Golden Certificate Award Day

Congratulations Ainslee Steedman and Kaitlin Love for achieving Gold Certification in the Northland School Librarian Training. This is the very first time this Event has been celebrated in the Country. Seven schools were represented, with 29 librarians getting their Gold Certificate. They celebrated at the Whangarei Library.

The afternoon started with a lunch provided by the Whangarei Library.

Then went on with a Tour through the back of the library.

Groups of librarians got together and went on a scavenger hunt.

To finish the afternoon there were speeches and the Mayor Sheryl Mai awarded the certificates.

Thanks for the wonderful job done this year by Ainslee and Kaitlin.

Sonya Prchal

Caught Being a Good Grandparent!

Congratulations to Thelma Roest for being nominated and selected for our 'Caught Being a Good Grandparent' award.  This school would not be the great school it is without the support of our families and community. 
Thank you Thelma for always going 'above and beyond' to support your grandchildren.

Cat in the Hat colouring competition

Monday morning tea time, come in and do a colouring in competition.
Colour in Cat in the Hat in the library and there will be a prize for the best Senior and Junior.

Children enjoying the library

Colouring in at morning tea time.

Relaxing with a good book.

Celebrating Hairy Maclary's Birthday - 30 Years!!!

We had a fabulous Hairy Maclary party.  We had some fun puzzle and colouring activities, a 'create a new character competition' and a Hairy Maclary quiz designed by our fabulous librarians, Kaitlin and Jennie.  Mrs Shroff and Ms Higgins were extremely busy doing face painting while other staff were giving out dog and bone shaped biscuits for kids to ice!  It was an excellent day.

Duffy Books In Homes

When a child at Morningside School has a sibling at home having a birthday and they are turning 1,2,3,4 or 5 years old, they are able to choose a book to take home as a birthday present. 
Xavier has picked out a book for his lovely little sister Georgia who is turning four on Friday 2nd August.   Happy Birthday  Georgia!!

 

Xavier Room 7

 

I have just finished reading this book to my eight year old boy 'Caleb'.  We both found it a bit slow at the start, but by the end of the second chapter we were thoroughly hooked!  I found myself wanting to sneak and read it when he was asleep but managed to stop myself!

It is about a boy named 'Hal' who desperately wants a dog.  He is a kind, thoughtful boy who doesn't care about things like toys and money.  Hal's parents however are completely obsessed with money and possessions.  They spend more time buying things for Hal than spending time with him. 

Hal ends up getting his dog 'Fleck' for his birthday but his parents played an awful trick on him,  they only hired Fleck for one weekend!

This book is about Hal and Fleck's adventures and what they had to go through to be together.  It was exciting and heart warming, but I don't want to give too much of the story away, You must read this book!!!

By Mrs Newman