This week, I am covering the Junior Library. There are not so many returns but some shelving to do. I was helping to shelf the non-fiction collection and stumbled upon one of my favourite books - which I used to storytell to the tweens; Anansi the Spider.
I love the whole story and hence, the entry for the award winners and great beginning for this blog.
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The winner of the Carnegie Award 2013 goes to Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner.
It is an easy read with 100 short chapters. I've just started reading it right after uploading the photos. I am now reading past chapter 10 and will be reading it till the end. The book has some interesting illustrations. If you flipped the book fast enough, the animation would just come to life - just to warn you, the last part looks yucky (if you have a weak stomach or just had your breakfast - don't try this book flipping yet). Anyway, I would like to share an excerpt from the book: Before Hector came to this school, I hated it. I believed it was invented just so bullies, with brains the size of dried-up dog turds, could beat the shit out of kids like me. A kid with different-coloured eyes: one blue eye, one brown, and the dubious honour of being the only boy in the whole class of 15-year-olds who couldn't spell, couldn't write. Yes, I know. Standish Treadwell isn't bright... PS: Don't forget to put on your masks and goggles this week. The haze would be getting worse for the next few weeks. It is evident on the photo (see above). Very foggy as though you are in Cameron Highlands but nah..... this is Singapore with PSI 371 and counting (as of 20/06/2013 at 3.20pm). *peace* PS: I have remove some of the photographs, due to school policy on uploading of photographs consisting TTS school children. Here are some highlights on what was going on for the Y6 Transition!
PS: I have remove all the photographs, due to school policy on uploading of photographs consisting TTS school children. Stress, tension and anxiety are in the air. Students are pouring into the library armed with thick notes, past year exam papers, tent cards and what-not! Heads lowered over books and notes, hushed conversation and exchanges about concepts on human cells and anatomy.
These were the examination vibes in the Senior Library this morning. I am wishing all of you the very best of luck for your Biology paper. All of you are the studious lot and had left not a single litter at all. PS: I have remove all the photographs, due to school policy on uploading of photographs consisting TTS school children. For the past weeks, our team were very busy putting the materials together for the upcoming Summer Reading programme. It is a lot of work. And it was exciting too. This year is my first time getting involved 101% in the works. Our team did the brainstorming, the research, searching of the graphics, printing & pasting, the database etc. I have to thank all who were involved (you know who you are) from the pre-production to its final birth. Let me introduce to you this year's Summer Reading Transition - QUEST 2013. Check out this cool video on how to start your Summer reading programme in a fun way. Seattle Public Library came up with a book domino. 2131 old/donated books, 27 volunteers, 112 slices of pizza and 1 world record! I read this book last year and was touched by the story. Being denied a proper childhood and education for girls is hard to imagine. Minoui has successfully describes the events and feelings of Nujood as a child bride, being abused & cheated, her anxiety to tell her story and her burning passion to go to school to became a lawyer like Shada. But her story didn't end just there.... according to The Guardian, her father squandered her money from her books to marry off her younger sister, Haifa. It is disheartening that true story doesn't always ended up with a happy ending - though in her book, Nujood gets what she wanted - go to school and being divorced; but in real life, her sister is about to relive Nujood's 'hell' once more.
Last year, I was part of the team to compile and add reading materials to the Inhospitable Places Transition 2012. For this year, it is slightly easier as most of the work had been done in 2012. This time round, our team spent much effort on the orientation & the Summer Reading transition instead. Nonetheless, I've managed to take some photos to record the activity.
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