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Happy holiday!
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Te Reo Kupu o te Ra
Tāwhirimātea
God of the wind and storms
Ko Tāwhirimātea te atua o te hau me ngā āwhā.
Tāwhirimātea is the god of the wind and storms.
Congratulations to our Kids' Lit Quiz girls!
Team A
Divya Srinivasa
Olive Aldridge
Alice Egerton
Ekaterine Zahariadis
Team B
Sophie Hearns
Amelia Taylor
Zara Benson-Phipps
Caitlin Lei
Nishka Parekh
Team A were placed 4th which was a brilliant achievement. Florence Bartram, Anna Schofield-Matthews and Eleanor Bartlett were the coaches. Ishi Kakroo and Caitlin Lei -reserves.
Divya Srinivasa
Olive Aldridge
Alice Egerton
Ekaterine Zahariadis
Team B
Sophie Hearns
Amelia Taylor
Zara Benson-Phipps
Caitlin Lei
Nishka Parekh
Team A were placed 4th which was a brilliant achievement. Florence Bartram, Anna Schofield-Matthews and Eleanor Bartlett were the coaches. Ishi Kakroo and Caitlin Lei -reserves.
Congratulations to our
winners!
Very pleased to announce the winners of our Inspirational Women competition.
Teodora Comanescu Y13MK
Karen Yui Y5AR
All runner ups will recieve a prize. please come to the library.
Teodora Comanescu Y13MK
Karen Yui Y5AR
All runner ups will recieve a prize. please come to the library.
Malala Yousafzai
Taking a risk to be shot again in protecting the rights of girls’
education.
This is her bravery.
Being magnanimous even though people are hostile to her rivals.
This is her forgiveness.
Disseminating her messages to the world to inspire people to join
her.
This is her leadership.
Having all of these characteristics,
She is Malala!
by Karen Yui 5AR
For my mum Carmen <3
As time will pass, I will too go,
although I shall always let you know;
how stars only shine for the moon to glow,
you helped me see life’s twinkle through my eyes.
Your brain, your soul, your heart, your art
cannot compare, and they should not.
For your words come from an open field,
and your heart opens to welcome mine.
Lucky is not enough,
for I am, and will be, in awe
of how each and every day,
you teach me invaluable
lessons cherished for life.
by Teodora Comanescu Y13MK
Taking a risk to be shot again in protecting the rights of girls’
education.
This is her bravery.
Being magnanimous even though people are hostile to her rivals.
This is her forgiveness.
Disseminating her messages to the world to inspire people to join
her.
This is her leadership.
Having all of these characteristics,
She is Malala!
by Karen Yui 5AR
For my mum Carmen <3
As time will pass, I will too go,
although I shall always let you know;
how stars only shine for the moon to glow,
you helped me see life’s twinkle through my eyes.
Your brain, your soul, your heart, your art
cannot compare, and they should not.
For your words come from an open field,
and your heart opens to welcome mine.
Lucky is not enough,
for I am, and will be, in awe
of how each and every day,
you teach me invaluable
lessons cherished for life.
by Teodora Comanescu Y13MK
writing competitions for middle school and seniors
- The School for Young Writers in Christchurch has a very good reputation and they do distance education as well as classes in Christchurch: http://www.schoolforyoungwriters.org/
- Submissions to magazines for young people's writing:
fingers comma toes (https://fingerscommatoes.wordpress.com/) is an online journal for children and young adults; it has an NZ connection as one of the editors is Lola Elvy, daughter of Michelle Elvy who runs the National Flash Fiction awards – see below.
- Competitions
Smart Alex https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/enter-the-2019-smart-alex-creative-writing-competition-for-secondary-school-students
Charles Brasch Young Writers' Essay Competition is open to NZ writers aged 16 to 21: https://www.otago.ac.nz/press/landfall/awards/otago625789.html (but looks like now closed for 2019)
Some competitions have special youth sections, eg:
Sunday Star Times short Story awards (https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109386471/aucklander-amelia-cai-16-wins-sunday-startimes-short-story-competition)
Sargeson Prize – this is new this year: https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/about/school-of-arts/english/sargeson-prize
National Flash Fiction Day https://nationalflash.org/competition/
Toitoi for 5-13yr olds
https://www.toitoi.nz/
'A velocity of being'
'The velocity of reading' is a beautiful book that is coming to our library soon. Some of today's most wonderful culture-makers — writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers — reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, there is an illustration by an artist- it's a visual feast!
Year 7 mural 'The Doll's house'
By katherine mansfield
Yr 4 reading club
大(dà)家(jiā)好(hǎo) Hello everyone
Librarians 2019
Proudly introducing our student librarians for this year,
Nirvanah Seth, Nicole Qu, Lucia West, Riley MacDonald, Rishika Khera, Bethany Kaye-Blake, Laura Snell
Elena Revelant, Julia Bickley, Rukshana Isaako, Jovita Tang, Jessica Brunt, Ella Briggs, Sasha Gunn, Charlotte Withers, Rachel Vass, Seraphine Benn, Willoughby Benn, Annella Winterbottom, Mare Leenders, Sophia Hallum Clarke, Rebecca Stevens, Amy Grover, Emma Bassett, Hannah Burbery, Sharon Kennedy.
