More face-out displays to encourage reading

It's lovely to see you again, Woodlands Park children.

In between class visits today, I went into the catalogue and called up a list of books that had been read less than 3 times. 

The new-ish ones have been put on the new books shelf to draw readers attention to them. Older books have been put into a box. They won't be written off, and if children request them I can easily pull them out of the box, but the goal is to make space on the shelf for more books showing their lovely faces to the children.

I hope to see children 'discovering new books' (that have actually been here a while) - with great excitement!

I'm up to the letter M, for More To Do on Thursday...

A wonderful NZSO storytime & a couple of Lit Quiz Kahoots

Kia Ora,

Remember listening to Peter and the Wolf when you were a child (Mums and Dads)? I loved it! It came to mind when I checked out this fabulous production:

https://www.facebook.com/newzealandsymphonyorchestra/videos/619626925627030

And here are a couple more Lit Quiz Kahoot challenges:

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0358f47b-d0cc-4149-9ab4-9f2a66199482_1598478954184

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0358f47b-d0cc-4149-9ab4-9f2a66199482_1598300791711

Hope you have a lovely day.

National Poetry Day 2020

Poetry is a powerful expression of raw emotion, a condensed sensory delivery of words, drenched in meaning. Or it may be playful and fun. Expressive! I love poetry.

Did you write a poem today? Would you like to write me a poem about your week 5 at level 3 lockdown? Email it to me at library@woodlandspark.school.nz and I will post some of the poems on this blog!

Here are some children reading poems:

https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/poetry-box-a-national-poetry-day-gathering-of-children-reading-poems/?fbclid=IwAR1l0m2UPjPUby5FvfnKEKdEnFnsnzvY8P32onJ8czOnn_qFvrdAyhJpUuY

Just wonderful!

Librarians of the term, term 2

Congratulations to the following children who were librarians of the term for T2:

James, Sean, Pippa, Kacey, Evie, Amy.

You showed WPS school values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, rangatiratanga and katiakitanga!

New Books and Resources

Morena,

Yesterday I enjoyed reading a few books out loud to some of the tamariki who are at school, including the NZCYA finalist, The Smelly Giant and How not to annoy Dad which had us in stitches.

http://library.woodlandspark.school.nz/?serviceId=ExternalEvent&brSn=11667&brKey=1005673985

I covered a pile of new picture books - ready for you to enjoy when you get back to school. Check them out.

A couple of interesting posts popped up on my Facebook last night which I want to share with you:

Young Ocean Explorers posted this:

"We've put the inspirational interviews with these ocean gurus on our site, so schools can use them during lockdown"

https://www.youngoceanexplorers.com/yoe/topic/1141489147598?fbclid=IwAR14eWi-aLz3kfQZmx2zx4GKdJs9Y28ajXcnjk03axIqDc5wB8nc8rnGvqI

And a SLANZA librarian posted a Roald Dahl Kahoot quiz:

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0358f47b-d0cc-4149-9ab4-9f2a66199482_1597639600673

I tried it out and it's fun - and only open for two days...

My next post will be about our librarians of the term ...

Stay safe and well.

Week 5 announcements

Hi everyone,

Sadly, as you will be aware, Book Week and the book fair will not be going ahead next week in Alert Level 3. We will advise you about whether it will be cancelled or postponed in due course.

On a brighter note, there are some wonderful resources available that I would like to share with you today.

Check out these virtual storytimes and author interviews: https://lianza.org.nz/events/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adults/books-alive/

I have listened to a number of these author interviews. They are truly inspirational!

There are also a number of virtual storytimes. Check them out here:

https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/books-alive/#Virtual

These are the finalists of the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and well worth listening to, for the love of books!

Resources: Please also check out the wakelet I curated last time we were in lockdown. It includes authors reading aloud, links to audiobooks, crafty websites, etc.

Librarians of the term

 Each term I choose librarians of the term. They need to embrace the school values:

Library monitors embrace school values:

Manaakitanga (Respect) Whanaungatanga (Relationships)

Rangatiratanga (Leadership) Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship)

They need to work well as a team, show initiative, help others, be kind, have excellent attendance and stay on task with jobs like shelving, scanning, tidying, etc.

In term 1 our librarians of the term were:

Lucy, Neve, Megan, Ashley (they won this in Term 1 of 2019 as well!) and Jimmy Nelson.

I record attendance and being on task with Dojo points and this was entirely fair and well deserved.

I have just selected our librarians of the term for T2, so watch this space - a pic and names will be posted soon.

Keep up the good work!

BOOK WEEK

In Week 5 (17-21 August), our school will be celebrating Book Week. 

There will be a Scholastic book fair, a visiting author, lit quizzes, a bookmark design competition, a book character parade (Thursday 20th), a poetry recital, guest readers and more!

Here are the times for the Scholastic book fair, where books will be on sale in the Library:

YOU'RE INVITED TO OUR SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR, DURING BOOK WEEK!

17 - 21 AUGUST

TIMES:

Mon 17th: 8.30 - 9.30 am; 2.30 - 4 pm

Tues 18th: 8.30 - 9.30 am; 2.30 - 4 pm

Wed 19th: 8.30 - 9.30 am; 2.30 - 4 pm

Thurs 20th: 8.30 - 9.30 am; 2.30 - 4 pm

Fri 21st August: 8.30 am - 6 pm

Every purchase you make earns learning and literacy resources for our school.

Hope to see you there!

Matariki

Happy Maori new year. Our school celebrated Matariki early on the first morning of Term 3. 

We have been making a korowai for a Matariki display in the library. Children of all ages have been designing colourful feathers at lunchtimes in the library. 

We have some fabulous books on Matariki in our school library. Check them out here: http://library.woodlandspark.school.nz/#!resources/searchresult

Hauora display (Term 1 & 2)

In Term 1 and 2, our inquiry focus was on Hauora. This was our display. In the next post, I'll pop up a pic of our new display...