Party with a Bear in the Library... I could bear-ly believe my eyes!

It was Party with a Bear Day in the Library today. Helen kindly brought in some of her bear friends to share with the children. Students had the choice to listen to a story with their bear, read a story to their bear or draw a picture with their bear.

    

Happy Diwali!!!- Festival of lights.

Diwali is a very important religious festival that originated in India.

Along with all of the wonderful books in the Library, there are many wonderful students and teachers who are very knowledgeable about this celebration. If you would like to learn more then click on the link below. 10 fabulous facts about Diwali

Mālō ni- Hello

This week is .........................................................

Tokelauan Language Week/Te Vaiaho o te Gagana Tokelau

                              Some students did a colouring activity in the library during lunch time. Do you know what they coloured in?

 

Fakaalofa lahi atu- Greetings to you all.

This week is Niuean Language week and the theme for this year is;

"TAMA NIUE: LEVEKI TI OFAOFA E VAGAHAU NIUE"

"NIUE CHILD: NURTURE AND EMBRACE VAGAHAU NIUE"

Fakaue lahi (Thank you) to Helen for putting this books on display for classes to view during their library times.

Facts on Niue- Folafolaaga hagaaoia ke he motu ko Niue 

• Niue is one of the world's largest coral islands. 

• Niue (pronounced “New-e (‘e’ as in ‘end’ – which means 'behold the coconut') may be the world’s smallest independent nation. 

• The island is commonly referred to as "The Rock", a reference to Niue being one of the biggest raised coral islands in the world. 

• The capital of Niuē is the village of Alofi. 

• Niueans are citizens of New Zealand. 

• Niue is an elevated coral atoll with fringing coral reefs encircling steep limestone cliffs. It has a landmass of 259km and its highest point is about 60 metres above sea level. 

• Niue lies 2400 km northeast of New Zealand between Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands.

Facts sourced from Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Chinese language Week

你好 Nǐ hǎo  

This week we are celebrating Chinese Language Week. Helen has created another wonderful display to showcase just some of the wonderful books in our library, that will help us to learn more about this amazing culture.

Want to learn more? Here is one website you can visit. Learn how to speak Mandarin.   

Conservation Week is calling!!!

Our world is a beautiful place to be a part of. At Owairaka, we pride ourselves on being Kaitiaki (Guardians) of our environment and caring for it. We can all play our part in conserving our natural resources and showing respect for our world. If you would like to learn more about how you can help make our world a better place (become a Kaitiaki), then visit our library or click on this link
Conservation Week

Hindi language Week.

Aotearoa is so wonderfully diverse. We have so many beautiful cultures to acknowledge and celebrate. This week we have been acknowledging Te wiki o Te Reo Māori, it has also been Hindi language Week.

In our पुस्तकालय (library) we have some amazing books that help us to understand and appreciate this beautiful language and culture.

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

'He mauri te reo Māori nō Aotearoa māu, mā tātou katoa'

'MAKE TE REO MĀORI AN ESSENTIAL PART OF NEW ZEALAND FOR YOU, FOR US ALL'

Ahakoa iti, ākona, kōrerotia - Learn a little, use a little.

These books are on display in our Whare Mātauranga (Library). We also have a great selection of books in Te Reo Maori.

Come along to our Whare Mātauranga and enjoy a good pukakpuka.

New Books in our library!

Check out these AWESOME books that will soon be ready for students to issue. Keep checking out this shelf as new books are always displayed here for everyone to look at.

New Library layout!

Come to the library to experience the new layout. Ms Mitchell has worked very hard to reuse existing school furniture that was no longer being used, to give our library a new look. This is great news for some of the classrooms and teachers, as they have the opportunity to reuse the old library furniture. 

Here is a photo of the new (to the library) tables. Come along to see the rest for yourself.

Way to go Ms Mitchell and teachers who are reusing the furniture.

In the library this week......

Here are just SUM of the things that happened this week.  Books that related to Maths were on display for the week as we celebrate MATHS WEEK.

In ADDITION, Construction Club is a big hit with the students and some of them could be future Architects.
                  

It was also International Joke Day on Thursday. Helen found SUM of the joke books in our library, hoping that the students could TAKE AWAY a good joke to share with their friends.

It was a PURRfect day!

