Peak School Library Newsletter
April 2013
Looking good in the library!
We have also been ordering more books, welcoming visitors, celebrating victories and working closely with class teachers to link our library lessons with the units of enquiry. We are always finding opportunities to pass on our experience in publishing, research and journalism to the children and continuing to reinforce the library as a place to go to ask questions as well as to enjoy stories.
Read on for more information, or see our Library Page on Planet Peak.....
HKYWA
Alyssia Yuan-Pritchard and Ella Sofuoglu were both presented with "Highly Commended" certificates at the Hong Kong Young Writers Awards. This is an amazing achievement for the girls and for the school, as this was our first year of entry into the competition. We came back from the awards ceremony full of enthusiasm and ideas for next year!
Library Bag design
Congratulations to Bridget Chan in year 4 who won our competition to design our new Peak School Library Bag. The design has already been sent to the printer and we will soon have the bags on sale at the PTA uniform shop.
Visitors to the library
We were delighted to welcome back Nicky Bingham this month. This time it was the turn of year 4 to be gripped by her dynamic telling of the tale "Apple of Life". The editorial team from Daily 7 and Daily 10 also joined us in the library to speak to Year 5 about the particular challenges involved in writing a newspaper for children.
Art in the library
We have hung a beautiful painting of Hong Kong, created by the current Year 6 children when they were in Year 4, with the help of our Artist in Residence.
Book displays
We have installed three "slatwalls" in our bid to have as many book covers on display as possible in the library, to tempt the children to read them. Books shops also use this tactic to sell books to children - they just can't help picking them up to have a look!
Our new TV!
There is now a TV at the entrance to the library where we run book trailers for new books, as well as photos of book week and other library events.
Fantastic resource for finding good books
Did you know?
A treasure trove of online resources that will REALLY help with homework can be found on our Peak School Library Netvibes Page.
Before you go out and buy a book, you can search our library catalogue to see if we have it at school.
News, new books, information and learning tools can be found on our library page on Planet Peak.
A quick reminder.....
- Monday: Year 2
- Tuesday: 6B and Year 4
- Wednesday: Year 1
- Thursday: 5T and 5B
- Friday: 6R and Year 3
Peak School Library
Email: rodwellr@peakschool.net
Website: www.ps.edu.hk/library
Location: 20 Plunkett's Road, The Peak, Hong Kong
Phone: 2849 8522