The most recent display in our library was to follow the hype that is #BookTok and to jump on that trend band-wagon! Tiktok seems to be the newest platform that has taken the publishing world to new heights. Tiktok is where we’re all looking for the next new thing, or in a lot of BookTok sensation cases, where you might meet you next best read! … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: #BookTok Display
The latest display in our library was to celebrate the Pride Month of June and specifically Pride Week in Schools! Which was 13-27th. Once again we partnered up with ‘Out on the Shelves’ campaign and this years bookmarks were just as popular as the last! The Aotearoa Pride Week in Schools (also created by InsideOut) stickers were a massive hit with students too. Out on … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Pride Display 2022
Māpuna Library’s latest display is to show our appreciation and celebration of Māori New Year, Matariki! With the help of our fantastic Library team, a display was created to recognise and cherish Matariki (pictured below). With hand-drawn stars to represent the 9 stars (whetu) of the Matariki cluster and yellow name/information cards. —————————————————————————————————————————- Matariki Matariki tāpuapua. Matariki nāna i ao ake te kai ki runga. … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Matariki Display 2022!
Last week was Sāmoan Language Week 2022! Our display this year included some of our non-fiction titles, with our title on traditional Sāmoan tattooing being popular; Tatau : a history of Sāmoan tattooing, books about Sāmoa, its culture, myths and legends and language and other Pasifika cultures, and fiction titles written by Sāmoan authors. As well as displaying some Sāmoan greetings. This year’s theme was: … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Sāmoan Language Week 2022!
#PINKSHIRTDAYNZ With the help of our Library Team! Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying! Celebrated annually around the globe, Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In Aotearoa, Pink Shirt Day works to create schools, workplaces, communities and … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s: Pink Shirt Day 2022
Our latest display has been READ THE RAINBOW display! #ReadTheRainbow Thank you to our library staff and student librarians, Tia, Zoe, Joel, Flynn who worked together on creating this display! Good luck to all seniors who are doing exams at the moment! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Read The Rainbow Display!
Our latest display at the beginning of this term was our spooky Halloween display! #Halloween2021 Thank you to our library staff and student librarians, Tia, Zoe and Nicole who worked together on creating this display! Boasting some horrifying and terrible reads, a jolly skeleton and some worms! Happy Halloween! Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Halloween Display!
The last display of our term was an extremely popular Character Bingo display. Where students had to guess the names of a collection of fictional characters. From famous book series, TV shows (book adaptations) and characters. We had a lot of engagement and participation from our student body which was great! Maybe, the prizes were a good incentive! #CharacterBingo Thank you to all our student … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: Character Bingo!
The latest display in our library was to share what the library staff and student librarians have been reading/had read during our August-September lockdown this year. #LockdownReading Thank you to Zoe for single-handedly creating this display, it looks great! Thanks also to all the librarians who contributed photos/blurbs. The two reviews or blurbs that were shared were: Everything Everything & Frankly in Love by Nicola … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Display: LOCKDOWN READING…
Last week was Te wiki ō te reo Māori 2021! We celebrated the week with a combination of our non-fiction titles about Māori culture, learning the language and some of our books in te reo on display. Some of the titles included: Te reo Māori: The Basics Explained Hare Pota me te Whatu Manapou (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone) Te Rātkata a tama Hūngoingoi … Continue reading Māpuna Library’s Te Wiki o te reo Māori Week Display 2021!
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