On Wednesday it was World Cat Day. This display inspired some of the students to do drawings about our furry feline friends.

 

Did you know........

• Cats are one of, if not the most, popular pet in the world.
• There are over 500 million domestic cats in the world.
• Cats and humans have been associated for nearly 10000 years.

To learn more facts about cats visit Animal Facts on www.sciencekids.co.nz

Welcome back to Term 3.

It's great to be back and have the opportunity to visit our wonderful library. Helen is very busy getting lots of new books ready to hit the shelves and training our new Student Librarians. Every lunch time in our library you can view some photos from the Construction Club on Thursday. It is a slideshow of images of all of the WONDERFUL creations.

These two AMAZING students both received MANAAKITANGA tickets today. They were both very RESPECTFUL when asking for a felt (great manners), RESPONSIBLE by tidying up and making sure that their felts had lids on and CARING because they made something for someone else (drawings).

              

 

As promised.......... Matariki at our Whare Mātauranga part rua

So here it is. The beautiful Matariki display and Korowai created by many of our tamariki. Demonstrating a great way to celebrate Matariki by collaborating and creating something truly beautiful.

Matariki at our Whare Mātauranga

Throughout this week, Helen has been encouraging our tamariki to create a star or a feather. The stars are for the Matariki display and the feathers are for the Korowai that will be proudly displayed in our Library. Both projects are not yet finished, so I will make another post about these two beautiful projects next week.

Drawing day in the Library.

As a teacher I really love being in the Library when it's drawing day. Our students show great Manaakitanga, Manawanuitanga and Kaitiakitanga when engaging in this activity.

Manaakitanga = They are kind, caring and practice sharing.

Manawanuitanga = They focus and work hard to complete their drawing/masterpiece.

Kaitiakitanga = They use both sides of their paper, put it flat in the recycle box and they tidy up the drawing equipment before leaving.

There is also another reason why I like being present for drawing day................

I get given some FANTASTIC pictures!!!!!!!!

Come along on drawing day, I would love to see your artistic talents.

Construction club creations

Owairaka has got some very creative students. Architects and designers of the future. 

             
   Come along to Construction Club on Thursday and show us how CREATIVE you can be!!!

Coming soon to a shelf near you!!!

Our library is a wonderful place to explore, fiction and non-fiction books galore.

Always something new to see, a truly wonderful place to be.

Here are just a few of the new books that are being prepared for the shelf.

                                       Come along and check them out for yourself!!!

Ramadan

Ramadan is a very special celebration that some of our students participate in. We have some books in the library, that you can read to learn more about Ramadan.

May the fourth be with you!!!!

May the 4th is Star Wars day. One of our student librarians celebrated this day by dressing up as one of the characters from Star Wars. Do you know what character she is?

It was also drawing day, here is one drawing that fitted in with the theme.

Meet the latest member of the Librarian team.

When you next visit the library, please introduce yourself to our newest member of the library team.......... Delta. Delta has a SUPER POWER, Delta is an EXCELLENT listener. Two students from Room 6 spent some time reading to Delta.

The debut of the Construction Club.

Great first day!!!

                         

Race Relations 2018

While it was a while ago now that we celebrated Race Relations day at Owairaka, Helen and the librarians created this wonderful display in our library.

We are very blessed to be so culturally diverse at our school. We have a lot to learn about from each other.

WORLD STORY TELLING DAY.

On Monday, Helen and a few other students celebrated WORLD STORY TELLING DAY.

Crazy hair day and World Sleep day

                      This week, Helen and our student librarians organised two displays.

I think that these two days really compliment each other.

Green week is Sea Week

All this week, the students will be learning about our Ocean/Sea/Moana and how we can be Kaitiaki's who care for it and all that lives within it.

Check out this display in the Library. Thanks to the student librarians who helped to select the books for the display.

Let the training begin!!!!

While the Winter Olympic Games have just finished, the Owairaka Librarian training has just begun.

Our amazing Year 6 student representatives are beginning to learn how to be a successful librarian.

Here a few pictures of one of our amazing librarians in training. 

Welcome back!!!

The Library is open and lunch time activities (Drawing and Games) are happening again. Please remember to follow our 3 school values when visiting our library, so that it can be a place that is enjoyed by all.

Can you think of some ways in which we can demonstrate these values while we are in the library?