European Day of Languages which celebrates linguistic diversity seems an appropriate day to launch a Library promotion encouraging reading of books set in diverse cultures. There are many ways to find a library book, on the shelves, on the Library catalogue and on the web:
* Browse the bookshelves. Look for a ‘Multicultural’ spine label;
* Search Olly (Oliver) the Library catalogue. Type in the name of a country and then look for Fiction, or search Fiction - Multicultural;
* Go to MapAList and find the map 'OLA - Around the World in 80 Books' http://mapalist.com/Public/PublicMapViewerShell.aspx?mapid=54496 and click on a place marker to find a book title and author. Zoom in to find more titles. If you read a book on the map and hand in a slip, your first name and form will soon appear on MapAList too, as I'll be updating it regularly.
* Look at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/OLALibrarian for more ideas.
When you have read a book fill in your slip with all the details. If it’s complete you will receive a commendation, and your slip will go on display. When there are 80 books which have been read, the names of the readers will go into a draw for a prize.
Don't forget that this book will also count as one of your books for your Reading Olympics.
24 September 2009
09 September 2009
School Book Club - now also online
I’ve just set up our Scholastic Book Club school group order online. This means you can now order your book choices from the Book Clubs leaflet (which I'll be handing out soon) and from a wider selection at http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/olab and, what's more, you'll be able to have your books delivered to school for free.
You need to order your books by Thursday 24th September 2009 and the books will be delivered to school for me to hand out. For every £1 you spend 20p goes back to the library to spend on books.
Take a look at what’s on offer at http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/olab – there are some great bargains with books costing as little as £1.99! Please note that some books are badged 13+.
You need to order your books by Thursday 24th September 2009 and the books will be delivered to school for me to hand out. For every £1 you spend 20p goes back to the library to spend on books.
Take a look at what’s on offer at http://clubs-school.scholastic.co.uk/olab – there are some great bargains with books costing as little as £1.99! Please note that some books are badged 13+.
01 September 2009
A Summer's Reading
Welcome back! What have you read during the last two months?
Over the holiday I hope many of you will have enjoyed the leisure time to read. New Year 7s - bring in your OLA Summer Reading Challenge or your Quest Seekers certificate for a commendation. Year 8s and 9s - a book review will earn you a commendation. Bring it or email it to the Library.
New for senior school - OLA Fast News. Click on the link, also in the side bar on the right, to access all the major news services in English, French, Spanish, and for science, sport and business.
This term in the school library: the start of the Reading Olympics and reading buddies, book clubs, book chains, a book swap, 'poetree', Kids' Lit Quiz heats, and very soon: Around the World in 80 Books....
Over the holiday I hope many of you will have enjoyed the leisure time to read. New Year 7s - bring in your OLA Summer Reading Challenge or your Quest Seekers certificate for a commendation. Year 8s and 9s - a book review will earn you a commendation. Bring it or email it to the Library.
New for senior school - OLA Fast News. Click on the link, also in the side bar on the right, to access all the major news services in English, French, Spanish, and for science, sport and business.
This term in the school library: the start of the Reading Olympics and reading buddies, book clubs, book chains, a book swap, 'poetree', Kids' Lit Quiz heats, and very soon: Around the World in 80 Books....
01 August 2009
August Worldwide Readalong
In August 2009 a worldwide readalong will take place of Yann Martel's Life of Pi, which won the Booker Prize in 2002.
Like its noteworthy ancestors (Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, the Ancient Mariner and Moby Dick) Life of Pi is a tale of disaster at sea. Both a boys' own adventure (for grown-ups, and readers 14+) and a meditation on faith and the value of religious metaphor, it was one of the most extraordinary and original novels of 2002. The only survivor from the wreck of a cargo ship on the Pacific, 16 year old Pi spends 221 days on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger called Richard Parker ... [From: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/yann-martel/life-of-pi.htm]
There is a special website http://www.lifeofpi.co.uk/ where you can sign up or follow Tweets.
Like its noteworthy ancestors (Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, the Ancient Mariner and Moby Dick) Life of Pi is a tale of disaster at sea. Both a boys' own adventure (for grown-ups, and readers 14+) and a meditation on faith and the value of religious metaphor, it was one of the most extraordinary and original novels of 2002. The only survivor from the wreck of a cargo ship on the Pacific, 16 year old Pi spends 221 days on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger called Richard Parker ... [From: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/yann-martel/life-of-pi.htm]
There is a special website http://www.lifeofpi.co.uk/ where you can sign up or follow Tweets.
26 July 2009
Summer Reading Challenge
Can you read six books over the summer? Yes, of course you can! I want to encourage you to read over the summer. Read anything, but don’t stop! You could even challenge your mum or dad to do the same, or read the same books as you do.
If you are about to join Our Lady's in September then you will have received the OLA Summer Reading Challenge in your pack. Another way is to go along to your local public library and take part in Quest Seekers during the school summer holidays. There are games, activities, jokes, messages, and author blogs to enjoy as you read your books.
When you complete the challenge by reading six or more books will receive a certificate. There’s a super website http://questseekers.org.uk All you need to do now is get reading!
It’s free to join your public library. You’ll need an adult to sign the membership form, and then you can borrow up to 20 books! More info at Kids & Teens @ Libraries, http://kidlib.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Another huge advantage is that public library membership gives you (and your family) access to Reference Online. You probably don't want to know this at the start of your summer holidays but that includes being able to use all three versions of Encyclopedia Britannica for free!
If you are about to join Our Lady's in September then you will have received the OLA Summer Reading Challenge in your pack. Another way is to go along to your local public library and take part in Quest Seekers during the school summer holidays. There are games, activities, jokes, messages, and author blogs to enjoy as you read your books.
When you complete the challenge by reading six or more books will receive a certificate. There’s a super website http://questseekers.org.uk All you need to do now is get reading!
It’s free to join your public library. You’ll need an adult to sign the membership form, and then you can borrow up to 20 books! More info at Kids & Teens @ Libraries, http://kidlib.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Another huge advantage is that public library membership gives you (and your family) access to Reference Online. You probably don't want to know this at the start of your summer holidays but that includes being able to use all three versions of Encyclopedia Britannica for free!
06 July 2009
Summer Reading - what shall I read?
In the last week or so of term Years 7-10 will have received, either in their Library lesson, or in their English lesson, a booklet of Reading Suggestions. There are three booklets, targeted at Years 7-8, Year 9 and Years 10-11, and include reviews of a number of the books listed, all of which could be borrowed from the Library. Year 11 leavers have had their booklet posted home. For those finishing Year 7-8 the booklet includes a page of puzzles, and an invitation to write a book review in return for a commendation at the start of the new term.
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
30 June 2009
Campaign for the Book latest
The Campaign for the Book was set up by the children's author, Alan Gibbons in September 2008 to fight cuts in school libraries, and to defend the place of books in libraries. He has been campaigning tirelessly and has now raised the gauntlet for school libraries and has today sent an open letter to the government - have a look at the text It begins:
Question: what do prisoners have that school students don’t?
Answer: the statutory right to a library.
Alan has also set up a petition on the Number 10 website whose text is - We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty's Government to accept in principle that it will make school libraries, run by properly qualified staff, statutory and to prepare the necessary legislation in consultation with the appropriate professional associations and trade unions.
Question: what do prisoners have that school students don’t?
Answer: the statutory right to a library.
Alan has also set up a petition on the Number 10 website whose text is - We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty's Government to accept in principle that it will make school libraries, run by properly qualified staff, statutory and to prepare the necessary legislation in consultation with the appropriate professional associations and trade unions.
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