Book week in Scoil Choilm

National Book Week was marked in some style by one of Dublin 15’s newest schools, Scoil Choilm in Porterstown.

With a series of events aimed at pupils and parents, the school used the opportunity to further underpin its unique relationship with its community. “The main objective of the week is to try to promote reading among the whole school community – children, teachers and parents,” said principal Treasa Lowe. "This is all about enjoying books and we have such a rich diversity of stories among our families to tap into.”

Caitríona McErlain who teaches senior infants, co-ordinated much of the week’s activity. “We had a book fair in one of our classrooms for the entire week and all of the teachers read stories to children from different classes. We also had parents in to read stories from their home countries,” she said.

Another day was designated as “dress up day” when children came to school dressed up as their favourite characters. “We had a lot of Harry Potters in the school that day,” laughed Caitríona. “We also had a coffee morning for parents where we talked about books and how to read to their kids and develop their own reading skills.”

The children also learned about the wider world of books as well with classes on writing their own stories, illustrating their favourite books and making book markers.

“Next week we will also be taking our senior infants to Blanchardstown Library where they will all be getting their library cards for the first time, so between our own library in the school and the public library they will always have books to read,” said Caitríona.

Community Voice, Media House, Church Avenue, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
Phone +353 1 822 1432 -  Fax +353 1 640 4444
info@communityvoice.ie

All content and images are © Perceptions[Publicity and Event Management] Limited. All rights reserved
Site developed by Vincent Cahill