RETURNS!  RETURNS!  RETURNS!

All books should now be returned back to the library.

Treats for the first 12 classes to have all books returned.

Be in quick!

Library is now closed in preparation for stocktake and sorting, (unless you are returning your books).

Thank you to those who have returned their books early.

Have a great week! 

Come in and enjoy our Christmas books and activities.

Our Christmas tree is decorated with beautiful origami made by Teams 3 and 4.

 It looks fabulous!

Santa’s Tight Squeeze

It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa finds many treats left for him while delivering presents throughout the world. But as Santa keeps eating, his belt gets a bit tighter each time. Will he still fit down the chimney?

Little Dog and the Christmas Wish

Little Dog and Jonathan are best friends. They do everything together. But on Christmas Eve Little Dog finds himself lost and alone in a busy city. How will he find his way home? Can Christmas wishes come true?

The Nutcracker

When a boy is turned into an ugly nutcracker, Marie is his only key to freedom. He, in turn, holds the key to her heart. Marie longs for a friend who understands her, so when she gets a nutcracker for Christmas, she is immediately captivated by its sad eyes. Her empathy, passion and loyalty for the ugly toy lead to a series of strange dreams, ending with heartbreak when she wakes up to find the nutcracker gone. But waiting downstairs is the friend of her dreams…

Hear ye!  Hear ye!

Come all into our library, this will be your last opportunity to issue books for the year.

Check out our new books on display:

A great visual language book about ‘Fussy Eaters’!  Are you one of these?

Impossible Quest, Action and adventure and a great graphic novel style ‘Geronimo Stilton’ book.

Come and enjoy our other books on display too!

Blessings on all who are receiving

EUCHARIST

for the first time on Sunday.

I Don’t Like Cheese

I Don’t Like Cheese star mouse Mike isn’t like other mice. He just won’t eat cheese. Fortunately, Ashley, the little human girl who lives in the house, feeds him lots of tasty treats: like pizza and tacos. But, hold on, don’t those have cheese in them?

Glenn Maxwell

Lucky Break

Will Albright is a batting whiz and captain of his local cricket team. But when his coach nominates him to attend a T20 training camp, Will soon discovers that standing out in a sea of young cricket talent isn't easy. Especially when Darren ‘Killer' McKinnon, a super-quick pace bowler, has taken a deadly dislike to him. Luckily, Will's hero, Glenn Maxwell, is on hand to provide some much-needed advice. 

If Will can survive Killer's bouncers, he may just have a shot at making it through the camp alive and gaining a place at the brand-new T20 Youth Academy. 

The Impossible Quest

Tell your lord to beware; 
the wolves smell danger in the wind . . . 

Wolfhaven Castle has been attacked, and only four escape capture... Tom, trained to scrub pots, not fight; Elanor, the lord's daughter; Sebastian, a knight in training; and Quinn, the witch's apprentice.

Somehow, if they are to save their people, these unlikely heroes must find four magical beasts from legend and awaken the sleeping warriors of the past. But first, they have to make it out of the castle alive…

Let’s get creative with how to make astonishing recycled art.

 

The humorous David Walliams has arrived with ‘Demon Dentist’.

Long awaited Geronimo Stilton (golden book) The Phoenix of Destiny, and a great visual read aloud language book, about Thunderstorm Dancing!

Have a great week!

Thunderstorm Dancing

A fabulous rumbling story about a family that dances through a wild thunderstorm, and a little girl who shines in the golden calm when the storm passes.

Thunderstorm dancing will have you twirling and humming, banging and drumming, in a riot of stormy energy.

Astonishing Art with Recycled Rubbish

Impress your friends and help the environment by turning junk into amazing works of art. Make an Onion Fish out of real onion skins, a Jewelled Collar from can pulls and Mega Mosaics with eggshells. Or build your own Jurassock Park! These are just some of the funtastic masterpieces that you can create with the stuff you normally throw away. Every project is tried and tested, uses everyday materials and has clear step-by-step instructions. And there are special 'Think about It' boxes with fun facts and green themes.

Demon Dentist

Darkness had come to the town. Strange things were happening in the dead of night. Children would put a tooth under their pillow for the tooth fairy, but in the morning they would wake up to find… a dead slug; a live spider; hundreds of earwigs creeping and crawling beneath their pillow.

Evil was at work. But who or what was behind it…?

Come in and check out our senior read, a Morris Gleitzman series, this one is a follow on from ‘Once’.

Joy Cowley, stories of the Wild West Gang! A great read.

A funny visual language book.

The lovely classic, ‘Alice’s adventure in wonderland’.

Have a great week.

When Edgar met Cecil

When Edgar's family moves to a new town, everything seems strange and scary. The kids look different. They dress weird. They listen to bizarre music. They eat strange food. And the biggest, weirdest looking kid keeps staring at Edgar. What does he want?

