School Wide Reading Culture

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Long Haul

Due to high demand we've ordered two copies of the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid book. Our students love the off beat humor, simple illustrations and the crazy situations our hapless hero finds himself.  It's a winning formula that kids world wide love. 

Latest title in series 

A family road trip is supposed to be a lot of fun . . . unless, of course, you’re the Heffleys. The journey starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns…..


  
Lunch time Wimpy Kid activities 
Pop in. We've got plenty of templates for you to design your own 'Diary of a wimpy Kid ' cover or perhaps you'd rather plan your own road trip or test your Diary of a Wimpy Kid knowledge…. there's plenty of templates to choose







Life after Wimpy Kid……. yes there is! 
Award winning NZ Author, Kate De Goldi  has some great suggestions to move readers on. Here's a few to get started:     

Asterix series by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo and Tintin series by Hergé. These immortal books have great narrative drive, marvellous illustrations and sophisticated humour (Asterix has plenty of slapstick but also lots of language play). There are great casts of characters and inter-relationships. And there are heaps of titles in both series.

The Aldo Zelnick comic series by Karla Oceanak and Kendra Spanjer










DK Eyewitness Guides: Electricity by Steve Parker.

Eyewitness Guides are a wonderful series on just about any non-fiction subject. The mix of illustration, diagram and text is beautifully balanced, and fine design and production makes the series eminently attractive and readable. These are books to pore over…

The Boy and the Cherry Tree - Book of the Week

New Zealand Author and Illustrator team, Mark and Rowan Sommerset have created yet another beautiful crafted and delightful picture book, The Boy and the Cherry Tree. I love this book and I'm sure you will too!

A young boy dreams of climbing the beautiful tree across the river and tasting its sweet red fruit. His plans are stalled each time by an anxious bird who warns of the dangers.
Will the boy ever realize his dream?

Winner – Best Children's Book: PANZ New Zealand Book Design Awards 

This husband and wife super team have also written the incredibly popular Baa Baa Smart sheep, Two little bugs, Cork on the ocean and I love Lemonade. All of which are available from Victory Primary School Library. 

Check out Mark and Rowan's idyllic lifestyle on Waiheke Island -   I'm sure it's the inspiration behind their magical picture books 

One Day in a Dreamboat Book from Dreamboat on Vimeo.

School Holiday Fun at the Public Library

Check out the fun things happening at the Public Library during the School Holidays!

Ever been on a Double Decker Bus?  

Climb aboard and ride to the Public Library in style
Double Decker Bus - Departs Victory Community Centre Thursday 2 October 2pm

Book your seat, Victory Community Centre Phone 546 8389

Other fun events during the holidays include a Twilight story, Ukelele sessions, Sushi making, Yoga, Story times and more……   See you there! 

What's on during the holidays

Something different - Apple Think Different

Great inspirational video for us all

I want my hat back - Book of the Week

Here's a sneak preview of our delightful new 'Book of the Week'  I want my hat back  by Jon Klassen

Jackie French - Podcast tackling reading difficulties

Excellent Podcast from award winning Australian author

Jackie French has written ' I Spy a Great Reader' to help parents and teachers identify and overcome reading difficulties while showing kids how rich the world of books can be.

This title available for borrowing soon at Victory Primary School Library

Book of the Week - Oi Frog!

Book of the week - a new book shared with students each week!

Last week ,  the delightful Oi Frog! Enjoy this trailer

Coming soon.....Fifi Colston Author, Artist,Television presenter, Arts and Craft expert

We are super excited to be hosting Fifi Colston next week. 

Fif's written a number of books about inspiring kids to create amazing things  from recycled and easily accessible materials. 

In preparation for the upcoming Nelson Mask Parade,  Fifi will share ideas about how to make our masks Bigger, Bolder and Brighter!

With out Senior  EnviroArt students  the  focus will be on using recycled materials to make cool stuff

Sounds like a heap of fun!

Friday 8 August  9:00am - 12:00pm  
Victory Primary School Library 
Parent's / Caregivers  / Whanau  all very welcome

Visiting Author, Tania Norfolk

It's always special to hear an author read their own work and today Victory Primary School students were treated to a reading from local author Tania Norfolk.

Her book 'Grasshopper's Week ' has just been published with fantastic reviews

Tania also brought along draft copies of both her writing and some of the illustrations by her equally talented brother, Chris Norfolk. It was very helpful for the children to see how the pictures and writing had adapted and improved over time as her beautiful book took shape. In earlier drafts the main character (Grasshopper) was originally a cricket!

'Grasshopper's Week' is Tania's first published book. The good news is she has plans for writing more - we can't wait!

Matariki - That special time of year

Matariki - Maori New Year

Our great selection of books are in heavy demand so if there's not many available on the shelves check out some of these recommended online resources. 

