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National Libraries Day 2012

Mrs Robinson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:10:09 +0000

It is National Libraries Day tomorrow and I hope you are all going to visit your local public library. To celebrate, we asked all our lunchtime visitors to The Michael Parker Library to tell us what they like about their Library. The Helpers then tweeted the best ones on our Library_Online Twitter account:

Ebook and Ereader Survey

Mrs Robinson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:57:42 +0000

We would like to find out the extent of ebook and ereader ownership and use at The Dixie Grammar School. If you are a student in Year 4 and above or a member of staff, please follow this link and fill in the survey.

Ebook and Ereader Survey

This will enable us to plan how our Library Services will develop in the future. We will post the results of the survey on this site when it is finished.

Many thanks!

New Books

Mrs Robinson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:25:42 +0000

Loads of new fiction books have just been added to our stock in The Michael Parker Library!

Here are a couple of book trailers…

Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Why not visit this week and borrow some great new fiction!

30,000 hits!

Mrs Robinson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:57:50 +0000

Wow! We have now had over 30,000 hits since the site started back in the Summer of 2008!

30000 by just.Luc on Flickr

Please visit again!

Year 11 GCSE Physical Education

Mrs Robinson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:41:32 +0000

Welcome to our Year 11 students!

Click on the image below to go through to our Research Guide which will help you with your Controlled Assessment.

Alternatively, you can click on the link in the box below:

War Horse Film Trailer

Mrs Robinson — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:10:50 +0000

Here is the trailer for the film of the fantastic book by Michael Morpurgo:

Joy of Books

Mrs Robinson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:13:04 +0000

Are you a book lover? Then have a look at this wonderful video – just don’t expect us to re-create it in our libraries!

New Year and Progress Report

Mrs Robinson — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22:02 +0000

A Very Happy New Year to all our visitors – hope 2012 is a good one for you!

2012 by Frank Bonilla on Flickr

As Mrs Robinson is now running a Library Service across both our Senior and Junior Schools (working with Mrs Enston at our Junior School), she has decided to write a full Progress Report at the end of each term. You can download and read it below:

December progress report 2011

View more documents from The Dixie Grammar School Libraries.

Countdown to Christmas!

Mrs Robinson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:04:38 +0000

Christmas Countdown designed by Christmas Gifts.org

Just for fun this Christmas – make your own snowflake and send it to a friend. Just click on the image below to go to the site.

Even if we don’t get a White Christmas, you can make it snow!

Also, why not have fun making your own snowmen on this site?

Year 6 – Endangered Species Project

Mrs Robinson — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:29:57 +0000

Welcome to Year 6 students! This post has been made to help you with your project.

Image by Tambako the Jaguar on Flickr

Please choose one endangered animal and find answers to these questions. You will then have to present your findings in a PowerPoint.

What does endangered mean?
How many of your animal are alive in the wild or in captivity?
What is your animal’s main habitat?
What are the main predators of your animal?
What is the lifespan of your animal?
Can you find out the reasons why your animal is endangered?
Can you find out what is being done to preserve it? Which are the main organisations working on this?

Here are a range of websites that Mrs Robinson has found for you. If you click on the link, it will open in a new window.

Endangered Animals