Stories of the Wild West Gang

A bumper volume of stories about the hilarious West family. Michael's cousins, the West family, are everything he's not allowed to be at home -- noisy, crazy, and very, very messy.

Then

In Then - Morris Gleitzman's heartbreaking children's novel set during the Nazi occupation of Poland during the Second World War - Jewish orphan Felix and his best friend Zelda have been captured and are on the way to a concentration camp, unless they manage to escape . . .

A little hope goes a long way.

I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever.

Then the Nazis came.

My name is Felix. This is my story.

Then is the second in a series of children's novels about Felix, a Jewish orphan caught in the middle of the Holocaust.

Welcome back!  We hope you had a great long weekend.

A huge thank you to Team 4 for their kind donation of a BIG bean bag for the library. It will be enjoyed by everyone!

Detectives are one of our book themes this week.

Thinking green is a great way we can help our environment, organic and alternative fuels.

A humorous visual language book…

“Would you ask a dinosaur to dinner?”

Find out why you don’t!!!????

Never ask a Dinosaur to Dinner

Would you ask a dinosaur to dinner? Would you share your toothbrush with a shark?

Through a series of amusing mishaps, a young boy learns that a dinosaur, a shark, a tiger, and other animals will not help him get a good night's sleep. Instead, he holds a teddy bear and counts sheep, realizing that they are the animals best suited for the bedtime routine.

The First Case

Someone's stealing nuts from the forest, and it's up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and waiting for a long time... If only he had an assistant?  Someone small, fast, and clever?  To help solve this terrible case.

Ruby Redford Catch your Death

Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius - there's nothing average about her. Only this time it's an adventure in the wild, and it'll take all Ruby's got just to survive… 

This time, tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately released some very rare and very dangerous animals. Things are going to get wild - and Ruby is going to get badly lost in the wilderness. The question is: will she ever make it out alive? Well, as always, you wouldn't want to bet against her...

A special welcome to Bishop Steve who is visiting our school and perhaps our library this week.

Come and check out our new adventures, Jake in Space and a senior read, Pirates and the Nightmaker.

Our visual language book is all about looking after our environment.

Would you like to start your own band?

Enjoy your reading!

Last Tree in the City

Edward is sad after he finds the last tree in the city is no longer standing. After some reflection, he finds a way to make things better. A poignant tale about the environment and the way children relate to its beauty.

Jake in Space: Moon Attack

Jake is sent to remedial space car driving school on the Moon. Nothing could be more embarrassing. He soon uncovers a sinister plot and must summon his courage, and driving skills, to save everyone.

The Pirates and the Nightmaker

It's 1740 . . .

The Firefly is taken in the night by pirates who sail the Caribbean. The ship's boy and a handful of men are set adrift in a jolly-boat. Without food or water the half-starved men eye up the young boy.

Astonishingly, a mysterious Mr Wicker saves the boy by turning him into an unearthly creature — an invisible flying boy with beautiful emerald-green wings.

When the boy is drawn to a ghost ship sailed by Captain Bass, he learns of the dangerous power of a magical astrolabe which Mr Wicker desperately seeks — and why Wicker must never find it.

The boy cannot trust Wicker . . . but is there anyone he can trust? Captain Bass? Sophie Blade, the pirate's daughter? And who can return him to himself?

Welcome back to term 4.

A BIG thank you to The Books Alive team for their organisation of a fantastic ‘Book Week’, including the work shop with Judi Billcliff, for our inspiring young writers!

A special thank you for the donation you raised for the library.

Finals for the Rugby World Cup is still to be played, so our rugby theme continues!  Good luck to your team!

We are anticipating a busy spring term, beginning with Mission Day on Friday.

As always check out our new books on display.

A great visual language book to be shared, and for those who enjoyed the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas you will enjoy our book of the week…

Have a great term!

The Man with Messy Hair

There was a man with messy hair. He liked the mess. He didn't care.

But his messy hair soon got him into all sorts of trouble!

Zero

Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her centre. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . !" "Those numbers have value. That's why they count," she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something? Zero feels empty inside. She watches One having fun with the other numbers. One has bold strokes and squared corners. Zero is big and round with no corners at all. "If I were like One, then I can count too," she thinks. So she pushes and pulls, stretches and straightens, forces and flattens herself, but in the end she realizes that she can only be Zero.

Stay where you are and then leave

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield’s father promised he wouldn’t go away to fight – but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn’t know where his father might be, other than that he’s away on a special, secret mission.

Then, while shining shoes at King’s Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father’s name – on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by – a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place …

It’s a week of rugby mania books, gearing up for the start of the world cup. Come and check them out, a great read for everyone…

Enjoy your week!

