Bridge Foundation Newsletter Newsletter Read for the Record 2013 | Page 3

READ FOR THE RECORD 2013 NEWS BRIEF | Issue #
MAYARO READ FOR RECORD DAY, 2013
Serran Clarke, “
Ma Fable” poses
with students from
Mayaro
Government
Primary School
and Guayaguayare
R.C. School on
Read for the
Record Day, 2013.
Artistic Interpretation
of Otis by Holy Name Prep
Students of St. Monica’s Prep
READ FOR THE RECORD FACTS
25,494
students participated
80
schools joined
PRIMARY READING ACTIVITIES REPORTED
WSP- Whole School Activity ( All children read in
an assembly format or a story-teller reads out loud
a story or teacher narrated the story through a PA
system during reading hour.)
CC - Classroom to Classroom ( Teacher or Guest
reads the story in class.)
SRL - Student Read-Out-Loud- students read the
story out loud to the whole school or in classroom
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Photos
courtesy of St.
Pius Primary
school and
Mucurapo
Boys’ Primary
School
Read for the Record Day, 2013
throughout T & T
As bells rang on October 3, 2103, schools
throughout the country, as is the tradition
in Trinidad and Tobago, schools organize
for Read for the Record day and even those
that received books at the “nick” of time
created reading time to share the Read for
the Record story of Otis including other
Read to Rise Caribbean focused stories.
Schools organized their Read for the Record
day and engaged in dramatization, musicals
even a cricket game and dressed up to
represent characters in the stories read.
Bridge Foundation donated books to 80
schools this year, which predominantly
represented past Read for the Record
schools. We did not increase the number
of schools significantly this year as to
solidify our base and to ensure school
participation to maximize resources.
Next year, with the early input of schools,
we would like to continue to fill the schools
with Bridge Foundation ambassadors,
community stakeholder including
institutions with a commitment to
supporting schools and improving student
learning experiences.
Photos show children with young, bright
and patient eyes filled with intensity sitting
poised on assembly floors, on mats in gyms,
and standing to attention watching story
tellers perform and listening to their every
word of the story. Schools shared stories
used different venues to ensure whole
school participation by reading out loud on
P A systems, teachers reading in their
classrooms and/or children reading to each
other throughout Read for the Record day.
Many schools created artistic spaces for
their students and encouraged students to
draw and paint pictures including poster
boards to illustrate their thoughts about
Read for the Record books or their general
feelings about reading. It continues to be a
day that schools look forward to every year.
We thank Boss Trinidad for
distributing books country-wide and for
sharing of their time on Read for the
Record Day.in Mayaro, especially,
Snorky .