Library Online

We have a fantastic team of Student Helpers from Year 7 upwards who work in the library on one lunchtime each per week (or more if they are really keen).

Student Library Helpers…

• run the Desk – issuing, returning and renewing books and so on.
• tidy the shelves and put books back.
• help students using computers and make sure our ICT equipment is being used safely and properly.
• help students to search for books on SearchStar and then help them find books on the shelves.
• support Mrs Robinson and any other member of staff using the library at lunchtime!

Why not apply now?

We now have spaces on Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes and need some more people to train.

 If you are in Years 6 to 8, please call in to the Library and ask for an Application Form. Then fill it in and return it to Mrs Robinson by Monday 26th March 2012. If you are in Year 9 or above and would like to be a Helper, then please talk to Mrs Robinson.

You can also download the Application Form here:

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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.

1. What does endangered mean?
2. How many of your animal are alive in the wild or in captivity?
3. What is your animal’s main habitat?
4. What are the main predators of your animal?
5. What is the lifespan of your animal?
6. Can you find out the reasons why your animal is endangered?
7. 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.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: endangered animals, links, research, Science, students, weblinks, Year 6

Glad to see you have found our Library website! Mrs Robinson has been looking for the best websites for your research into Dutch Elm Disease.

Beetle Galleries by megankhines

If you click on the title below, you will be taken to our Delicious site where you will find more links.

Image is Beetle Galleries by megankhines on Flickr.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: research, research guides, sixth form, students

We had an amazing hour in the Library this morning and Mrs Robinson is exhilarated and proud as punch after taking part in Write Path for the first time! All we can say is “Can we do it again next year, please?”.

Write Path is an annual event aiming to encourage connections with students around the world through the means of a collaborative story writing activity. This year, Write Path is taking place over two weeks with over 60 schools from a wide range of countries taking part.

 The organiser has been able to enlist the support of some fantastic authors and poets.  They will each write a story or poem “starter”. Each day, six of these are available and the students then write the next paragraph (up to 250 words) so that the story/poem progresses during the day. These are then uploaded to a collaborative website so that everyone can see. The last school each day finishes the story/poem. Each school gets one slot during the two weeks.

 The English Department here were so helpful, choosing the 12 students from Year 7, organising a teacher to help out, getting hold of some Sixth Formers who also encouraged and supported the younger students and much more. Thanks so much!

 The students themselves were brilliant – taking to the whole idea with cries of “Awesome”, particularly when told that the finished stories would be published in book form. They were up and running very quickly, and worked fantastically well. We were amazed at their flexibility when some of the paragraphs from the school before us popped up half way through our session – they simply adjusted what they had written. Our Sixth Form students helped some of the Year 7s with typing and kept them focussed on the task – huge thanks to them too!

A fantastic hour!

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: English, international, literacy, special events, students, Write Path, writing

Need help finding sources for your assignments? Do you need ideas to improve your searching? Well, why not have a look at the presentation below!

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: learning, online databases, research, sixth form, students, teaching

Electricity in the UK for the next generation

Dear Year 10 student,

I have put together some websites to help you with this assessment. If you click on the links below, you will go through to the Library Online page on Delicious. This is where I have gathered a whole lot of websites for you to see. I hope you find them useful.

• How power stations work
• Statistics on electricity production
• Fossil fuels
• Renewable energy sources
  • biomass
  • hydroelectric power
  • solar power
  • tidal and wave power
  • wind power
• Nuclear energy

Good luck with your work!

Mrs Robinson,
Librarian

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: electricity, Physics, research, Science, students, weblinks, Year 10

Mrs Robinson has put some web sites together for you on Acid Rain:

http://delicious.com/DixieLibrary/acid_rain

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: acid rain, research, Science, students

Fantastic! We are now at the stage where we can start our Year 6 inductions – the girls are coming in today for three lessons with the Librarian. We are going to have a lot of fun – just wait and see!

The boys will get their turn very soon.

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: inductions, learning, students, teaching, Year 6

Your Library needs you!

New Trainee Helpers are now needed in the Library. We have several spare places for Year 7, 8 and 9 students.

• Are you a mature and sensible person?
• Can we rely on you to turn up in the Library  on time and on the right day?
• Do you enjoy reading and handling books?
• Are you good with computers?
• Do you like helping other people?

Then please ask for an application form. You will need to be prepared to work in the Library one lunchtime each week. When you have proved that you are reliable, you will then be fully trained as a Library Helper.

Ask Mrs Robinson for an application form now! Or you can download it from the link below. Please hand it in by the 16th November 2009.

Helper Application Form

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Special offer on library books this week only!

The Library will be closed from Half Term in preparation for the refurbishment in the Summer Holidays. So that students can have “Holiday Reading”, I am making a special offer to you:

If you have no overdue items, then you can borrow up to 15 books from the Library!

These books must be returned when the Library re-opens in mid-September. The offer ends at the end of the week…

SO

Return all overdue books now & borrow up to 15 books!

written by Mrs Robinson \\ tags: books, development, holiday borrowing, news, students