tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71828690833094184152024-03-05T00:39:20.561-08:00Auroa School Librarywhat's happening in the library ....Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-45357387486101487982019-04-08T18:09:00.002-07:002019-04-08T18:09:58.718-07:00Visiting authorWe were very lucky today to have a visiting author come to school. Michelle Osment is well known for writing the series of books Perky the Pukeko. She has just recently written a new story called Little Owl and Morepork Little which she shared with Room 6 during their library time today.<br />
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Michelle Osment has her own website if you would like to learn more about the books that she writes. www.littlefriends.co.nz<br />
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<br />Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-54825307849778507022018-02-26T00:31:00.001-08:002018-02-26T00:34:52.520-08:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: -0.12px;">Morris Gleitzman - just named Australian Children’s Laureate - shared his advice for parents of book-loathing little ones, who want to teach them the joy of reading... And for more advice or book recommendations, join the free <a href="http:/#CuriouslyGoodBookClub at bookclub.geckopress.com!">#CuriouslyGoodBookClub at bookclub.geckopress.com!</a></span><br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-49377377784076849522016-05-15T22:10:00.000-07:002016-05-15T22:10:15.379-07:00Life lessons from Dr SuessDr Suess famously stated that he never began a story with a moral in mind. Kids can see a moral coming a mile off, he said. But, he admitted, there's an inherent moral in any story. While he may not have set out to moralize, there are countless bits of truth and life lessons to be learned from his stories.<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-14282823269666904382015-11-10T18:04:00.000-08:002015-11-10T18:04:36.675-08:00Library back in action!The library is back in action, apologies to the children. I know they have been dying to get back into the library to get books out! We had a bit of a hiccup with the barcodes when entering new children to the school but that is all resolved now.<br />
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It was fabulous to see Room 3 in the library selecting their books looks like Minecraft books, Captain Underpants, Dirty Bertie and Spirit animals are popular.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; line-height: 20.79px;">Just to let you know that the school library is open Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 3:00pm. So please call in and visit our space or spend some time there with your child. Please have items issued before you take them from the library. Children can borrow up to three books and have two weeks to return them to the library. Make sure you return them to the library by the due date. We have a wide range of books your child can issue. We expect children to be responsible for the care and protection of our lovely library books. All children should have a safe method (book bag, plastic bag, separate pocket in their school bag) to transport books to and from school, away from drink bottles and lunch boxes. We hope you come and enjoy all your library has to offer you - see you soon.</span><br />
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This little you tube clip about reading for pleasure makes good viewing.<br />
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I have also done a stock take this week and now I am ready to reopen the library!<br />
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We are using the software that was purchased last year for the library and this gives <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; line-height: 20.79px;">students the opportunity to write book reviews or video reviews about books they have read in our library. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Teachers</span> can spend up to six weeks when school returns reteaching lost skills to students who have spent little or no time reading in the holidays.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Children</span> who read as few as <b style="text-decoration: underline;">six</b> books during the holidays will maintain their reading level skills taught during the year.<br />
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Let's set a new record for Australia and New Zealand!<br />
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If each country beats their Summer Reading Minutes total from last year's challenge, then we are well on the way to reading a combined total of <b>1 million Reading Minutes</b> and setting a new Summer Reading record for Australia and New Zealand.<br />
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* weekly prize draws and grand prizes for participating students<br />
* prizes for the schools in each country with students actively logging Reading Minutes throughout the challenge<br />
* grand prize school winners in each country that achieve the highest student participation rate(relative to total number of students in school)<br />
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Register yourself by visiting <a href="http://summerreadingchallenge.scholastic.com.au/member-home.aspx">http://summerreadingchallenge.scholastic.com.au/member-home.aspx</a><br />
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Make up a simple username and password - maybe use the same for both so that you remember and fill in the details, don't forget to scroll down to find Auroa School.<br />
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Click on Scholastic books logo above to find great titles and recommended reads for children of all ages! or you can look at other recommended websites to find great books for your children to read!<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-51217924834668881282014-09-26T01:35:00.001-07:002014-09-26T01:35:38.352-07:00Our new library programme!I am so excited about our new library programme at school. We have changed from the current system to a company called School Library Software <a href="http://www.schoollibrarysoftware.co.nz/">http://www.schoollibrarysoftware.co.nz/</a><br />
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It offers our students access to the school library at all times from any computer or mobile device. Simply click on the link below and you can access our library:<br />
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The students also have the opportunity to write book reviews or video reviews about books they have read in our library. Another great feature of this system is that the children can find out about what books are recommended reads or what to read next if they enjoyed a particular book. It also has a selection of ebooks which I am sure the children will be eager to try out!<br />
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From a management perspective the system is easy to use and it provides management statistics making it easy to show reading progress in our library. It will also provide useful information to help successfully run our school library.Yesterday Mrs Gibson, Mrs Feek and I completed the training. We are looking forward to using this programme and hope that the community will be able to find out more about what books are the most popular reads in the school and around the world!<br />
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The school library are very lucky to have been given the money from the school PTA to fund this project which we are very grateful for. Please click on the picture below to find out more about this software.<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-37138777519945426582014-08-05T15:42:00.000-07:002014-08-05T15:42:21.770-07:00LIANZA Children's Book AwardsJoy Cowley won the Ester Glen medal for junior fiction for her book Dunger at the book awards in Wellington last night. The story is set in the Marlborough Sounds and it follows William and Melissa who are roped into helping their old hippie grandparents fix up their holiday home. One of the judges, Jane Thomsen said "Joy Cowley has written a remarkable collection of children's books and stories. Dunger is no exception and with its gorgeous cover and overall production is well deserving of the Ester Glen medal." You can get this book from our school library.<br />
