How to Write a Personal Recount...

Last Christmas holidays in 2013, I spent some time writing an e-book. You can read about how I created my eBook here. The book's not in our Freeville School Library but it is in the iTunes Store and it's FREE! Take a look it was fun to make...

Chapter one...

Check out our Books!

Some of our special books...Come and look!

Wow isn't this fantastic, we have tidy shelves!
But messy shelves are okay too, someones  looking at the books

Can you cook? Check out our cooking books...
Freeville School Library

Our Library in 2014

We are back on the blog! For the last couple of years Freeville School Library has been operating the library out of the school hall, it's hard but we keep on going, we could operate a library in a box! Our School library is never going to be fixed because this is our last year as Freeville School, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Next year we will be a new merged school with a different library name...I wonder what it will be? I wonder if we'll get a new Library? Can you imagine what it all will be like?

This year we are going to write book reviews, this should be lots of fun, and next year I guess we'll see you all at a new combined Library maybe?

I've been very busy finishing off the library signage in both English and Te Reo.

The' Back of The Hall Library'

The Library at the Back of the Hall...

At the end of last year I unpacked our wonderful collection of books from the container and set up a library down the back of the hall.  It's been so exciting to have classes visiting this space and issuing books to take home and read.  We have a great collection of new books arriving in our library and I can't wait to share them with you all.

We have a new section in the library, Te wāhanga Māori, Māori section.  This is a selection contains Māori Myths and Legends, non-fiction books and picture books written in both Te Reo and English.

Our new Māori Section…Te wāhanga Māori

The Caterpillars (Junior-Non Fiction area) are smiling once again!

Our picture books are in clear and black cubes...

A library down the back of a hall...

Earthquake - Clean-up

Today I was able to start packing up the books into boxes. Thanks to Paul, Tania, Mrs Bourke (and her intern), Sharon and Mr Welsh who helped to stack many library books into boxes!  When I took these photos I didn't think the library was that badly damaged.  However, when I entered (wearing my official hard-hat), the floor would rise and full in parts, and there's few nice cracks.  Let's hope it's all up and running again in 10 weeks!

A view from the window

The Caterpillars were still smiling!

Funny Books for 2011

I thought I'd put together a display of books for a bit of a laugh.  Our library will be open for classes on Monday.  What funny books have you read?

Yay! The Library is now back in Action!

It's so exciting to have the library back after six months!  We have a new shelving unit arriving soon to house our new Māori section, Kōrero paki/Kaupapa Māori.  

Thanks to the support of Team Freeville we were able to buy another wooden caterpillar, so our Junior non-fiction area, take motuhake tamariki, will no longer be jammed packed with books.  We were also able to buy lots of new books.  Look out for them in the library!

Picture books Pukapuka Pikitia

Junior non-fiction area Take motuhake tamariki

We will now have more space! 

Senior Fiction Kōrero paki mātāpuputu  

Magazines makahini

New cushions

Children's Fiction He Kōrero paki mā ngā tamariki

Graphic novels

The Megamogs, By Peter Haswell

Last week I read 'The Megamogs,' to the children in Room 8.  Kevin Katflap and his 'it's going to be BIG,' always draws the children in.  The children love the names like, Fishpaste Fred and Barry Binliner.  My copy is about 14 years old and it looks like it's now out of print. This book inspired Room 8 to create their own Megamogs, like Ginger Ninja and Silly Sally.  They then wrote a descriptions about their mogs.  Click here to view close up pics of their moggies and read their descriptions.