Monday, 22 April 2013

Ancient Egypt

Found a great interactive map on Ancient Egypt. Great for the grade 5 program on Ancient civilizations:

Interactive Map on Ancient Egypt


Bibliographical References

When doing research, every bit of information needs to be cited.
Plagiarism will get you expelled from University.
Teachers have many tools available to them to quite easily recognize plagiarism in works submitted by students.
Please follow this guide when citing sources of information:

How to cite your sources used.

Homework Helpers

Students can now access the St. Timothy School Library Catalogue from home. One of the great new features of the catalogue is the addition of digital books.

The digital books can not be downloaded, but you can read them online. Just click on the link at the bottom of the page to open the book.

2013 Battle of the Books

The 2013 St. Timothy's Senior Battle of the Books Team compteted in the 2013 Battle of the Books comptetion held at the Burlington Public Lilbrary on April 17th, and almost made it into the second round!
The competition was vigorous this year, but all the contestants enjoyed themselves. Many thanks to the parents who helped with transportation, and pictures!:


Thanks also to our contestants: Grace, Leigh-Ann, Caitlyn, Flora, Sarah, Alayna, Samantha, Claire, and Tatiana. Great job girls!

Wanted for next year: contestants in grades 6-8 for next year's competition! If you read a lot and have a great memory you are welcome to join!