Teachers Only Day 26 November 2018

Anaru Morgan - Presenter

Format for the day

Anarus slide presentation

Normalising Maori into the library.

Te reo in the library
Karakia - special library karakia
Maori role models as displays
Career focus - roles, range of choices
Displays such as  te reo, whakapapa, history etc
Stories/history of our place.

Site for finding out where children are from:

Maori Maps

Before a karakia

Kia karakia tato

Library Council

I was approached by a group of girls late in Term Two to start a library council.

The girls:
Cassia, Anna, Kate, Thea, Isla, Sam , Madilyn and Anab

Term Three the girls co ordinated and ran a highly successful Harry Potter week in the library at lunchtime.

Term Four the girls are developing videos around the library.  They will be writing their own scripts and filming.  They can use actors or do the video themselves.  These videos will be used for the following year to show new librarians.

Reading Together - Hamilton East School 2018

Leading the Reading Together programme with Edie and Lynda.

We have 6 parents involved and the programme is a great success.

22 August 2018

Attended the Access it Library Roadshow Training

This was so we could update to the Version 9 Access it .

This has now been successfully completed with very few problems.

Inquiry 2018

23 April 2018

Been thinking about my inquiry this year.  It has to involve IT so have decided to do mine on using Steps Web to improve children's literacy.

Reading information from the International Dyslexia Association about multisensory teaching.
Also Speech to Print by Louisa Cook Moats.

5 April 2018

Hamilton City School Library Network Meeting at Sacred Heart College.

Topic:  How do you plan and deliver a successful library session?

Notes:

Good websites for student inquiry:

Epic
Any Questions/ Many answers
Topic Explorer
Info kids
Info bits


Join the Book Council and you can book in authors visits.

Ideas:

Have one action plan a term eg getting children to know what areas they can borrow from in the library

Put one library happening in the newsletter once a term. eg authors visit

Contact:

Jackie Rassell
library@rhs.school.nz

Trauma Workshop - 28 April 2018

Trauma Workshop

28th April 2018 with Darryl Connelly

The main thing I learnt out of this workshop was to stay calm when a child is having a rant at you.  They are not targeting you it is probably not about you but about something that is happening in this childs life.

Try to stay calm and don't react with anger but listen to what the child is trying to say.

Cyclone PL 2018

Click on this link

Good Fit Books

Good Fit Books

Staff Meeting 14/2/18

The stickers are now on the books.
Presented at staff meeting how we are using the stickers system in the library.

Quick Reads - Green  5.5 - 6 years
Quick Picks - Orange 6 - 6.5 years
Super Readable - Turquoise- Purple 6.5 - 7.5 years
Readable - Purple - Gold - 7.5 - 8 years

Trialling this system for this term.