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Dear Vincent by Mandy Hager won the Young Adult Fiction Award.<br />
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Wearable Wonders by Fifi Colston picked up the Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Award.<br />
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The Russell Clark Illustration Award was won by Raymond Huber for his book Flight of the Honeybee.<br />
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The Te Kura Pounamu Award for a Te Reo book was awarded to Kawata Teepa for the book Nga Kaitiaki a Tama!<br />
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Many of these books are available from our library click on the picture above for a link to the author or a review of the book.Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-48186172119638750472014-07-03T01:19:00.001-07:002014-09-26T02:01:57.443-07:00Time to bake gingerbread horses!<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-66514606512254372592014-06-26T01:52:00.003-07:002014-06-26T01:52:37.815-07:00Taking old library books to FijiWe have been busy 'weeding' books in the library. We found a large number of non fiction books in our library that have double copies and information that is dated. In our technology age I felt that it was important for our library to have up to date information for the children. Non-Fiction books are still an important part of our library - they are an alternative way of researching and a good resource for developing skimming and scanning skills, they are also very popular reading material for the boys in the school. I had been thinking about what to do with these books and Cheran le Fleming had made contact with Thelma who has been living as a missionary in Fiji for the past six years. On our recent trip to Fiji with the le Fleming family we decided to pack some books in our suitcases to give to the missionaries to distribute to needy schools. We had eight bags of books. They were delighted with the books and talked to us about a project Marine Reach <a href="http://www.marinereach.com/">www.marinereach.com</a> I am currently investigating getting more boxes of books to their depot in Tauranga, so if you are heading that way and could drop a box off contact the school office.<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-45417846133905509682014-05-30T01:29:00.000-07:002014-09-26T02:03:01.733-07:00Pamela Allen - Mr McGee<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pamela Allen is a fabulous New Zealand author. She<span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;"> is an award-winning author and celebrated illustrator of children’s books. She has won and been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the prestigious Margaret Mahy Medal (2004). Allen also won the Australian CBC Picture Book of the Year for two consecutive years, in 1983 and 1984, for</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;"> </span><em style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;">Who Sank the Boat</em><span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;">, and</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;"> </span><em style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;">Bertie and the Bear</em><span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;">. Allen’s books have been published around the world, and have been translated into French, Swedish and Japanese.</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;"> Some of her other titles are Belinda the Cow, In Mary Elizabeth's House and the series of books about Mr McGee.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3b3b3b; line-height: 18px;">Her stories are being brought to life by Capital E Theatre. They are performing in New Plymouth on the 3rd and 4th of June at the TSB Showplace. Check out Ticketmaster for ticket information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The school has access to EPIC which is a website formed by New Zealand libraries and the Ministry of Education. It is intended for use by principals and teachers, library staff, and students and gives them access to a worldwide range of electronic resources as you can see below. One of the cool things about EPIC is that you can access Encyclopedia Britannica for free which is an awesome tool for researching!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Teachers, students, and library staff may also access EPIC from home using their school's password and username login. <b>Please note that EPIC require that a school's username and password are kept confidential to your school community</b> and all users must abide by the terms and conditions of use. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to password to use EPIC you can contact me in the school library or ask at the office for the password and log in details.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px;">Through EPIC schools can access databases containing thousands of international and New Zealand magazines, newspapers, biographies, substantial reference works, and images. EPIC lets you access up-to-date full text articles covering a huge range of subjects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">EPIC resources are purchased on a subscription basis on behalf of all New Zealand schools. Visit the Databases <a class=" external-link" href="http://www.tki.org.nz/epic2/Databases" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1b63c4; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">page</a> for descriptions of the resources, and to filter by learning area and school level.</span></div>
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<br />Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-51565718102532858692014-02-24T14:47:00.002-08:002014-02-24T14:47:59.939-08:00The 39 CluesA big thank you to the Forsyth family for their kind donation of the series of books The 39 Clues. This is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors. The books are about siblings Amy and Dan Cahill who are on a quest to find the 39 clues, ingredients to create a serum that creates the most powerful person in the world. Check out the new books page to go to the 39 clues website.<br />
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<br />Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-75582019222312232342014-02-20T13:33:00.002-08:002014-02-20T13:33:41.264-08:00Reading ChallengeA brillaint way to get those YA readers to venture out of their favourite genre and build up books in their reading logs, Book Bingo is produced by Random House, Canada. Click on the Bingo for the link!<br />
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<br />Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-62030399798204418812014-02-18T14:24:00.002-08:002014-02-18T15:22:04.324-08:00Dodo Birds Don't Fly by Paris WhiteheadCongratulations Paris! Paris Whitehead has just published her first book called Dodo Birds Don't Fly. Paris is only 13 years of age and her skill has been compared to that of Lynley Dodd. Click on the book cover to find more about this inspiring young author.<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-41532277526821932014-02-18T14:15:00.002-08:002014-02-18T14:15:48.983-08:00Scholastic book ordersJust a reminder that Scholastic book orders are due in on Wednesday the 26th February. There are some fantastic books available and each purchase you make gives us points to buy books for our school library.<br />
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-76134693835559895022014-02-09T23:18:00.001-08:002014-02-09T23:18:48.016-08:00Thanks PTA!Check out the wonderful furniture the PTA brought for our super library!<div>
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Laurie Kinastonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226774400921380834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182869083309418415.post-30445816100492520992014-02-04T17:40:00.000-08:002014-04-06T17:53:42.091-07:00Top reads for children for 2013These are the top reading books for children as chosen by <a href="http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/books/50-best-childrens-books-2013/">The Listener</a>. You will find many of these titles in our school library.
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