Library News
Book Week
In week 5 we had a full week of events in the library to celebrate books and reading.
During breaktimes, students had the chance to decorate bookends using paint markers, with the choice of taking their decorated bookends home or donating them to the library shelves – our thanks to the students who donated their bookends - they are in the Realistic fiction section and look fantastic!
To mark the theme for this year’s Book Week - Book an Adventure – we set up an iSpy competition challenging to students to find action-themed objects that feature in popular books. For an extra challenge they could enter a competition to name the books where the objects feature. Congratulations to our competition winners Celena and Bianca who got full marks, and Yori and Casper who came in second, guessing an impressive 11/12 books correctly.
Two popular breaktime activities made a return to the library – with a book trivia Kahoot hosted by Ms Goodman, and our Golden Ticket competition. Golden tickets were secretly tucked into display books around the library. During breaktimes, students searched the shelves for the elusive tickets. Those who found one were invited to share a book review on the library website and received a sweet treat as a reward.
Here are some of their reviews:
I hope this doesn’t find you - I had this book recommended to me by a friend, and at first, I was very sceptical about whether it was going to be a good read or not. But after the first few chapters I was actually enjoying it and by the time I reached the halfway point, I was completely immersed in the story. This has become one of my top favourite books ever, and I could so read it again!
Powerless - Powerless is definitely one of my favourite books! If you are thinking of reading it 100000% do, you won't regret it!!! The plot twists are insane and the characters are amazing! I love the way Lauren Roberts wrote the book. This is like The Hunger Games, but with more of a love triangle, and SO MANY plot twists, which I did not see coming.
Real Friends - It's a fantastic book that I feel that most people can relate to, due to the themes of school and friendship changes. I would recommend this book to any comic lover in years 6-9.
The Summer I Turned Pretty - This was a very fun and exciting book to read. I loved the way that the characters are presented and how the story line goes. Great book definitely recommend reading it!
Stormbreaker - Full of action that will leave you on the edge of your bed and a nicely foreshadowed mystery that ties the story together it's a great spy novel that is a great first book in a well written series.
Front Desk - 'Front desk' talks about the life of Mia, a little girl who moves from China to USA for the 'opportunities' that people often talk about. At a very young age, she has worked in the front desk at a motel to support her family. Mia is a kind and nice person, who has brought hopes and happiness to other characters. The way such a little girl's actions have bonded people together and helped overcoming challenges has became my inspiration for striving for my dreams. The book and everything about it are a perfect combination of laughing, crying and jumping out of my chair and are something that worth a read from everyone.
The Cruel Prince - This book is an amazing book by Holly Black. A captivating fantasy book with lots of description and space for imagination. With an amazing FMC it is a perfect read for highschoolers.
Lenny’s Book of Everything - This quickly became my favourite book due to Karen Foxlee's absolutely beautiful writing and amazing ability to express deep and emotional themes so simply. I recommend this for anyone who loves to feel pulled in by a story and its wonderfully crafted characters.
Holes - This a very thrilling story about how being in the wrong place at the wrong time can have unexpected consequences. I would highly recommend this book to people looking for a fun read that isn't too silly but also isn't too serious.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is an engaging and elegant novella about Holly Golightly; a glamorous yet vulnerable young woman navigating life in 1940s New York Café Society. With stylish prose and bittersweet themes, it is a journey of discovery for both the audience and the characters: it’s a short but memorable story about finding belonging and authenticity that lingers long after you finish.
Thanks also to our Book Club members (Tara, Lily, Jade, Jenny and Maddy) who took part in this year’s CBCA Book of the Year Shadow Judging panel, reading and reviewing the books from the Older Readers shortlist. Shadow Judges around the country agreed their favourite from this year’s shortlist was Birdy by Sharon Kernot.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the week!
Chloe and Wen
Librarians
Tech Free T-Days
Sometimes we all need a break from our screens so this year we have some Tech free break times.
