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Katies Readers Volume

Volunteer News

ur first term was very busy both ine classroom and behind the scenes

Enjoy!

15th January 2012

Welcome JodiContents

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Welcome Jodi

and Jake!

A Message From Katies

Mum

Recent Events

In The Classroom

I couldintroduce

Katie to

you in away that

could

possibly

show youher sweet,

gentle

nature. orher brave

and

creativespirit. She

was pure

joy andthe light

and love

of my

family'sworld. Jon

and I werethrilled towatch her

begin to

discoverreading

and the

delight of

a goodstory.

Sitting at

bedtimelistening

to her

read to usare among

our most

cherishedmemories.

While

Katie wasin

hospital,when Jon

and I were

calledaway,

Angela

sat with

Katie andheld her

hand,sang toher and

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You can imagine just how excited, and a little nervous we

were to hear that Katies family was coming to Jordan for a

visit. This would be the first time that Jodi, Katies Mum and

one of our trustees would see Katies Readers in action. Gill

Christou invited some of our key volunteers to a lovely coffee

morning where everyone got to know each other. Jodi had

lots of questions as to the reasons and roles our volunteers

chose to take on and she was amazed at the passion and

dedication that was displayed.To mark this very special occasion we launched our very own

Katies Readers polo shirts which Jodi and our volunteers love

and now wear with pride when going into the classroom. We

are not selling them publicly yet but if you would like make a

private order just let me know.

5Hail & Farewell

and Jake!A few days later Jodi and Katies not so little brother Jake,

joined us in the girls classroom. As always the girls were

eager to welcome our new volunteers and were not at all

distracted by a boy in the mix! Jake joined right in with the

activities, offering us some very valuable feedback and

ending up being our photographer!

It was such a pleasure to have Katies family with us and

we all had such a wonderful time hope they come back

soon!

6 Books Books BooksHelp!Thank you!7


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her. Ihave been

made

aware onmany

occasions

since thenthat

something

very deep

passedbetween

those two

in thoseall too

brief

moments.That

something

transform

ed itself

intoinspiratio

n andKatie's

Readers

was born.I like to

think that

whatAngela

has in turn

inspired

in all ofyou as

you work

to makeyour

shared

visionreal, has

threads of

Katie's

spirit andenergy

inside.

Every

moment

of this lifeis fleeting.

Everythin

g willinevitably

change

and begone

A Message from Katies Mom

CRAFTY

LADIES

Gill gathered

her very crafty

ladies inNovember to

hel re are


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one cando is give

this

momentright now

our best

effort, ourhighest

attention

and care.

To be ableto look

back and

say thatyou have

done so

brings itsown

satisfactio

n andcomfort

once themoment

haspassed.

Imagine

what aworld it

would be

ifeveryone

contribute

d some bitof theirpersonal

resources

to maketheir

communit

y strongeras you are

doing. To

fill a need

where aneed is

perceived.

No matterwhether it

is the

community one was

born and

raised in,or the

temporarysurroundi

n s we

packs for our

lessons.

Having

everything at

hand, already

cut out and

individually

packaged for

the children

makes things

so much

easier. For the

ladies its acoffee

morning with a

twist, getting

together with

old friends

and new to

have a bit of

fun while

contributing to

a worthwhile

cause in the

localcommunity.

If you would

like to join the

next Craft

Ladies

morning,

contact Gill

Christou -

gill_christou@

hotmail.com

Recent Events

KELLANS COFFEE MORNING

What a great turn out at Kellans coffee morning! We were introduced to

an amazing group of women who listened attentively to our

presentation. The interest was high and a number of volunteers even

jumped right into the classroom almost immediately! Even those who

are unable to volunteer their time have very kindly begun to spread the

word of Katies Readers. THANK YOU KELLAN for hosting such a

lovely morning!

If you are interested in hosting your own Katies Readers coffee

morning,

contact Gillian Golborne - [email protected]

END OF YEAR PARTY!!

How can one possibly show enough appreciation to such a fabulous team of volunteers? A Secret Santa of course!

Seventeen of our fabulous volunteers showed up to our party with a gift in hand. Just to make it a little more fun we

added a twist to the rules, allowing each person in turn to steal a previously opened gift from someone else or open

their own package. It was extremely amusing to see ordinarily reserved and well behaved ladies trying to decide if

they should take a gift away from another. Talk about leaving your comfort zone!!! So much fun was had by all and

each left with a well deserved gift and a personalized gingerbread cookie!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT


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at this point in

our lives.

I applaudall of you

and the

effort,enthusias

m,

commitm

ent andvision that

has gone

into thisamazing

project.

Sincerely,

Jodi Jonis,Katie's

mom

In The Classroom

CRAFTS

It doesnt take much material to bring outcreativity in children; a few sequins, somerecycled cans and a pot of glue can all betransformed into a beautiful pencil holder.We love to see the concentration on the facesas the children focus on their crafts and the

pride they experience when they see thefinished product.

