World Book Day is nearly here! £1 book tokens for every pupil will be in form pockets by Friday: use your one towards the cost of a new book by your favourite author, or exchange it for one of the special World Book Day £1 books on sale now!
GET READING! Sherlock and Zombies?
The Library Book group is currently reading Sherlock Holmes stories and watching TV
and movie versions of the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. We’ve certainly had some stimulating discussions! If you would like to take part, come along and join us at 1:30 on Tuesday in the Library.
As for the Zombies…. the library recently broadcast an Authorslive webcast featuring Darren Shan, the author of such bonechilling titles as Zom B and Zom B Underground.
These titles are just 2 of a 12 book series about B Smith, a teenager who must struggle to find a place in a world of racism, zombies and darkness.
To find out more, and to hear the author for yourself, come along to the library every lunchtime this week , when we will be screening the webcast again.
The Hobbit
The Library Book Group members have been reading the Hobbit. Some of us have been reading the e-book version, with illustrations, the 75th anniversary edition, or the graphic novel version. Some of our members have read the book before and have also read the Lord of the Rings trilogy, so those of the group who are new to the story have benefited from their knowledge of the stories and background detail.
As a special Christmas treat , the group, along with the Library Pupil Librarians, went to see the new film of The Hobbit at the DCA in Dundee. Everyone had a good time, behaved wonderfully and enjoyed the film!
Christmas Time!
Christmas Craft clubs will be held on Fridays at lunch. Come along and make cards, gifts and decorations! Or why not take part in our competition? Decorate and colour in a Christmas stocking and hang it up on our fireplace. Best in S1 & S2, S3 & S4, S5 & S6 win a prize. Entries no later than Monday 17th December. Templates available from the Library
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Montrose Academy Library!
We hope you had a lovely holiday!
Latest Library News!
- New Lunchtime club – open every week day from 1:15 -2pm – sign up to join!
- Chess Club – starting soon on Mondays at lunchtime!
- Book Group – starting soon on Tuesdays at lunchtime!
Look out for the Pupil Bulletin for more details
Montrose Academy Pupil Librarian featured on Scottish Book trust Blog
Liam is a library volunteer at his school library. He wrote this blog post for the Scottish Booktrust Teens and Young People Blog and it was published on June 17th 2012. Here is what he wrote:
” Here at Montrose Academy library there is a chance to become a pupil pibrarian. We help out at the library, put away books in alphabetical order, hand out books, take returns and even sell items in the stationery shop. I am a pupil librarian and I help out at the library by helping to choose books for stock. I also help with the Primary 7 visit to the library and give any spare time to help out at our Fairtrade café’s World Book Day activities and fundraisers such as Children in Need and Red Nose Day. Pupil librarians can add their own personal touch to the library display boards and display shelves by showcasing their favourite books to encourage others to read. There are so many things to do at the library: go on the computer, take part in different clubs like the craft club and book group, and do homework. There’s also a comfy sitting area with beanbags where you can chat and read magazines or a book. We have a shop run by the Fairtrade Group where you can buy Fairtrade snacks. The library is something every pupil can get involved with. There has been a wiki created so that pupils can add reviews and everyone else can add comments about what has been added. Montrose Academy Book Group was formed so that it gets academy pupils interested in reading books and also taking part in the Angus Book Awards. The most read book by the book group for the Angus Book Awards 2012 was Iboy by Kevin Brooks, and it won! The library staff are very much a part of the book group and stay up-to date with the latest books and give anyone the chance to read them and give their view on the book. The library staff are going to revamp the book group by giving it a new name. A suggestion that was, “The One O’Clock Club”. There will be lots more new activities to do at the club and hopefully this will encourage more pupils to come along and take part.
The best thing about Montrose Academy library is that there is something for everyone.”
To visit the site and read his post please click on this link
Pupil Librarian wins Alexander Award for Service to school
Congratulations go to Matthew Smith for being awarded the prestigious Alexander Award for his service to the school during his time at the Academy.
Matthew has been a pupil librarian since 2nd year and has been a great help over the years.
We wish him well and we will miss him!
Hawks in the Library
Thursday 17th May
Did you know that a man with a big bird of prey goes up on the roof of the academy every day to scare the seagulls?
Robert Judd visited the library with his birds to talk about his work with these magnificent birds.
Logan Petrie launched the event with a very interesting talk about his visits to falconry centres in Scotland: he has held many different types of birds including Harris Hawks and Golden eagles.
Robert then introduced the audience to Lara, a hybrid peregrine/saker falcon, specially bred to do work with displays etc., and Jerry the Harris Hawk.
Robert’s company is has been contracted to scare seagulls away from various Angus Council premises including Montrose Academy. He flies either Lara or Jerry every day and uses a lure (especially with Lara) to encourage the bird to swoop and dive. This is a really effective way of scaring the seagulls away, but Robert pointed out that it was very important that pupils put litter carefully into bins because the litter is what attracts the seagulls to the school.
At the end of the talk, which also included hints on how to tell the difference between a hawk and a falcon, Lara and Jerry very kindly posed for a photograph with their handler, Robert, and pupils who came to the talk
Authors Live Event
We are pleased to announce that the printers are working again!!
Next week the library will screen an “AuthorsLive” event featuring DAVID WALLIAMS!! This BBC programme will be broadcast on Thursday 10th May at 11am. Just speak to library staff to get a ticket! Also, if you would like to have a question answered by him live on the boadcast please let us know by the end of this week ( Friday, 4th May)
Coming Soon to the library …
– A man with hawks and falcons…!
Welcome Back!
We hope you all had a lovely time during the Easter Holidays1
This week in the library we have a display on the Titanic and our new Book of the week is ” Gangsta Granny” by David Walliams.
On the business side… there is no network printing facility in the library due to new printer/photocopiers being installed. if you need any printing done, please go to Reprographics. Thanks!
