Happy Christmas
From St Joseph's Library
See you in the New Year to open all our presents of new books!
Friday, 16 December 2016
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
The Reading Cloud
READING CLOUD
The children in Years 3 – 6 have just had a reminder talk on
how to use the Reading Cloud (our online resource for books). They have been
reminded of their log-on details which are now in their school diaries.
Please log-on to:
https://u015640.microlibrarian.net
https://u015640.microlibrarian.net/
to access the library resources and blog. It is an
amazing resource for the children to check out all the books we have in our
library, write reviews, research authors and get recommendations for what to
read next.
The Reading Cloud is fantastic!
Log-on today with your child!
New Books
New Books in the Library
Father Christmas has come early to the Library!
We have lots of new books that will be ready to be borrowed
when the children are back at school in January.
New to the library will be the ‘Daisy and the Trouble’
series by Kes Gray, ‘School for Stars’ series by Holly and Kelly Willoughby, 'Comic' by Frank Cottrell Boyce and
the ‘Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow’ by Katherine Woodfine to mention just a
few.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support the school
library through the Book Fairs.
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Competition
Design a Bookmark Competition
There were so many absolutely fantastic entries and it was
difficult choosing a winner from each class.
Pearl – Frankie-rae
Red – Matilde
Ruby – Imogen
Amber – Martha
Orange – Bethany
Diamond- Sapphire
Citrine – Dillon
Yellow – Assumpta
Emerald – Aaliyah
Green – Robert
Sapphire – Jasmine
Blue – Isabella
Turquoise – Kayleigh
Tanzanite – Narelle
Indigo – Priscilla
Violet – Destiny
Amethyst – Arabella
There was a special prize ‘The Librarian’s Favourite’ that
went to Georgine –Turquoise class. Georgine had not only designed a spectacular
bookmark but had laminated it, ready to use.
Well done Georgine!
Drama Workshop
“Celebrating Shakespeare 2016”
Workshop presented by the Freshwater Theatre Company
Archway Library
Friday 11th November
As part of the celebrations for Shakespeare, as it is 400 years since his death
a group of Year 5 children were invited to Archway
Library to a workshop presented by the Freshwater Theatre Company. It was
called “Shakespeare’s Life and Times” and it was designed to discover more
about the man behind the plays. The children had lots of fun learning about
Shakespeare. They re-enacted scenes from the Bard’s plays, exploring the plot,
experimenting with the language and taking on a host of captivating characters.
There was a lot of laughter and excitement. And there was on ‘shushing’ going
on despite it being in the Library!!
A huge thank you to the Freshwater Theatre Company and Archway Library for inviting us.
Monday, 21 November 2016
Author Visit
Matt Haig
On Wednesday 16th November the bestselling author, Matt Haig came to visit St Joseph's.
Matt Haig has not only won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Smarties Book Prize but, he has been shortlisted three times for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for his stories for children. Released last year, A Boy Called Christmas was called “an instant classic” by The Guardian, with Stephen Fry, the voice of the audio book, proclaiming it “The most evergreen, immortal Christmas story for decades”.Its sequel, The Girl who Saved Christmas, has just been published.
His presentation to children in Years 3 – 6 was fantastic.
Matt talked to the children about his writing and explained how his inspiration
for writing A Boy Called Christmas was his son who wanted to know how
Christmas began. He read from his new book, The Girl who Saved Christmas
and showed a fun video of the illustrator, Chris Mould, creating the images for
the story. Matt also taught the children words that Charles Dickens had
invented such as “chuckaboo” meaning friends and “gigglemug” meaning someone
who laughs a lot.
The children were so delighted and participated in all the
fun activities that Matt had prepared for them especially Ilaria (Year 4) who
dressed as an elf and Bianca (Year 5) who dressed up as a troll for a game
called ‘Trolls versus Elves’.
Afterwards many of the children got to meet him personally
as he signed their copies of his books. He was truly impressed with the
children and the school.It was a truly inspiring visit!
Thank you so much Matt.
Thank you too to Canongate Books and Children’s Bookshop,
Muswell Hill who made this event possible and to all the Parents/Carers who supported us by purchasing books.
Friday, 4 November 2016
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford the Big Red Dog Visits the Library!
"Come and see the Library transformed into a Bookshop and maybe you will see me there." - Clifford The Big Red Dog
Thank you to Scholastic Book Fairs for organising him to visit us.
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