Well, December is here and we are on the count down to the end of term. Not sure where the last few weeks have gone. The library has been very busy with the usual run of English library periods and research projects in History (Ancient Civilisations), Geography (Extreme Weather / Japan) and RMPS (World Religions) – see below for new LiveBinders. It has been ‘fun’ trying to timetable classes into the library as a number of the subjects clash but with a bit of juggling and the use of the upper library we have managed to accommodate most.
Subject Links
Two new Livebinders linking to topics being researched have recently been created. These can be found in the LibLinks – Subject Links section of the blog or directly, following the links below:
Poetry Competition
Back in October, if you remember, we had National Poetry Day. As part of that we ran a competition on the theme of ‘Light’. There were over fifty entries which had to be read, long listed, short listed and even shorter shortlisted. There was some really good work. It has taken time to decide on winners but they have been decided upon and the winning entries are are now on display in the library. They are as follows:
1st L Hales; 2nd M Linklater; 3rd K Loveridge
Highly Commended: J Leitch; S Foubister; N Sutherland; L Sinclair; K Wood; M Nicholson; J Muir; A Foubister; E Moar; J McElroy
Commended: J Crichton; G Isbister; A Pearson; H Kenyon; K Clark; C Wilson; G Mayes; A Towrie; Smith
World Book Day Award
Earlier this year the inaugural World Book Day Award was held. Schools were asked to respond to the phrase ‘Why we can’t live without books’. Although not successful, the library did receive some free books from James Patterson, author of children’s’ and young adult books. You can view the entry here: WoBod Entry Stromness Academy.
The second WoBod was launched recently (much earlier than last session) so once again pupils were asked to contribute to this. This time the question was ‘Where does your reading take you?’ Pupils responded by writing poems or other text, producing posters, a collage, a piece of origami and an advent calendar house where the windows opened to show various small pictures. The best were collated into a Prezi presentation and forwarded to the award organisers. This presentation isn’t yet available for general viewing and won’t be until judging and winners announcement on World Book Day next March. Meanwhile, some of the work produced is on display in the library.
