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