Proudly introducing our student librarians for this year,
Nirvanah Seth, Nicole Qu, Lucia West, Riley MacDonald, Rishika Khera, Bethany Kaye-Blake, Laura Snell
Elena Revelant, Julia Bickley, Rukshana Isaako, Jovita Tang, Jessica Brunt, Ella Briggs, Sasha Gunn, Charlotte Withers, Rachel Vass, Seraphine Benn, Willoughby Benn, Annella Winterbottom, Mare Leenders, Sophia Hallum Clarke, Rebecca Stevens, Amy Grover, Emma Bassett, Hannah Burbery, Sharon Kennedy.
JS student librarians 2019
Reading improves your happiness..
Read more on mental health and its connection to reading
here
here
top 10 book must reads
-have you read all these??
Year 7 had a great time re-creating their favourite book character for Book Week. The mural is in the hallway outside the library. We've noticed how everyone loves identifying their favourites!
year 5; a study in mindful reading
new initiative-'plastic bag free'
library!
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Sharon Kennedy and Annika Peterson made bags that can be issued in the library- just like our books. Now you can take out a stack of books and use our bags. Such a great idea &and a very successful Community Project!!
Thank you Annika and Sharon.
Thank you Annika and Sharon.
Happiness note
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Would you like a happy note delivered to your 'inbox'
every day? Email, library@qmc. school.nz and you can receive a happy reminder every day via email. 
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-junior school art- see it in our library!
International languages week in the library
Ask at the library about upcoming writing competitions...
Digital story to enjoy.. this is about Oat the Groat kindness.
Click here
Archie with Athaliah and Rafaella
We have a new science mag!!
'Behind the bullying'
The QMC library was presented with a new book, written by Amy Wiltshire and Jacqui Ormsby.
As part of their community project they have published 'Behind the Bullying', which offers insight into the issue of bullying. The book contains personal stories from over 70 Y5 & Y6 students and and provides strategies to deal with the problem.
We are really pleased to have this resource in the library. Thank you, Jacqui and Amy!
As part of their community project they have published 'Behind the Bullying', which offers insight into the issue of bullying. The book contains personal stories from over 70 Y5 & Y6 students and and provides strategies to deal with the problem.
We are really pleased to have this resource in the library. Thank you, Jacqui and Amy!
He Tohu at the National Library- a must visit!
See New Zealand's founding documents- they are just up the road!
World War 1 resources in the library
Please check our OPAC resources on the First World War or come to the library and ask for assistance.
Whakatauki...Words from the wise...
Waiho ma te tangata e mihi, kia tau ai.
(It would be better to let others praise.)
(It would be better to let others praise.)
You can be inspired by teen booktuber Marta Botet Borràs
In this TED talk she gets really enthusiastic about reading and ways to share the love!
It might even inspire you to have a go at creating your own Booktube posts - make one and we'll post it here. Come to the library and we can discuss...
In this TED talk she gets really enthusiastic about reading and ways to share the love!
It might even inspire you to have a go at creating your own Booktube posts - make one and we'll post it here. Come to the library and we can discuss...
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
– Thomas A. Edison
Leap writer's- 7 am, Wed, Library.
Favourite books issued @ QMC library
Children and their families deserve to have access to the books of their culture, as well as the majority culture, regardless of where they live.
The Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.
The Foundation aspires to have every culture and language represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of children's literature from the world community.
Hell pizza reading
challenge is back!
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Writing competition 2019
Details here -click for details
Happy 100th Birthday QMC!
19/2/2019
Reading with a buddy...19/2/2019
Life after school ???
This site has info about CV building, scholarships,
what subjects to choose and so much more. Here
what subjects to choose and so much more. Here
Are you a keen writer?
Stone Soup magazine is a great place to get started and present your writing to an international audience.
Stone Soup publishes stories (2,500 words or less) and poetry. book reviews and art by kids 13 and younger from around the world.
Stone Soup's aims are:
Stone Soup publishes stories (2,500 words or less) and poetry. book reviews and art by kids 13 and younger from around the world.
Stone Soup's aims are:
- Encourage reading
- Inspire writing
- Inspire artistic endeavors
- Give young creators a real sense of achievement when they make Honor Roll or publication
- Get kids involved in an an international project
Year 7 art & poetry collaboration
QMC students wrote poems for National Poetry Day
(you can read these -see above, in the banner under 'Poetry 2018'). The best were made into a book illustrated by Year 7.
(you can read these -see above, in the banner under 'Poetry 2018'). The best were made into a book illustrated by Year 7.
pre-school friday visit
Lunchtime in the library
Life shrinks or expands according to one’s courage.
– Anias Nin
mental well-being in the library
We have some great books that deal with all sorts of issues around mental health.
