Be A Part of World Read Aloud Day!
World Read Aloud Day is an event that promotes worldwide literacy for children of all ages. To date, it is recognized by schools in 127 countries and these numbers continue to grow.
This year, CDS will celebrate World Read Aloud Day on Friday, February 7th between 2:30-3:00pm. Junior students will be paired with Senior students and classes will meet in pre-determined locations to read aloud together. Junior School students are encouraged to have a favourite book (or two or three) to read with their partner. Books may come from home, the class collection or the library.
To add to the spirit of the day, it will be a pyjama day in the Junior School, and the monies raised will be used to purchase books for:The Small Project (currently sponsored by the Senior School), Code Canada (an NGO that supports literacy in Canada and the world) and The Children’s Book Bank in Toronto (managed by CDS graduate, Loribeth Gregg ’09, featured in the most recent Link magazine!). Gently used books are being collected in the Senior School next Friday (near the Winch Family Learning Stairs) for The Children’s Book Bank.
The Middle School will be participating in the day as well in the form of a rotational reading experience. During the same time frame on Friday, students will move from classroom to classroom listening to their teachers read excerpts from their favourite novels, poems and non-fiction books. What a great lesson for our students … that not everyone enjoys reading the same thing!
This is an incredibly worthwhile event and we encourage everyone to play their part! There are more than 60,000,000 children in the world who are not literate and 260,000,000 who cannot attend school. Increasing awareness of these facts will benefit our students in so many ways, and our effort to support these organizations, who work tirelessly toward the goal of education for all, will be greatly appreciated.
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
