We’ve been at it again! Check out the lastest podcast for New Zealand Book Month from Radio New Zealand and the amazing Fendalton students.
Click HERE to listen to the podcast.
Andy Griffiths
What a great turn out of Fendalton school students at the Andy Griffiths book signing. It was wonderful to see so many of you getting your books signed. His books really are very funny. His website is also very cool. A special thanks to Natalie for getting our school library books signed.
Natalie and Violette with Andy Griffiths
Justine and Andy G
The Library tree
Today Room 10 went to the library and saw the new installation…a magnificent tree what is bursting out of the ceiling! Here are our initial impressions:
Alice – I like how the heart is carved into the tree – it says FOS
Fletcher – Some of the tree is real and some isn’t.
Tom – I like how it looks like its bursting through the roof
Caitlin – I like how they did the spider weba dn the twig, with the spide in the middle.
Louis – I like how the owl was at the very top of the tree.
Lomond – I like how the bear is in the holoow of the tree and is reading a book.
Ella – I like how the mirror makes it look like a pond.
Luis – I like how parts of stories are actually on the tree.
Maddison – I like how the snakes join together to hold the tire.
Jamie – It’s really cool how the mirror looks like a pond.
Desna and Paul Walker – thanks for doing such an incredible job on the display 
TOBY STOKES
Our students on the radio for the NZ Post Book Awards
The Faultline Fiction Fanatics have been involved in the NZ Post Book awards. Radio New Zealand called in to the school and recorded several students book reviews – some of which played last Sunday morning on the radio.
Click HERE to listen to the Picture Book Reviews.
Books reviewed include:
The Cat’s Pyjamas by Catherine Foreman, reviewed by Lucy O; Rahui (English and Maori version) by Chris Szekely and illustrated by Malcolm Ross, reviewed by Olivia C and Jason te Kare; Stomp! by Ruth Paul, reviewed by Maddison; and Waiting for Later by Tina Matthews, reviewed by Olivia H.
Click HERE to listen to the Junior Fiction Book Reviews.
Books reviewed include:
The Flytrap Snaps by Johanna Knox and illustrated by Sabrina Malcolm, Ruby-Jak;Just Jack by Adele Broadbent, reviewed by Emily; The Loblolly Boy & the Sorcerer by James Norcliffe, reviewed by Maddy K; Super Finn by Leonie Agnew, reviewed by Caitlin; and The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else, reviewed by Lucy.
By Toby Stokes
The enchanted forest
A huge, huge thank you to Paul Walker, the assistant caretaker, for making the brilliant tree now installed in the library
He has spent many week nights building this tree and it certainly has the wow factor. I also want to thank a friend, Liz, for making the wonderful toadstool.
We have placed all sorts of spiders and bugs for the children to seek out. Do pop in sometime and see this lovely display. It is wonderful watching the children coming into the library and just going “wow”. Well worth all the time and effort.
NZ Post Children’s Book Awards National Radio Reviews
Once again our Faultline Fiction Fanatics are making the news.
This time the group did book reviews based on the books for the 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.
They were interviewed and had their book reviews recorded for Radio New Zealand.
If you want hear their reviews, the times are listed below. Warning – you have to get up early!
Sat 5th May Reviews on the Picture books
Sun 6th May Junior Fiction
Sat 12th May Non-fiction
Sun 13th May Young adult fiction
Reviews will on the radio between 6 and 7 am. on 101FM (Radio New Zealand)
Once they have gone to air the reviews will be put up on the radio website
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/storytime-treasure-chest
This is another great achievement for the book club. I hope you enjoy listening.
Dinosaur rescue
Dinosaur Rescue is a new series by writer Kyle Mewburn and illustrated by Donovan Bixley.
Stone-Age boy Arg meets Skeet – the talking T-Rex. No-one understands Arg or why he even wants to wear clothes. And whoever heard of a talking dinosaur?
Lots of humour, lots of adventure and lots of yucky stuff too. If you like grotty, disgusting habits then this book is for you.
And just in case you are wondering – it was the library girls who wanted this on the blog. So defintiley not just a book for boys but a book for everyone.
Check out the trailers first.
Welcome to term 2
I hope you all had a lovely holiday and didn’t eat too many Easter eggs.
This is a short week as tomorrow we commemorate ANZAC day.
The library display is all about the ANZAC’s. You can find out who they were and what they did and why we remember them.
We have a number of great books on the First World War which are amazing to read. There are so many stories to read about how brave the soldiers were.
There is one particular book which I want to share with you.
It is Le Quesnoy : The story of the town New Zealand saved. It is written by Glyn Harper.
“This is the story of how a group of New Zealand soldiers saved a small town in northern France”. It is based on real soldiers and real people.
Pop in to the library and take a look at the books.
Titanic display
Come to the library and check out the latest display. It is all about the sinking of the famous ship the Titanic.
The Titanic hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage on the 14th April 1912. Yes. 100 years ago and people are still fascinated by the tragedy.
Will G from room 20 has brought in lots of things to share for the display.
There is even a newspaper cutting of Will winning a Lego competition for building his very own Titanic.
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