Topic: Literacy is for Everyone
Parents struggling amid sky-high nursery costs, lack of spaces
A new report on early childhood care centres shows that tuition fees in Cayman are the most expensive among comparable countries.
Books, crowns and caterpillars: ‘Read With Me’ at Camana Bay
LIFE and Rotary Sunset presented 'Read With Me', an event to promote literacy among children as part of the inaugural Camana Fest on 30 Aug.
LIFE reaches 100,000th book donated in Cayman
Literacy Is For Everyone, better known simply as LIFE, reached a significant milestone recently when it made the donation of its 100,000th book to the Cayman Islands community.
Parents thrilled with pre-school programme ‘no money can buy’
The Ministry of Education’s 'Smart Start' initiative for under-4s, launched in East End and North Side in January last year, has now expanded to Bodden Town.
Latest donations bring LIFE’s book gift tally to 80,000
Literacy Is For Everyone, known as LIFE, held its first book fairs recently, at which it donated 502 books to the students of Red Bay Primary School and Edna Moyle Primary School. This brings the total number of books donated by the literacy and education advocacy group to 80,000 since its was established in 2012.
Camana Bay celebrates Literacy Month
The official date for International Literacy Day was Wednesday, 8 Sept., but Camana Bay is taking the concept a step further with a full...
LIFE donates 4,000 books to Red Bay Primary
Literacy Is For Everyone (LIFE) delivered more than 4,000 books to Red Bay Primary School this week.
Students getting almost 3,000 laptops
A public-private sector initiative is working to provide 2,850 laptops to public-school students throughout Cayman.
Rotary Sunrise, LIFE donate spelling programme to East End Primary
Literacy is for Everyone (LIFE) and Rotary Sunrise joined forces to supply East End Primary students with a new spelling programme.
Donated books kept kids reading during lockdown
LIFE donated nearly 2,000 books to classrooms across the Cayman Islands.
Literacy group LIFE keeps children reading during lockdown
The Literacy is For Everyone (LIFE) programme is ensuring children can curl up with a good book and practice their reading skills during lockdown, after donating more than a thousand books to local students.
Montessori shares gift of reading
Children and families of Montessori By The Sea collected 1,327 books over two weeks, to share the joy of reading this holiday season.
International Literacy Day Message
Every September, the world celebrates International Literacy Day. It’s a time to share beloved stories, recommit to personal and communal literacy goals, and embrace the boundless learning opportunities that reading offers.
2,000 books for East End Primary School
Literacy is for Everyone has donated more than 2,000 books to East End Primary School.
Barefoot Beach Gala to benefit women’s program
The Cayman Islands chapter of 100 Women in Finance is set to host its sixth annual Barefoot Beach Gala on Saturday, March 23, at Royal Palms.
LIFE donates books to East End students
Santa made a special surprise visit to East End Primary School this week to present each of the school’s 92 students with two books for Christmas.
LIFE donates to children’s library
Literacy Is For Everyone, known as LIFE, has donated more than 100 books to the Cornerstones Inclusion Unit’s reading library.
Literacy Month is celebrated at Camana Bay in September
Literacy Month is back to celebrate and encourage a love of reading among youth across the Cayman Islands. This year, the theme focuses on mysteries, covering everything from “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” to local favorite “Pedro and The Treasure Map” by Erin Connelly.
Letter: Celebrating International Literacy Day
LIFE encourages the Cayman community to focus on the foundations of literacy for skills development today so that all our citizens can share in a successful tomorrow.
Advocacy group breaks record for book donation
Literacy Is For Everyone, a local advocacy group devoted to raising the quality of education in Cayman’s public school system, broke a record recently by donating more than 4,300 books to Sir John A. Cumber Primary School in West Bay. The previous record was 3,500 books donated last year.
Transition unit gets books from LIFE
Literacy Is For Everyone donated 170 books to the government’s Transition Unit to assist children who need extra learning support in their reception year.
Literary groups plan two weekends of workshops
Local cultural organization Bridges has brought together Literacy is for Everyone, CLM Publishing, Caywriters and Cayman Writers Circle to put on three days of workshops, school visits, discussion groups, presentations and a poetry and music recital.
Last weeks of school were action-packed
Students at West Bay’s Sir John A. Cumber Primary School enjoyed a variety of activities and events over the past few weeks in the lead-up to the end of the school year, including a careers fair, the school leaving ceremony and a volunteer appreciation event.
Families snuggle up and read at Cayman Academy
Families enjoyed bedtime stories, drama and literacy fun at the “Snuggle Up and Read” event, held last week at Cayman Academy School Hall.
