Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Thursday, 25 July 2024
Book Week
We are so excited about Book Week which will be running in week 3.
There will be a Scholastic book fair running in the library, guest readers, a book character dress up day, and Sally Sutton is our visiting author - to name just a few of the bookish activities coming up.
More info to come soon ...
Monday, 1 July 2024
Colouring competition winners!
Sunday, 23 June 2024
Aki Fukuoka on the Storylines National Story Tour
We were so excited to learn that we had won another Storylines National Story Tour visit! On Monday 17 June, Aki Fukuoka visited our school. The year 3/4s (whanau pohutukawa) were treated to a lively presentation in the hall.
Aki Fukuoka is the talented illustrator the famous Billie B Brown series and the Lily - the littlest angel series, both of which are really popular at our school. She also illustrated the Sam Kerr series, and picture books like Witchy goes shopping and Giraffe attack.
Aki showed us the many versions of Billie B Brown that she created for the publisher. There were around 100 versions before they decided on the perfect character. Billie B Brown has sold over 5 million copies worldwide!
We learnt about the publishing process, and how a drawing goes from a pencil draft, to "inked" to shaded and then to full colour. After that we enjoyed a drawing demonstration. Aki asked us to select two volunteers. I selected a girl and a teacher selected a boy. She created adorable 'book covers' of them and asked us to come up with the title. It was a wonderful, interactive time. The children were engaged during the Q&A time and asked thoughtful questions.
Thank you so much to Storylines and to Aki Fukouka for an inspiring morning! Afterwards the children told me they were "hooked in", Aki was "inspiring", "an amazing artist", and a teacher told me that many children started their own books after the visit. Once again, we are most grateful for the time and energy that goes into these tours!
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Samoan Language Week
Talofa Lava,
We have enjoyed Samoan Language Week at WPS. In the library I have been reading stories to the children from the Children of the Pacific series.
Authors around the alphabet
Thursday, 4 April 2024
Colouring competition winners!
Thursday, 7 March 2024
Sea Week
Sea Week made a splash at WPS Library. We "reached for a good book", and children entered a sea themed colouring competition at lunchtimes. Here are some pics.