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.