MOVEMENT

More and more research is showing that

movement is the key to learning, with that inmind we ensure that during every lesson wetake the children outside to move their bodiesif only for 10 minutes. Whether we play withballs, hoola hoops or parachutes the childrenare better preparing their brains for moreefficient learning, and having fun at the sametime!

READING

A Katies Readers session would not becomplete without books. Although at thisstage the children cannot fully follow a storyin English, or read themselves, they certainlyget the idea with the help of our dynamic andanimated volunteers. The children arebeginning to really look forward to andappreciate every story time!


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We simply could not do the work we do without the dedication andcommitment of all of our volunteers. Whether they spend theirtime in the classroom, cutting out crafts, organizing coffeemornings or spreading the word of Katies Readers, we trulyappreciate each and every one of them. The transient nature ofmany of our volunteers has advantages and disadvantages; on

one hand there are always new volunteers arriving, on the other

Hail Farewelland

Paula TessaIt was only in our last newslettethat I introduced Tessa as one oour most enthusiastic volunteersIt is with great sadness thatoday we bid farewell.

Tessa has been committed tKaties Readers ever since hevery first coffee morning. Heinvolvement has been of greavalue in so many ways and wwill really miss her presence.

Tessa will be basing herself in thUK as her husband takes a job iVietnam. She promises to comback to Jordan for visits (angolf!).

SoulaSoula joined Katies Readers inthe very early days when sheresponded to our flyer in the ICSnewsletter. Showing a very keeninterest in supporting KatiesReaders she immediatelyorganized a coffee morning at

her home which resulted in a therecruitment of what became avery valuable team of volunteers.Soula recently left Jordan toreturn to her home in Cyrpus buther contribution to KatiesReaders will always beappreciated.

Paula is not new to Jordan butshe is a brand new member ofour volunteer team and we arevery lucky to have her.

We met Paula at Kellans coffeemorning, a qualified teacher,who was very eager to get intothe classroom. Luckily we were

just about to begin our programin the boys school for the firsttime and Paula immediately

jumped at the opportunity to join the team. Since then shehas worked with the boys andthe girls and is always eager tooffer her support. We lookforward to working with Paulafor as long as she is here in

Jordan.

Thank you!


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BooksBooksBooks

Help!As volunteers come and go andour project evolves the help werequire from volunteers forever

changes. How would you like tohelp?

Library

The time has come to catalogue

all our books. We have decided

on a very efficient and colourful

organizational method and soon

will have all the tools and

materials to do the job. We are

looking for a small team of

volunteers to help go through,

sort and catalogue the books in

the near future.

IT

AAHH my nemesis!!!! We do

have a website shell all ready

for order and content. Anyone

who has ANY confidence in

web design, or would even like

to have a go at it PLEASE

come and have a look at what

we have already. With NOOBLIGATION!!!

In the Classroom

This term we will be adding a

new class to our schedule. A

wonderfully dynamic, small

group of 5th grade girls is very

keen to practice their English

with native speakers. This class

will differ from the younger

groups as the focus will be

conversation through reading

books, drama, games etc... If

you are interested in giving an

hour of your time once a week

to this great group of girls do

contact us.

Newsletter

Ever dreamed of being a

journalist? We are always

looking for volunteers to

format, write short articles,

take photos or contribute in

any way to our newsletter.How about your own column?

Crafty Volunteers

We mean that in the nicest

possible way! This is a fun

filled morning preparing the

lesson packs for the classroom

with Gill. No major creative

skills are required, just theability to cut on a straight line

while laughing!!!

Volunteer Coordinator

If you are interested in any of the above volunteer opportunities or

in fact, you have other skills you would to contribute to Katies

Readers please contact our volunteer coordinator

Gillian Golborne [email protected]

CHILDRENS BOOKS

Of course all of the childrens

books we collect go directly

into our Katies Readers

library. We also welcome

games and toys with

educational value

ADULT BOOKS

Any adult fiction books we

receive we place our Katies

Readers sticker on and pass

them out to various locations

around town. This helps us

get the word out about our

project. Le Meridien Hotel has

its very own Katies Readersbook swap in the executive

lounge.

OTHER BOOKS

All other books; old text books

etc will be recycled into

amazingly creative pieces of

art!


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THANK YOU

For more information, volunteer opportunities, book donations, feedback and / or questionsplease contact:

Angela RessaFounding Trustee

[email protected]

Find us on:

We would like to extend a veryspecial THANK YOU to

Safwan Moubaydeen

&

Alaa George Musleh

Of the SNR Denton Law firm, fortheir extremely valuable and

continued support.

Thank you to Tracy Wootton for editing our

Everything we do at Katies Readers we dowith little Katie Jonis in mind. She is ourinspiration and the spirit that drives us topass on as much love and joy as wepossibly can.

Remembering Katie

An extraordinary THANK YOU to

Omar and family

at

Istiklal Library CoFor their generous support.

www.istiklallibrary.com
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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