Dinosaurs Can Read 恐龍也閱讀

With the disruption of normal school schedules, classes were suspended for a long time and even after the full resumption of face-to-face teaching, classes can only be conducted on a half-day basis, leading to students staying home most of the time, so it is vital to inculcate in all students a lifelong love of reading and empower them with the ability to learn in a self-directed manner, which lays the best foundation for them to excel at school and prepare for life.  Safeguarding the health and safety of our students is our top priority.  To press on with our efforts against the pandemic and make our library Covid-secure, we put a disinfection cabinet in place to prevent our collection from being contaminated to protect the health of students and teachers.  In addition, a considerable number of e-books were added to our collection to expose students to a wide range of genres and offer them ample opportunity to pursue their own interests and passions.  The importance of reading cannot be overstated.  A reading programme titled “the Dinosaur Century” was launched to promote thematic reading and in support of our aim to create a fun-filled atmosphere to arouse students’ curiosity, dinosaur models and related English books were showcased in the library along with teachers dressed up as dinosaurs and filmed in a video, which turned out to be an immense success, attracting many students to borrow books to learn more about these prehistoric reptiles.  To facilitate engagement during the pandemic, an online book club was established to provide a platform for students to exchange ideas with likeminded booklovers.

學生停課多時，即使全面恢復面授課亦只有半天，學生留家時間多了，故培養學生良好的閱讀習慣變得更為重要，因閱讀是最佳的自學方法。疫情期間本校添置大量的電子圖書，讓學生課餘仍能廣泛閱讀不同類型的書籍，本校亦增設圖書消毒櫃，確保館藏衞生安全。此外，本年度更以「恐龍世紀」為主題推動專題閱讀活動，於圖書館中擺放恐龍模型及相關的英語書籍，教師亦粉墨登場打扮成恐龍的造型，並拍攝短片推廣本活動，成功引發學生借閱有關圖書的好奇心。本校亦舉辦網上讀書會，為學生於疫情期間提供分享及交流閱書心得的平台。