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'Nothing will work unless you do.'
– Maya Angelou
Student Support Programmes
QMC has a new website dedicated to sharing news, opportunities, information, and advice on student learning support, further education, and career pathways.
There are fantastic opportunities here for writers, creators, performers, budding entrepreneurs!
Please click here to be taken to the website.
There are fantastic opportunities here for writers, creators, performers, budding entrepreneurs!
Please click here to be taken to the website.
Are you wanting to read for relaxation but are finding it hard to make time? We have the answer- 'quick reads'. We have recently bought some latest publications that are recommended as
'great, short reads'.
Come to the library and kick-start your 2019 reading now!
'great, short reads'.
Come to the library and kick-start your 2019 reading now!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
3 easy ways to reduce use of plastic -
1. Take a canvas/cotton tote bag with you when you pop to the shops or library
2. Stop using plastic straws
3. Use a steel drink bottle.
1. Take a canvas/cotton tote bag with you when you pop to the shops or library
2. Stop using plastic straws
3. Use a steel drink bottle.
Consider getting an Audio Book....
Wellington City Libraries eLibrary provides access to eBooks, eAudio, eMagazines, online databases and digitised heritage, catalogues and storytime videos. Make sure you have joined the Wellington City Library to take advantage of all of these resources.
Need some science in your life?
here
Must reads! Books that will blow your mind!!
Join Wellington City Library
-it's free (even tho it's closed!)
To have access to all the fiction & non fiction books and e-books your heart desires
Free!
To access amazing data bases including daily newspapers from around the world- Free!
To look at a multitude of magazines- Free!
Listening to audio books- Free!
QMC girls living out of Wellington can join too - Free!
Listen to an Agatha Christie mystery novel
Would you like to have a mystery novel read to you? -maybe while you're sitting on a train or about to drift off to sleep?- that's a good time to listen to a story.
Famous crime fiction
author, Agatha Christie is a master story teller, and you can hear one of her novels After the funeral, for free, here.
Famous crime fiction
author, Agatha Christie is a master story teller, and you can hear one of her novels After the funeral, for free, here.
E-books and audio books
Join Wellington City library to have access to all the fiction books, audio books and e-books your heart desires-
Free!
To access amazing data bases including daily newspapers from around the world- Free!
To look at a multitude of magazines- Free!
QMC girls living out of Wellington can join too - Free!
To find the latest books and resources at the Wellington City Library please look here.
Please email us library@qmc.school.nz with your book recommendations
“some books introduce us to characters who are different from us, allowing us to see the world from a new perspective. But for children in the process of figuring out who they are, and who they want to be, it is just as important to also read stories about characters they can relate to, and see themselves in.”
If you have a book you or topic that you would like to see in our library please come and talk to us in the library
If you have a book you or topic that you would like to see in our library please come and talk to us in the library
We highly recommend this site..
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This is a great website- full of fun and inspirational books and activities- check it out!
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Be smart, be thoughtful, be generous..
stuck with 'what to read next'?
Ask our book seer about what books he would recommend for you here
“A library in the middle of a community is a cross between an emergency exit, a life raft and a festival. They are cathedrals of the mind; hospitals of the soul; theme parks of the imagination. On a cold, rainy island, they are the only sheltered public spaces where you are not a consumer, but a citizen, instead. A human with a brain and a heart and a desire to be uplifted, rather than a customer with a credit card and an inchoate "need" for "stuff." A mall–the shops–are places where your money makes the wealthy wealthier. But a library is where the wealthy's taxes pay for you to become a little more extraordinary, instead. A satisfying reversal. A balancing of the power.”
– Caitlin Moran
Come to QMC and see what else Caitin Moran has to say about the world, women and universal issues.
We have fiction and non fiction books by this wonderful, intellectual and funny author.
– Caitlin Moran
Come to QMC and see what else Caitin Moran has to say about the world, women and universal issues.
We have fiction and non fiction books by this wonderful, intellectual and funny author.
Do you love David Walliams?
listen to David Walliams
here
here
MEET 5 BEASTLY BOYS AND 5 GRUESOME GIRLS IN DAVID WALLIAMS LATEST BOOK!
If you'd enjoy to read about
some really naughty children and what they get up to- and have a laugh- then this is the book for you!
If you'd enjoy to read about
some really naughty children and what they get up to- and have a laugh- then this is the book for you!
A young adult and love listening to stories?
Radio NZ is fantastic for news and current events but did you know it also offers audio books?
Here
Here
A timely reminder.....
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”
― Roald Dahl
― Roald Dahl
Making book worms (that's what we're calling them)
Attention parents!
Here for instructions on how to make 'book worms'
Would you like to read a book on parenting issues? Please take a look at what we have on offer in our parent library. Go to the top of this page, in the banner and click on 'more' then 'for parents'.
Here you'll find a sample of what we have of offer.
See you in the library!
Bedtime story is key to literacy, says children's writer Frank Cottrell Boyce here
lunchtimes in the library
A very nice place to hang out with your friends
or read...
