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Our two copies of Mockingjay arrived yesterday! Mrs Robinson read the book last night – it was so good that she couldn’t put it down and read into the early hours of the morning – fantastic!

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We just can’t wait for this book! Mrs Robinson has pre-ordered two copies which will be waiting for the first two students to ask for them! Mind you, she is going to read it first.

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Are you eagerly awaiting the last book in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins? Well this countdown clock shows you how long you will have to wait for it!

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For the first time, students at The Dixie Grammar School are joining in the CILIP Carnegie Medal Shadowing Scheme. We have had our first meeting and 14 students from Years 8 and 9 have signed up!

There are 8 books on the shortlist:

1. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
2. The Graveyard Book by Nail Gaiman
3. The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
4. Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn
5. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
6. Nation by Terry Pratchett
7. Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
8. Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

The group will be meeting in the Library on Friday lunchtimes every week – we hope to have a lot of fun and great discussions as we read the books!

If you are a Shadower, then click here to access the official website and post a review.

1. Click on “Post a Review”
2. Enter “Dixie” in the search box and you will then be able to select “The Dixie Grammar School”.
3. Write your review and click on “Send”.
4. Mrs Robinson will then check your review and enable it to be uploaded to our site.
5. To read any reviews from our group – have a look at our page on the site.

Have a look at this Prezi for more information:

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We had a great time during Book Week! Lots of exciting activities took place in the Library at lunchtimes, including a visit from Dave Cryer on World Book Day and a fun competition all week.

Here’s a fun video of what we did during the week!

Monday 1 March – Brilliant Book Trailer Show

On the Monday, we had a film show with a difference: book trailers and author videos. Book trailers are great little videos that tempt you to read a new book. There are also some really awesome videos from authors available. Here is an example:

Love this great video from a school in the USA!

If you want to see the videos we showed, or keep an eye out for new ones – then watch Library Online’s YouTube Channel. Mrs Robinson will “favourite” videos as she finds them.

Tuesday 2 March – Year 6 Book Quiz

Four teams from Year 6 entered our first ever Year 6 Book Quiz. Each person who entered will get a prize, with a special prize for the winning team members.

The winning team were:

“Fatkid Pony Tellytubby Commandos”!!!!!!!!!

Year 6 Book Quiz Winners

Wednesday 3 March – Book Swap

We tried something different on the Wednesday. After discussions with students to see if they were interested, a Book Swap was planned. Students were encouraged to bring in unwanted books and swap them with their friends – a quick and easy way of finding something new to read. Huge thanks to the staff who helped with this event.

Thursday 4 March – World Book Day with Dave Cryer

Lesson time: Year 7 met with Dave Cryer during the morning and Year 6 worked with him in the afternoon. Students really enjoyed developing characters and writing their own stories.

Year 6 with Dave Cryer

One student said, “I’ve just written more than I have ever done before!”

Mrs Robinson also wrote her own story! Some students are writing more chapters of their stories at home too.

The Reading Group met with Dave Cryer over lunchtime and had great fun in acting out scenes from Darren Shan’s books!

Reading Group with Dave Cryer

Caught Reading Competition

Caught Reading

All week we ran a fun competition – members of staff had been “caught reading” – students had to work out from the photographs who each person was.

The competition answers were:

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These are the most popular books in our Library! Why not give one of these a try if you need some ideas of what to read.

Does your form borrow a lot of books from the Library or could you all do better? Have a look here:

Maybe your form is not borrowing much because you can’t find the books you want? If so, please talk to Mrs Robinson, the Librarian, and she will help you!

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SearchStar Logo

Everyone in school can now visit the Library and easily see what we have in stock by searching our catalogue. The program SearchStar has now been installed on one of the laptops and it is very easy to use. Just ask Mrs Robinson or any of the Library Helpers if you need any help with it.

SearchStar

SearchStar will tell you if we have a book in stock or if it has been borrowed by someone. You can search for your favourite author or title, or you can enter a subject keyword for a list of books.

If you are at home, you can search our catalogue by using the LibraryThing box on the right-hand side of this screen.

Why not give it a go! If you cannot find the book you want, then please call in to the Library and talk to Mrs Robinson and she will do her best to get it for you!

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Are you a member of the Dixie Grammar School Community? Have you got a favourite book that you would like the Library to stock? Then please fill in this online form by clicking the image below.

Mrs Robinson will then consider the book in line with the needs of the Library and in accordance with the Library Policy. Please call in to see if your requests has been successful.

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We have reached another great milestone!

All of the boxes of books from the old library have now been unpacked on to the new shelving. Also, loads of new Fiction has been added. Have a look at the pictures below and also at the slideshow lower down this page for the latest photos!

Non-Fiction books

Fiction

Graphic Novel collection

Don’t these look great! Mrs Robinson and the rest of the Library Committee are working hard to get the new Library open as soon as possible – it won’t be long.

By the way – thanks for the speedy shelving are due to Mrs Robinson’s sons, Luke and Mark, who came in to help during the summer holidays and also in the last couple of weeks!

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The new furniture has now been fitted – apart from a few finishing touches! All who have seen it say it looks fantastic – thanks to Tom & Richard from Tarver’s!

Today, Mrs Robinson tried out the first book on the shelves:

First book on the new shelves!

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