Summer holiday reading

Keep your reading up during the summer break. Go to your local public library. For those who live in Upper Hutt, this is the Upper Hutt City Library.
http://www.upperhuttcity.com/page/4/upperhuttlibrary.boss

If you live in Lower Hutt, Stokes Valley or Taita go to

http://library.huttcity.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/HOME

Some good books to look for are :

The maze runner by James Dashner and the sequel The scorch trials

The hate list by Jennifer Brown

I am number four by Pittacus Lore and the sequel The power of six

Girl missing by Sophie McKenzie

There are lots more - use the links on the right of this blog to help you find some really good books.

Have a great holiday!

Looking forward to the Hunger Games movie?

Have a look at this movie trailer. It looks like it's going to be a fantastic movie.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/5967084/The-Hunger-Games-trailer

Exams are upon us

Time to study hard. It will be worth it in the long run.

http://www.studyit.org.nz/
for NCEA students


NCEA exam timetable
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/ncea-exams-and-portfolios/external/national-secondary-examinations-timetable

World Cup fever has hit our school

We have a display up in the library and there are several books on display for you to look at.  All our students are enthusiastic about this huge historic event. Go the mighty ABs!
If you want to find some good websites on the Rugby World Cup, have a look at these ones.
http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/high-interest-topics/rugby-world-cup-2011

August Reading Challenge winners and Fleur Beale visit

The winning house was Te Awakairangi with 121 points
followed by Orongomai with 70 points, Remutaka with 53 points and Tokomaru with 43 points.
The individual winner was Kiriana Tahana - 29
followed by Matt Butler, Theresse Ongi, Dorian McAdam and Liam McPherson
Thank you to all who took part.  I enjoyed hearing about the books that you all read.

Fleur was a great hit here. She talked about several of her books and told us that you have to give your characters problems to solve or else your stories will be boring. Here's a picture of her in the library.

Library week quiz

See the fun we had today at morning break. The winning team was Team Pencil of Doom

made up as follows : Anthony Smith, Jareth McAdam, Brandon Braybrook, Mrs McKenzie and           Mr Carter.  By the way the answer to the question "What do the letters OPAC stand for" is Online Public Access Catalogue.

August Reading Challenge winning house and individual winner will be announced on Thursday.

Fleur Beale visit on Thursday too.

Fleur Beale visit to the school

This is a New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools sponsored event
All year ten students will get to see Fleur Beale and many year nines with some other students who get permission from their subject teachers to attend.