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News From Your Library 30 August 2024

In Week 4 of Term 3 we celebrated Book Week as a school and encouraged every student to take home at least one Fiction and one Non-Fiction book from our well-resourced school library.

We were delighted to host two events. Firstly our very talented art teacher, Mrs Chummun, gave a lunchtime talk in the library about her experience attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics as an Art Ambassador representing Mauritius. We also hosted Avi Duckor-Jones, an award-winning author, and winner of the very first NZ Survivor on TV, currently based on Waiheke teaching at the local high school. Both events attracted a wide audience and the students enjoyed the engagement.

Ms Chummen
Avi Duckor Jones

We undertook two competitions. The Best Book Review Competition, where we encouraged students to upload onto Accessit (the school library database) a review of their favorite book held in the ÐãÉ«Ö±²¥'s Library. We also held A Creative Book Cover Competition, in conjunction with the Art Department, and the winners will be announced in assembly shortly. Neil Fernandes, one of our Head Librarians, created a very imaginative Book Clue Treasure Hunt for Year 7 & 8 students during allocated library periods which proved a big hit with our junior students and chocolate bars were won by the winning teams.

As Frank Zappa said, “So many books, so little time”, so let's all get reading. 

Book Clues 1