Lively lunchtimes in the library

Lunchtimes in the library are a blast!

Last week we had a little stormtrooper visit the library to request a pic with some of our other intergalactic characters... here he is with a bigger stormtrooper, and our very own R2D2 (who talks robot, but only on May the Fourth)...

I also had some very excited girls bring me their worm library diorama that they made using their own wonderful imaginations. It has an issue desk, tablets, books, tables, worm food, book worms, a light and even a little librarian. 

This year life as a library monitor is really diverse. Lunchtime library monitors are assigned to various stations (rotating weekly) - one or two will do the issuing and returning, one librarian is on Ipads, (they help children search for books on the library app and find them on the shelves), one monitor is on CD corner (they manage the queue of children wanting to listen to CD books, and handle the CD player), one is on Lego Club (Wednesdays and Thursdays) and one or two are on shelving and tidying, which sometimes involves putting up a feature-genre-of-the-term-shelf or helping with a display.

On Friday, we started a Create your own Fantastic Beast drawing and writing exercise. The library was buzzing. The children used their imaginations to create their own beasts, drawing ideas from J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and many other fantastic fictional creatures, and combining creatures from our incredible natural world. They drew incredible beasts and made up the creature's name, its habitat, diet, special powers, likes and dislikes, etc.

We will continue creating beasts until the end of term and then I will do a lucky draw for a winner to choose a book (from my special box).

Here are some pics of the fun we had.