Spectacular Spring Poems

As part of our Poetry Week celebrations this week we had a poetry competition in the library.  The challenge was to write a poem about spring.  Do you like spring with all the flowers and baby animals or does the pollen that is floating around just make your eyes and nose itchy?

We had some really amazing spring poems submitted for the competition!  I loved reading them all and it was really hard to choose just two winners.  The winners were...

Jaxson Moynihan from T35

Mila Burke-Denholm from T34

Guess the theme competition

We're running a new weekly competition in the library.  It's called 'Guess the theme.' Each week there will be a selection of books on the display table in the library and you have to guess what they all have in common.  It could be a colour, something to do with the title or the subjects of the books.  Here are this week's books.  If you think you know the answer you can comment on this blog post or enter in the library.

Win Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants

The Timmy Failure series is a hilarious series about a boy called Timmy who wants to be the world's greatest detective.  If you like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates or the Middle School series you should definitely try these books.

Here is a book trailer to give you a taste of Timmy Failure:

The latest book in the Timmy Failure series is The Cat Stole My Pants.  To win a copy just leave a comment telling me: What is the funniest book you've ever read? A winner is drawn on Friday.

Watch Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul these school holidays

The latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie, The Long Haul, is in cinemas from 6 July.  If you are a fan of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid books you have to see this movie!

Where's Wally in Christchurch - Friday

Name where in Christchurch Wally is standing in the photo. Write your answer, your T group and your name on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

There are 2 new photos each day.  Every correct entry will go in the draw to win some Where's Wally prizes at the end of the week.

Here are today's photos:

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Where's Wally in Christchurch - Thursday

Name where in Christchurch Wally is standing in the photo. Write your answer, your T group and your name on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

There are 2 new photos each day.  Every correct entry will go in the draw to win some Where's Wally prizes at the end of the week.

Here are today's photos:

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Where's Wally in Christchurch - Wednesday

Name where in Christchurch Wally is standing in the photo. Write your answer, your T group and your name on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

There are 2 new photos each day.  Every correct entry will go in the draw to win some Where's Wally prizes at the end of the week.

Here are today's photos:

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Where's Wally in Christchurch - Tuesday

Name where in Christchurch Wally is standing in the photo. Write your answer, your T group and your name on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

There are 2 new photos each day.  Every correct entry will go in the draw to win some Where's Wally prizes at the end of the week.

Here are today's photos:

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Where's Wally in Christchurch - Monday

Today is the first day in our Where's Wally in Christchurch competition.  All you have to do is name where in Christchurch Wally is standing in the photo.  Write your answer, your T group and your name on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

There are 2 new photos each day.  Every correct entry will go in the draw to win some Where's Wally prizes at the end of the week.

Here are today's photos:

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Win Spy Toys

I have a copy of Mark Powers' awesome new book, Spy Toys, to give away to one lucky reader.  If you want to know more about the book check out the Spy Toys website - spytoysbooks.com.

All you have to do to get in the draw is answer this question: If you were a spy what would your secret agent name be?

Send your answer to zac.mccallum@halswell.school.nz.  The winner will be announced on Friday.

Winners of the Timmy Failure prize packs

Thanks to everyone who entered the Timmy Failure competition, especially Miss Harney and T25.  The two winners of the prize packs (drawn at random) are:

• Nathan - T23
• Tasmyn - T25

Congratulations! 

Keep your eyes peeled for more competitions coming soon.

Win a Timmy Failure prize pack

The Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis is one of my favourite series.  It has great characters, lots of comic illustrations and is absolutely hilarious.  I've got a really exciting prize to give away that fans of Timmy Failure will want to get their hands on.

 

I have two Timmy Failure prize packs to give away which include a copy of the new Timmy Failure book called The Book You're Not Supposed to Have, a bookmark, a Timmy Failure lanyard and a pair of Timmy Failure sunglasses.

To get your name in the draw you need to email me (zac.mccallum@halswell.school.nz) with your name, room number and the name of Timmy's polar bear sidekick. Teachers can enter too. You have until Friday 18 November to enter.

Halloween Competitions

It's Halloween on Monday so we have two competitions in the library:

Find the bats - the library is infested with bats!  If you help us track down the bats and bring one to Mr McCallum he'll give you a Halloween candy treat.  Juniors can come bat hunting at 1:00 and seniors can come bat hunting at 1:30.

Create a new Goosebumps title - R.L. Stine has written HEAPS of Goosebumps books, with names like Say Cheese and Die, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Night of the Living Dummy and Tick, Tock, You're Dead! All you have to do is create your own title for a new Goosebumps book.  Just make it as spooky as you can.  Write your title, your name and your room number on a piece of paper and put it in the entry box in the library.

Story Time with Darth Vader - Friday

I bet you didn't know that Darth Vader loves reading! Here he is sharing the first line from one of his favourite books.  Can you guess which book he is reading?

If you think you know the book write the title on a piece of paper, along with your name and room number and put it in the entry box in the library.

Every correct answer goes into the draw for a Star Wars prize pack.  There are also prizes for the runners-up.  The winners will be announced today at 2pm.

Story Time with Darth Vader - Thursday

I bet you didn't know that Darth Vader loves reading! Here he is sharing the first line from one of his favourite books.  Can you guess which book he is reading?

If you think you know the book write the title on a piece of paper, along with your name and room number and put it in the entry box in the library.

Every correct answer goes into the draw for a Star Wars prize pack.  There are also prizes for the runners-up.  The winners will be announced on Friday at 2pm.

Story Time with Darth Vader - Wednesday

I bet you didn't know that Darth Vader loves reading! Here he is sharing the first line from one of his favourite books.  Can you guess which book he is reading?

If you think you know the book write the title on a piece of paper, along with your name and room number and put it in the entry box in the library.

Every correct answer goes into the draw for a Star Wars prize pack.  There are also prizes for the runners-up.  The winners will be announced on Friday at 2pm.

Jorja meets Andy Griffiths

Jorja was the winner of an awesome Andy Griffiths competition run by Christchurch City Libraries.  To enter you had to email the one question that you would ask Andy Griffiths if you got the chance to meet him.  Jorja was chosen as the winner and got the chance to have afternoon tea with Andy on Friday afternoon and go to his sold out show on Saturday morning.  Mr McCallum was a lucky librarian because he got to go to afternoon tea and meet Andy Griffiths too!

We took a couple of Halswell School Library copies of Andy's books to get signed, which are now extra special.  Next time you borrow an Andy Griffiths book from our library check to see if it has been drawn in by Andy Griffiths.