The holiday countdown is on!
Written on December 3, 2009 – 7:18 pm | by missus13
Written on December 3, 2009 – 7:18 pm | by missus13
Twilight puzzles and quiz
Written on November 11, 2009 – 8:12 pm | by missus13
Just for fun
If you are a Twilight fan you might like to visit this website and have a go at their puzzles and quizzes.
http://www.twilightfreak.com/twilight_Games_quizzes1.htm
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http://www.twilightfreak.com/twilight_Games_puzzles.htm
Enjoy! Mrs. te Lindert.
Term Four – Carnival Book Fair
Written on October 12, 2009 – 8:31 pm | by missus13
Carnival Learning Book Fair
Dates: Monday 19th October & Tuesday 20th October
On these dates you will be able to come to the Early Years library from 8.30am, at lunchtime, and after school until 3.30pm to purchase new books from Carnival Learning. Last year they sent us a great selection of books for sale, so come and have a look. NO SALES WILL BE MADE TO STUDENTS DURING CLASS TIME. Parents will be welcome to purchase from 8.30am to 3.30pm.
What will you be doing in Book Week?
Written on August 17, 2009 – 9:41 pm | by missus13
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Book Week 24th – 28th August
The very popular Book Week Lunchtime Trivia competitions will run again this year. Don’t forget to fill in your Team Entry forms and return them to the Loans Desk in the library.
Tuesday Year 5 & 6 Wednesday Year 7 & 8 Thursday Year 9 & 10 Friday Year 11 & 12
Remember – you’ve got to be in it – to win it – the Village Movie Passes for the winning team members each day!
Early Years classes will complete a Book Week activity in Art – or can complete an art activity at lunchtime in the library – to win a lucky dip from our prize boxes.
Have fun everyone – and KEEP READING!
It’s nearly over!
Written on July 27, 2009 – 8:47 pm | by missus13
The 2009 Premier’s Reading Challenge is nearly over! Please make sure that you have recorded all of the books that you have read for the Challenge this year by Friday 14th August – at the latest! Good luck to you all. Already 162 of our 374 registered students have successfully completed the challenge but there are still a lot more to go!
Book Week is coming soon.
Written on July 27, 2009 – 8:37 pm | by missus13
Book Week – Book Safari – is Monday 24th August to Friday 28th August. This year we will be running a number of activities – including the very popular lunch time Trivia quizzes. As soon as you see the Team Entry forms at the Loans Desk, make sure you get together a team of four to enter. The prizes will again be a Village Movie ticket for each of the members of the winning team. The Quizzes dates will be;
Tuesday 25th August – Years 5 & 6
Wednesday 26th August – Years 7 & 8
Thursday 27th August – Years 9 & 10 “Twilight Quiz”
Friday 28th August – Years 11 & 12
Remember to ‘win it’ you need to be ‘in it’!
Written on May 25, 2009 – 7:49 pm | by missus13
UPDATE on the PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
MORNING TEA IN THE LIBRARY
Last Friday the 60 children who have completed the challenge were invited to morning tea in the library. Their teachers were invited too.
We are planning to have another morning tea before the end of term. Would you like to come? We will be inviting all the students who have completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge since last Friday and the students who have read 15 books more since completing the Challenge.
Don’t forget to pass your reading list on to the library staff.
It’s May quiz time. Try this Roald Dahl question
Written on May 12, 2009 – 10:00 pm | by missus13
To locate the answer to this question you will need to visit the Roald Dahl link. The question is;
Who w
ins the fifth and final golden ticket in Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the chocolate factory?
The first five students to see a member of the library staff will win a small prize.
Even the President likes picture books
Written on April 30, 2009 – 8:21 pm | by missus13
President Obama reads to children
In his very busy first hundred days the president of the United States of America made time to read Where the wild things are.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed thousands of children and families to the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday, calling it “one of the greatest White House traditions.”
Shortly after kicking off the event, the first family walked to the storytime stage to read to a group of children. Entering the area, Obama shook hands with many of the children in the front row.
The president read “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, which he called “one of my favorite books.” He stood in front of the seated children, slowly rotating the book, so that everyone could see the pictures.
Obama pointed to one picture in the book and said, “That’s a wild thing. It’s like a dragon-looking thing.” At one point, he got the group of children to try staring without blinking their eyes. One little girl’s eyes were so big the President started laughing.
Mr. Obama asked the children if they had ever been in a “wild rumpus” like the book was describing. As he read about the imaginary beasts in the book and the adventures of the book’s main character (a little boy named Max wearing a wolf suit), Mr. Obama howled and spoke in a monster voice.
“You guys look like you have a wild rumpus all the time,” he told the kids.
At the end of the story he asked, “Are there any wild things here? I just want to make sure,” and issued a soft wild thing-like growl along with the cheering of the crowd.
Next, Mrs. Obama and her mother took turns reading “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” by Laura Joffe Numeroff . The first daughters turned the pages of an oversized copy of the book to show the illustrations.
ANZAC Day
Written on April 20, 2009 – 8:07 pm | by missus13
The Australians who were sent overseas to fight in World War 1 were joined by thousands of New Zealand troops. Combined, these forces became known as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, or ANZACs. The first great World War 1 battle in which the ANZAC troops took part was fought in Turkey, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, commencing on 25th April, 1915. The battle was a disaster as the Turks were expecting the invasion and the ANZACs were often ordered to charge up steep cliffs in bad weather, struggling against hopeless odds to gain ground. The battle lasted for eight months and by the time they withdrew they had suffered more than 26,000 casualties. Although the Gallipoli campaign was unsuccessful, every year, on the anniversary of the landing, Australians honour the courage of those who fought and lost their lives in all wars, with parades and ceremonies held on ANZAC day.
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