When I grow up, I’m going to play for… the ALL BLACKS

Jack imagines what it would be like to step out of the tunnel: banners ripple through the air, the crowd chants his name. No doubt about it, this little All Blacks fan is heading for the big time, because when he grows up, he wants to be an All Black.

Diary of a Rugby Champ

My name is Marcus Atkinson and I am nine years old.
Dad's totally lost it! He wants me to play rugby.
Rugby's different from soccer and cricket.
In soccer and cricket you get hurt by accident.
In rugby, they hurt you on purpose

Tom Gates Extra special treats (not)

It's really cold outside and we're all hoping it's going to snow. Yeah! Derek and I could make a snow Rooster and have a snowball fight (look out, Delia!). Granny Mavis has started to knit me a new winter jumper, but by the looks of things I'm not sure it's going to fit…

An exciting week ahead…

Firstly, we welcome Grandparents and friends to our school on Thursday.

Then, let the bidding begin, in our Art Auction on Friday!

Great reads in the library, come and check them out!

Motiti Blue and the Oil Spill

Bilingual text in Te Reo Maori.

On 5 October 2011 a large container ship grounded on a reef off the coast of the Bay of Plenty, spilling an estimated 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil into the ocean. 

The impact was devastating, not only for the people of the area, but for the many thousands of birds and sea creatures who were covered in the toxic oil.

This book tells the story of a little blue penguin who was covered in oil as a result of the oil spill from the Rena shipwreck. Describes his rescue, the treatment he had at the Te Maunga Oiled Wildlife Response Unit and his release back into the wild. 

Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

An inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged. 

Here is the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane road, the citizens worry she might get hurt or cause traffic accidents, so a group of volunteers tows her out to sea. But Elizabeth swims all the way back to Christchurch. The volunteers catch her again and again—each time towing her farther, even hundreds of miles away—but, still, Elizabeth finds her way back home.

Saint Grandma

The story of Suzanne Aubert

The story of Suzanne Aubert. Suzanne was born in 1835 in a town near Lyon in France. When she was a very young woman her parents arranged her marriage, but Suzanne refused to be wed. Instead, she wanted to serve God. 

A simple retelling of the life story of Suzanne Aubert, the founder of the Sisters of Compassion. Aubert, known by children as 'Grandma', spent her life caring for the dispossessed, and working with Māori at the Hiruharama community along the Whanganui River.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Tethan Battle Adventure

Have you ever wanted to travel from the tangled jungles of Teth to the desert lands of Tatooine? Well, here’s your chance! Discover the secrets of B’omarr Monastery, dodge blaster fire and come face-toface with Asajj Ventress! Only you have the power to decide whether to become a Jedi or turn to the dark side. Continue the story online with codes that link you to digital content. There’s a new adventure waiting for you with every read. Turn the page and decide your destiny…

Come in and check out our new books on display, if you are looking for an adventure, Enid Blyton has one for you…

Penelope perfect has a ‘Best friend project’.

My New Zealand Story ‘Gum digger’, history and a lives in the past.

A great visual language picture book ‘When Dad Showed me the Universe’

Enjoy Father’s Day on Sunday!

When Dad showed me the Universe

Tonight Dad wants to show Ulf something very special: the universe. Of course, they can't possibly embark on such a daring adventure unprepared, so they wrap up warm, gather provisions, and then off they go. It's a long walk, but eventually they get there. Along the way, they learn that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, and sometimes the biggest lessons happen when you least expect them.

The River of Adventure

A river cruise through ancient desert lands becomes a mysterious adventure when Bill disappears!

While Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack are desperately searching for Bill, they become trapped beneath a forgotten temple where no one has set foot for 7,000 years. What dangers lurk within, and will they ever escape?

Survival challenge:  COLD!

From "To Build a Fire" to "Hatchet" the fiction equivalent of these stories are a mainstay of student reading. You are Cold. You need to survive...From this premise this book shows the available "tips and tricks" that will allow you to survive. Real life survival sidebars add proof to the routines, and the thrill of "lost in the wild" is managed towards positive outcomes. Perfect for critical thinking exercises.

Come in and enjoy our exciting new books on display.

The King of Little Things, a great visual sophisticated language book. With a surprise!

Anyone going on holiday and you have to say goodbye to your pets!!!! It’s harder than you think?

Star Wars has arrived with a graphic story all about Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan.

Bye! Bye! Bye!

We’re going on a holiday!

Bye! Bye! Bye! A little girl says tearful goodbyes to her home full of pets as the family prepares to leave on summer holiday, pretending all along that it is the pets that are sad, not her. Kitten, mouse, frog, fish and duck all get a careful farewell, but actually … what harm is there? Surely they can all fit! Shhh …