Victory Primary School Library 

Some excellent videos from You Tube

Some of the stories about Matariki

The Seven stars of Matariki 

How to make Matariki stars
Matariki Waiata
WickED has an interactive  game that will help you learn all about Matariki. Play in English or in Māori

From Anyquestions.co.nz:
I have copied and pasted the Research pathway  

When is Matariki?

Matariki is the Māori name for the constellation of stars, as well as the celebration, that signals the Māori New Year. The constellation is also known as the Pleiades or theSeven Sisters.

Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand  has a great range of New Zealand information, including Matariki. To find out all about Matariki, follow this pathway:

1. From the homepage homepage find the story Earth, Sea and Sky, and click on it.
2. Now click on astronomy, which is the study of stars.
3. Now you can click on Matariki - Māori New Year.
4. Don't forget that you can click on read the full story for more information.

You can also check out images and media to do with Matariki on Te Ara. When you are on the Matariki page, click on the tab called Images and Media for a picture of the Matariki stars. There is also a video you can watch which is all about the legend of Matariki.

The Māori Language Commission has an official page for Matariki, explaining why it is an important part of New Zealand culture. This page also has all the dates when Matariki has appeared or will appear, all the way up to 2020!

HOT TIP: We like these sites because they’re either from a government organisation (Ministry or Council) OR a reputable organisation. You can tell this by their web address – they have either .org or .govt in their address. They’re also New Zealand sites, so relevant for us.

NZ Book Awards

There is a vote which you can do for the New Zealand Book Awards.
In the library there is a stand of the finalists of the book awards and kids
can have a look and read them but they can't get them out of the library yet.
When you read the book ask yourself, "Is this a good book or a bad book or
in the middle?"Each class is going to vote and I think maybe you will get your
own vote as well if you want.

The books I like are A Boring Book and Toucan Can. 
I think that they're funny.

A Boring Book is about a book that never gets read and
every time people try to read it they fall asleep! Then the words
escape and invade the town signs.

I think little kids would like Toucan Can because it's rhyming
and also there's things you can do in real life and things you can't
do. Like you can skip, you can dance, you can run, you can jump.
You can't fly and you can't balance on your beak!

By Phoenix

Hot off the Press! Grasshopper's Week

Today in the Library we were treated to a surprise visit from Darcy and his friend Luke.  Darcy, who has read nearly all the books in this Library (and that's lots!) had one particularly special book he wanted to share.

Darcy and Luke proudly displaying 'Grasshopper's week'

It was a lovely Picture Book called 'Grasshopper's Week, written by his Mum! We didn't have time to read it today, but we all admired the beautiful illustrations and can not wait to get our own copy for the Library

Darcy answering questions

Hi I'm Kenneth I'm a Victory Librarian Leader

I chose to be a librarian because I love books and it
is fun to read.My favourite type of books are comics,
magazines and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.

Wiremu -Library Leader

Kia Ora I'm Jade. I'm a Victory Librarian

Kia Ora my name is Jade.I like to be in the library
because reading is my favourite subject. My favourite
books are the Geronimo Stilton because they are funny
and make me laugh.I like being a librarian. I like
to issue books for other people in the school.

Shakana is a New Library Leader

Hi my name is Shakana. My favourite book is
Rat Burger and it is funny. I reckon some kids would
really enjoy it because it has some really exciting new
words to discover like, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Library Top 10 titles

Last year these were our most popular titles


1. Diary of a wimpy kid: The third wheel
2. Where's Wally
3. Just tricking
4. Diary of a wimpy kid: Greg Heffley's journal
5. The Were-nana
6. Sinking 
7. Where's Wally now?
8. Thea Stilton and the star castaways
9. Danny the champion of the world
10. Diary of a wimpy kid : The last straw  

There were no surprises with the Diary of the wimpy kid titles and the ever popular Roald Dahl. I was thrilled to see David Hill's 'Sinking' as our 6th most popular title. David was one of our visiting authors last year and made a big impression on the students.  

I wonder what our most popular titles this year will be? 

Making fun stuff - Family Fun Night

Monster bookmarks, Author posters and Fairy tales - just some of the fun things kids (and their parents) could create in the Library during our recent Family Fun Night. What a great evening.  I Love your scary bookmarks!

How to be a Librarian

My name is Phoenix. I have been a librarian for three
years. Being a librarian is very complicated. You have to
remember all the rules. There is a list of things you have to
do so you can get your librarian's badge. It's a badge that
says"librarian." I have to issue in the return books, put away
books, help out little kids, and check the books are in order.


It's just fun being a librarian. I like books. I'm kind of a book worm.
Andy Griffins is my favourite author at the moment.