Anzac Display

We have a lovely display in our library for Anzac Day and our focus on World War 1 this term.  Well done to the crochet club, who meet in the library once a week and enjoy the space while they crochet.

New Zealand Book Awards

We are very excited to be a Judge School for the Children's Choice in the New Zealand Book Awards.  We have opted to judge in both the Junior Fiction and Picture book sections.

We have a group of keen readers from Kereru Syndicate who are challenging themselves to read as many of the junior fiction novels as they can in the timeframe.  We will then meet as a group to put forward our finalists.  As students finish a novel they are completing a Discussion Points form to help.



The whole school will be reviewing the picture books and each class will vote on their semi finalist choice.

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2015!!  The school year is up and running and it is good to see how busy the library has been.  I think the students missed us!!  Our summer reading programme was a great success, we were pleased with the reading results as well as the feedback from the students on the amount of reading they did over the summer.  The teachers were busy reading too, they are looking forward to sharing some of the books they read with their classes this year.

Keep an eye out for what Mrs Goodin is reading - when you stop by her desk you will see the most recent book she has read - I bet she makes some interesting choices.

Awesome Event in Wellington

Author of the Gruffalo Julia Donaldson In Wellington

Macmillan Publishers, Scholastic NZ, and The Children's Bookshop in Kilbirnie invite children and the young at heart to join Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and other beloved children's books, for a very special concert.
St Peter's on Willis, 211 Willis St, Te Aro, Wellington Thursday 12 February 2015 11:00am – 12:00pm.
Julia will speak, read and sing from her wide range of children's books. A special treat for Gruffalo fans everywhere!
All profits from the concert will go to the Graduate Support Programme at He Huarahi Tamariki - The School for Teenage Parents in Tawa.
Bookings essential at    http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2015/julia-donaldson-in-wellington/wellington

We love buying books!

Jan, Miss Gargan and 5 Year 5 students went book buying at Paper Plus at North City Plaza today.  We had lots of fun, looked at lots and lots of books, and had some good discussions about what books would be good additions for our school library collection.

Well done everyone, can't wait to get some of these books on the shelf!

Crochet club

Everyone is enjoying having the school library back in use.  The crochet club worked away in Room 6 last term, but are much happier in the library as they create!

We are working on making a blanket for the library, and it seems the children have developed skills very quickly.

Thanks to Deryn and Sarah, our experts who give up their time each week to work with the students.

Read Aloud

It's a funny time for us in the Redwood School Library this term.  The Library has gone mobile and Jan is doing an awesome job meeting reserves requested and bringing books to the children in the classrooms.  Meanwhile Room 15 have made themselves at home while their classroom gets renovated.

However we did not let this stop us enjoying a Read Aloud today.  Teachers headed off with Animal books under their arms to different areas of the school to enjoy reading with children.  Loads of fun for everyone!

Mrs Perkins is busy keeping the children from Rooms 16 and 17 interested.

Mrs Wilson reads to some of our newest students in Room 10.

Miss Smith reading to the children in Room 20.

One of my favourite animal books is the story of Owen and Mzee.  I have read this book to preschools, children at all levels of the primary school and above.  I love this story - if you haven't read it look for it in our school library.