Healthy Taunga fortnight

Take part in the Healthy Taunga activities

HEALTHY TAUNGA FORTNIGHT
23 MAY – 2 JUNE
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Monday Morning break – find the carrot (around the school)
Vibe also visiting with the push play trailor
Morning break – house mural comp (sketching only) in the hall
Tuesday Sports Traditional all day at UHC
Morning break – house mural comp in the hall (theme is fizz free)
Wednesday Morning break – fear factor house comp in the hall
Path – full school assembly
Afternoon break – meeting in hall foyer for house leaders and jnr ready steady cook teams
Thursday Form time and morning break – junior ready steady cook house comp in D4
Friday Morning break – healthy food stall
Morning break – staff vs students dodge ball in sports centre
Monday Form time Morning break – senior ready steady cook house comp in D4
Tuesday Before school – pink ribbon breakfast for breast cancer
Morning break – zumba in the av room
Wednesday Morning break – learn to do an Indian dance
Path – form class quiz
ThursdayMorning break – house obstacle course in the hall
Themed mufti day – 80s aerobics theme
3.45 – staff ready steady cook comp
Friday LEARNING CONFERENCE DAY

Also come into the library and see our display of books on healthy eating, fitness and sports

Youth week 2011

The theme for youth week this year is "Step up" so we have created a display of books about young people who have risen up despite various challenges.

This display was created with the help of these two student librarians

Come on in and have a look at this display. The books are available for borrowing now.

Also check out the Youth Week website for information about events.

http://youthweek.co.nz/index.php?section=19

There is a poster of events in our area displayed on the library door.

And the winner is.......

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards winners are :

Non - fiction "Zero hour" by Leon Davidson

Young adult fiction "Fierce September" by Fleur Beale

Children's choice young adult fiction "Smiling Jack" by Ken Catran
I'm sure all the votes we put in for Smiling Jack helped.

These are the books that were nominated that we have in the library. If you want to read the full list of winners go to this website.

http://www.booksellers.co.nz/awards/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards/winners-2011

Here are some websites that will help you choose books

The Book Seer This site lets you search across the Internet for other titles like the one you've just read.

http://bookseer.com/

Literature map This site brings up a map of other authors similar to the one you like.
http://www.literature-map.com/

Fantastic fiction Lists books, authors, awards and much more.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

Fantastic fiction - NZ authors Same as above, but lists New Zealand authors.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/countries/new-zealand.htm

Library thing You can catalogue your own books using this website or you can just search for the books you've read and find out what else you might like.

http://www.librarything.com/

Shelfari You can create a bookshelf of your own. See ours on the mainpage of this blog. Or you can search for your favourite books and learn more about them.

http://www.shelfari.com/

Anthony Horowitz

Booktrust A UK site with book reveiws and author interviews. See the Anthony Horowitz interview.
http://www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk/Teenage-Books






Cool reads Hundreds of cool-reads reviewed by 10-15 year olds. And they have a useful list of catagories.

http://www.cool-reads.co.uk/default.asp

Where does our digital output reach to?

Watch this video - you'll be amazed.  This just proves that you can't just google everything when you are doing research. You'll get far too much information and much of that information might not be correct. You need to learn how to evaluate the websites you use to ensure accuracy.

Suggestions for purchase

Please let us know if there is a book you think that we should buy using the comment option below.

The Gone series by Michael Grant

Check this book trailer out. The series is really cool and the fourth one has just come out.