadful noises!
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