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Kids' Lit 2024The Kids' Lit Quiz is for Y5-8 under 14's. If you're an avid book consumer, with a competitive streak, this could be the competition for you! Please see me in the library or email: [email protected] if you're keen. Super fun Geography Games!Check these games out!
https://world-geography-games.com/
Student librarians 2024Library re-developmentIt's happening! We are very excited about our new library progress. Come to the temporary library in W8 to see the plans for our new space.
We will be there in 2024- and we can't wait! EOTCY6 took a trip to Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, north of Wellington
to measure water velocity and check out the geology of the area, erosion and human impact on the land Stories around the campfireYear 2 have been listening to camp fire folk tales from Year 8 students in our library this week. The stories are written and published by Year 8 students. Eating marsh mellows and having the big girls read to them has been rewarding -and lots of fun!
Predator Free 2050 is working towards an Aotearoa where our native species are safe from extinction and thrive alongside us
Find books on our native flora and fauna in our library,
590 Animals (Zoology) · 580 Plants Phantom Billstickers' National Poetry Day @QMCUN Youth NZFind out more about this opportunity!
UN Youth NZ | Inspiring Global Citizens Booker Prize 2023In our library now! [email protected] Kids' Lit Quiz 2022These wonderful literary whiz kids joined school teams of like minded book lovers from all round Wellington to answer questions on all things bookish.
Celebrating with Maddy Kirk's gorgeous cupcakes!
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Jstor: database for researchPlease logon JSTOR Home for your research needs.
Cystic Fibrosis Christmas Tree FestivalService and leadership Club for Y5&6 spent their Tuesday's after school making decorations for the Queen Margaret College Christmas Tree at the airport.
The Festival is to raise awareness and funds for CF sufferers. Our girls proudly decorated the tree with their hand crafted decorations and had a joyous time knowing that they had made a difference. Don't just google..Any Questions Online schoolwork help to NZ school students 1-6pm weekdays
Te Ara - Encyclopedia of NZ NZ history, culture, society, economy and environment Digital Pasifik Digitised cultural heritage from the Pacific Islands Digital NZ Millions of NZ aerial photos, posters, newspapers, artwork, research papers and more Epic Databases Databases of international and NZ magazines, newspapers, biographies, reference and images Google Scholar Search for scholarly articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions Index New Zealand Search for NZ journals and newspapers to request access to CliffNotes Articles to help with homework, writing papers, or taking tests Many Answers Search for answers to popular homework questions National Library -Student help Resources for projects and explore NZ primary sources Papers Past Digitised NZ newspaper and periodicals from 1839 |
Instructions for dancingby Rogella Guglia
(winning entry for book giveaway) Complete the library BINGO and win a prize!
Kia Ora whanau!
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Download this app and boost your Te Reo! here This is a fun way to add to your Maori vocab.
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Podcast alert!
A science podcast for kids! Here
'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!
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??
He Tohu at the National Library
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.)
booktuber
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
Attention parents!
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 soon!
Here you'll find a sample of what we have of offer.
See you in the library soon!
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 .here
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 .here
listen to David Walliams
here
here
“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish
Wellington City Library
As a Wellington City Libraries member you have free and unlimited access to over 3500 online tutorials and courses via Lynda.com. Learn leadership skills, how to use software like Dreamweaver or Photoshop or even to promote a business through Facebook – and much more besides.
The courses are delivered by tutors who are both experts in their field and know how to teach. Added features allow for searching across courses, curated playlists and individual access enabling course progress to be saved.
All you have to do is login to Lynda.com with your library card details, set up a Lynda account to keep a course log, and then start learning!
The courses are delivered by tutors who are both experts in their field and know how to teach. Added features allow for searching across courses, curated playlists and individual access enabling course progress to be saved.
All you have to do is login to Lynda.com with your library card details, set up a Lynda account to keep a course log, and then start learning!
Reminder! - online resources available from WCL
If you have a library card you have access to 60 newspapers from around the world Here as well as all the other resouces the library offers
Get a card now, online, if you don't have one Here
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Get cooking! Te Reo version in our library!
Become the champion-pikelet-maker, an expert-afghan-baker or an award-winning-pizza-creator.
With the iconic illustrated step-by-step layout of the original EDMONDS JUNIOR COOKBOOK, you'll find it super easy to learn to cook these classic New Zealand recipes.
From breakfast through to dessert and all the meals and snacks in between, this collection of over 90 recipes will be the beginning of a life long love of baking and cooking.here
With the iconic illustrated step-by-step layout of the original EDMONDS JUNIOR COOKBOOK, you'll find it super easy to learn to cook these classic New Zealand recipes.
From breakfast through to dessert and all the meals and snacks in between, this collection of over 90 recipes will be the beginning of a life long love of baking and cooking.here
Checkout NZ National Geographic for kids-
FREE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE!
This is a really fun web site! So many crazy facts, competitions and photos to make you laugh here
A science podcast for kids. Answering your burning questions and showing the wonders of discovery. By RNZ & Nanogirl Labs Ltd. Made possible by the RNZ/NZ On Air Innovation Fund. Here
Pre-School in the library
Pre-school visit Monday 10 am and Friday 10am
Reading and loving books starts now!
Reading and loving books starts now!
Get your writing published!
Are you a budding writing? Send your work to Toitoi and if accepted youir work will be published and illustrated.
Here: https://www.toitoi.nz/
Here: https://www.toitoi.nz/
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.
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!
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 [email protected] 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..
Why is a library important?
“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.
“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