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Welcome to our first book review hosted by Year 7 students. They are looking forward to being able to share their thoughts on books that they believe are good reads. We hope you will enjoy hearing their reviews.

Winner of the Olympics Competition

Congratulations to this student. He correctly answered all the questions and won the draw for a $20 voucher for the tuck shop. Love the smile! Enjoy spending up.

The competition was well supported with many entries. Awesome job guys! We enjoyed being able to tie in a competition with the research about the Olympics that the Intermediate classes were undertaking.

Award Winning novel - Rangatira by Paula Morris

Rangatira has won the Fiction Category Award in the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards. This book has been recently purchased and makes an interesting historical read as well as being suitable for Level 2 wide reading.

Auckland, June 1886.

Ngati Wai chief Paratene Te Manu spends long sessions, over three long days, having his portrait painted by the Bohemian painter Gottfried Lindauer. Hearing of Lindauer's planned trip to England reminds him of his own journey there, twenty years earlier, with a party of northern rangatira. As he sits for Lindauer, Paratene retreats deeper and deeper into the past, from the triumphs in London and their meetings with royalty to the disintegration of the visit into poverty, mistrust, and humiliation. (Source www.penguin.co.au)

Homework group

An enthusiastic group of senior students supervise students wishing to do homework in the library, offering help with reading, questions and advice after school.  The homework group has been successfully meeting on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 3.15 to 4.15.

Parents of students wishing to use this service are encouraged to communicate with the school office.

Wired

The library is a popular place to hang out with friends in the morning before classes begin. One ear plugged into music and the other open to listening to conversation is a great way to start the day.

Olympics

As part of the Year 7 and 8 study on the Olympics.  The librarians have posted up a quiz for the students to answer.  The prize will be $20.00 Tuck Shop voucher.  

Competition is quite fierce and the drawer will take place Monday 6 August.

The above picture is one of the displays that can be found on the intermediate classes level to add to the flags along their corridor. Students have been visiting the library to access the resources set out for them to provide information for their research.

The library has also entered into the Olympic spirit, brightening up the room with its own colouful array of flags and Olympic rings.