New Year, New Issues...

The Library will be open for classes -  and also on Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes (from 1.00 to 1.30) from this week.  It will be great to have you all in the library again, it has been VERY quiet without you!!  Please return your Summer Reading books as soon as possible, and then you can come and choose some great new books to read...

The first display of the year is up now.  Come in and see your class creature on the wall!!

Welcome back for 2012!

Welcome back to school - and to our library!

I hope that you had a lovely time in the holidays, and that you are excited to be in your new class... all the teachers are really excited, too!

There are plans for lots of exciting new books and events in the library this year, and I hope there will be lots for all of you to enjoy.  Look out for great new books like:

'Wilma Tenderfoot' detective series

'Magnificent 12' adventure series

..and some picture books and new titles from some familiar characters!   

Have a great start to the year, and we'll see you in the library next week!

Christmas Fun

Welcome to the end of the school year!  The Library has had a great year, and we are so happy that you are enjoying our books, looking at the blog, and reading, reading, reading!!


Just for fun, this is a Muppets clip, with Christmas bellringing.  Watch and enjoy!!

Looking forward to seeing you next year -with lots of new books and heaps of fun things happening!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

It's Stocktake Time.... still looking for books.....

Thank you to everyone who has looked for books at home, and at school, and returned their overdue issues!!
If we have fewer books disappear, we can spend our library budget on buying new and exciting titles, not simply replacing lost ones.  We really appreciate your help to find our missing books.


As of today, 23 books are still waiting to be found and returned to your library.  Can you help them to come home?

They will feel like this....

And I will feel like this....!

...from Mrs Nicol

Primary Sources

When you are doing research on a historical topic, it is easy to find so much information that it is overwhelming! To narrow this down a little, you might choose to search for a 'Primary Source'.  
This means information that was made at the  time : like diaries, letters, photos, film footage, even things like drawings and crafts.
So 'The Diary of Anne Frank' is a Primary Source from World War 2, but a novel written about it last year is not.


Below is a short video from National Libraries, showing some historical documents they hold, and why they are important.  It is good to know that our own New Zealand history is being looked after!

Book Sculptures

Some artists do more than just read books - Su Blackwell makes some amazing sculptures.  She often uses fairy tale themes.  Can you recognise some?


Remember these are all made from old, unable-to-be-fixed books - and never, never from library books!!!!  :-)

Maidstone's New Library

Maidstone Intermediate opened its new library this week.  It looks amazing - and here are a few photos to show you just how great it is!

Mrs Asprey has done a wonderful job planning and organising the new library, and it is a fantastic environment for reading and learning.




Congratulations from all of us!