Red Rocks Book Review

Red Rocks is a fantastic book about selkies who are seal people. One day this boy finds a seal skin and meets the selkie who dropped it. He also makes friends with the selkie and finds out the truth about the selkie community. This book would suit animal lovers, boys and girls aged 9-11 years old. Come to our library and read it today!

By Mia

Book Review

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a fantastic series about a boy named Greg. In the books he tells you his life and what happens to him on a monthly basis. These books are very interesting to read because he has an odd family and he gets teased at school. I recommend these books for ages 7-12 years old.

By Kimberly

Term 4 Library Display

Welcome to Term 4, the librarians have created a new display to encourage Good Shepherd Students to read. We are very excited about this term because we are about to get our new Scholastic books from our Book Fair. Come to the library and read some fantastic books today!

By Poppy

Carson's Book Review

This book is a good book for ages 8 and up. It is a funny comic book and it has flipparama, which is when you flip the pages really quickly, it looks like a moving cartoon. It has futuristic time travel in it and lots of action. You should read this book because I know you will enjoy it. You can find it in Senior Fiction, B section in our school library.

By Carson

National Poetry Day

Last Friday was National Poetry Day and the Library celebrated by having an open mic, where students and teachers read their favorite poems or poems they had written. It was a huge success with the whole library filled up with mostly seniors and some juniors. What a great day!

Mr Stink

Mr Stink by David Walliams

This book is about a girl and she sees a man on the bench and everyone calls him Mr Stink. She thinks that he is really interesting and always wondered what he did in the past. One day she talks to him and he asks her if she can bring him some food. She brings him food and then she does it daily. It's a fantastic page turner because you see how two strangers become good friends.

Book Review By Lucas

Father Christmas, The Naked Truth by Knife & Packer. I recommend this book because it is really funny. It tells you a different story of Father Christmas, one that you wouldn't expect. It is a fantastic chapter book with lots of pictures like a comic book. This book would be suitable for ages year 4 and up and for people who like cartoons.

By Lucas

Thursday Reading Seniors

Today Lucca our fantastic librarian read a book to the seniors at lunch time. Lucas' picked the first book and then Ethan picked the second book. Lucca read them very well. Reuben, Dominic, Vidani, Rebecca, Lucca, Matthew and Lucas had a swell time.

Thank you Lucca

Poetry Competition

On Monday Mrs Butcher and Mrs Suggate picked the 12 poetry finalists to be sent away for the Book Council Poetry Competition. The competition is to win a two day visit from Paula Green who is a fantastic author and poet. Below are the poems we sent in. Good luck Good Shepherd!

Matariki Treasure Hunt

It is Maori New Year (Matariki) and the librarians decided to create a Matariki treasure hunt. The children had to read the clue to work out where the next clue was, this then lead them to the treasure which was a Matariki book. The winners got two book marks. Great work everyone!

Poetry Competition

The NZ Book Council is having a poetry competition. Each school can have 12 entries. The winners get to have Paula Green (an amazing poet) visit their school. We would love for Good Shepherd students to enter. If you are interested please give your poem to Mrs Suggate by Friday Week 1, Term 3. Mrs Suggate and Mrs Butcher will pick the 12 best poems to send to the NZ book council, so start writing!

Matariki

In the library Mia and Leilani created a fantastic Matariki display. We hope you are getting excited abut Maori New Year. Come to our library and read some of the Maori myths about Matariki.

By Mia and Leilani

Book Week 2015

Week 7 Good Shepherd School had a Book Week where the whole school did fun reading activities all week. We also had an author and illustrator visit, Words Apart show, buddy reading and mystery boxes. We finished off the week with a character book parade and literacy treasure hunt. We had competitions everyday and a Book Fair in the library. It was so much fun!

By Poppy

Wednesday Junior Story Time

Last Wednesday in the Library the juniors made pirate hats and Leilani read them a story. It was fun.

By Leilani

Book Week!

The Librarians are getting really excited because Book Week is coming up in Week 7, Term 2. We have lots of exciting activities to do that week and really enjoy reading.  There is a Book Fair where the children can buy fantastic books! We have a couple of author visits and a show and we always finish the week off with a character parade. We hope you're getting excited.

By Michael and Lucca

Anzac Competition Winners

Last week was Anzac Week at Good Shepherd School and the Library had a competition for the senior school to create an Anzac poem. Well done to our Anzac poem competition winners! We hope you enjoy reading their poems below.

Book Marks

Today my mum came into the library and taught some year 5/6 students how to make a monster bookmark. We hope you like them.

By Leilani

Junior Reading

On Wednesday we started junior reading. Mrs Butcher read lots of different Margret Mahy books. By Lachlan and Lucas

New Display

We have just finished making our new library display. It took a long time to cut out all the hands but we wanted to make something bright and that would stand out on the wall. We also hope to encourage children to read. So we hope you've got your hands on a good book!

By the Library Team

Dr Seuss

On 2 of March it was Dr. Seuss'birthday. This is why we are celebrating the day with a Dr Seuss  book week,with coloring competition, a daily book read . So far this week we have read The Cat in the Hat comes back with Mrs Butcher, Green Eggs and Ham and Oh, the places you'll Go with Mrs Suggate. Also on Thursday Mrs Hahn will be reading her favorite book too.

By Leilani