New Books

Great news!

Lots of new books have arrived in the library including the Total Football series by Alan Gibbons and dozens of new graded readers.  Hopefully most of these will be catalogued and ready to be borrowed at the start of next term.
Remember - if there are any books you would like to see in the library give me the details such as author, title and publisher and I'll see what I can do.

EAFL Writing Competition

It's not too late to enter the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature writing competitions.  There are competitions for Poetry in both Arabic and English on the theme of 'Hero or Villain' and Story Writing, again in either Arabic or English on the theme of 'Seeking the Truth'.  Check out the website for more details.  The closing date for entries is November 25th.

Good luck!

The Research Process

Doing a research project can be daunting but don't worry - there are places to get help.  The important thing is to be organised.  These sites will help you.

Research Skills

The Big6

Useful Tools

Grade 10 students are busy researching authors of short stories.  Use these tools to help.

Popplet is a great easy-to-use mind-mapping tool which allows you to work independently or share with your partners. Use this to help you organise the questions you want to answer in your research.

AND don't forget to check out online library catalogue, Millennium, to see which works of short stories we have in the library.

Online Encyclopedia

ONLINE BRITANNICA

This year we are fortunate to have access to the Online Britannica Encyclopedia.  You have at your fingertips a wealth of information, links to articles, websites and videos and it all comes in three levels of difficulty - Primary, Student and Britannica.  You can even set up workspaces to file articles you are interested in and no need to worry about citations - Britannica does it for you.

Please spend some time browsing - you never know what you might learn.

9.01 busy in the library

We're getting into the swing of things as the new year gets under way.  Almost all Grade 9 sections and STS students have been to the library to find out what we have on offer.  Grade 10 students will be beginning their enrichment project this week so it is all go. 

Here are some pictures of 9.01 in the library last week.

 

WELCOME BACK!

Have you been inspired by the Olympics and Paralympics to try out a new sport? Come to the library and check out some of the dozens of books on sports from athletics to Taekwondo.  Make this the year you try something new.

This is the newly painted golden postbox in my hometown.  In the UK every time someone won a gold medal at the Olympics, a postbox in the centre of their hometown was painted gold. 

Get writing!

THE EMIRATES AIRLINE FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE 

WRITING COMPETITIONS ARE BACK!!!

Entries are invited

in both Arabic and English

for

the Taaleem poetry writing competition Hero or Villain

and

the Oxford University Press story writing competition Seeking the Truth

All entries must be submitted on line before 25 November 2012.

Please visit the Writing competition page online for more details.

The New Look

Well, the general reaction to the new look library has been WOW!

 

And, this is the best time of year for gazing through the library windows as the flame trees are in full bloom.  Beautiful.

All change for summer

What's happening in the library?

Well, winter seems to be about over so it's time for a library make-over.  They do say that women and bairns* shouldn't see half done work but here's a wee* peek at the changes in progress.

 

Watch this space to see the finished new look.

*bairn:  Scots for a child

*wee:   Scots for small

BOOK WEEK ROUND-UP

Well, that was a week that was. Great participation from staff and students, story-telling in the gardens, generous donations of books, a thrilling spelling bee competition and to cap it all a visit from Qais Sedki, manga writer extraordinaire!




Author Qais Sedki came to speak to Grade 9 students on Thursday

COMPETITION WINNERS

Design a book cover
1st place goes to Abdullah Fuad AlHaj of 9.12
2nd place goes to Omran Salah of 10.01
3rd place goes to Ahmed Abdulredha Ghanim of 10.04
Congratulations to you all!

Guess who got caught reading?
Our winners are:
Khalifa Al Awadhi st1021090205
Abdulla Mohamed Abdelrahman Ahmed st1021090248
Ahmed Ali st1021090179

WOW! BOOK WEEK DAY 4

What a great day we've had!
Congratulations to the winners of the Spelling Bee:

1ST PLACE G9-10 Zakareya Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed AlAli
2ND PLACE G9-09 Ali Abdullah Ali Mohammed Al Bastaki
3RD PLACE G9-01 Khalid Ismail Abdelrahim Alharmoodi

Book Week Day 2

Some fantastic book cover designs have been coming in for the Design a Book Cover competition. Remember - tomorrow is the last day for entries to be accepted.

Staff reading tomorrow include Mr. Khalid Masood so come along to hear him reading during first break.

Book Week Day 1

Three lovely reading sessions today enjoyed both by the teacher reading and the students listening.


Some wonderful entries for the 'Design a Book Cover' competition already coming in.

Don't forget - you can buy Qais Sedki's brand new book Gold Ring 2 on Tuesday but only a limited number of copies available.

IT'S HERE

BOOK WEEK HAS ARRIVED

READINGS * COMPETITIONS * GUEST SPEAKER

ATHS DUBAI BOOK WEEK

Plans are almost complete for ATHS Dubai's very first Book Week.

Calling All Budding Artists
Design A Book Cover
Click here to submit your design


JUST FOR FUN -
CAN YOU IDENTIFY ALL THESE MEMBERS OF STAFF?
Click here to take part in "LOOK WHO GOT CAUGHT READING?"


CHARITY BOOK DRIVE

During our Book Week let's make this a time of giving. We are fortunate to have ready access to books, DVDs and all kinds of media. Many are not so fortunate. During Book Week boxes will be placed in every English classroom as well as the reception area in A building and the library for you to donate used textbooks, books and DVDs.
Everything collected will be donated to either TESOL Arabia who collect for schools in countries such as The Sudan and Afghanistan or to The Mission to Seafarers who offer books and DVDs to sailors who often don't step foot on dry land for many months at a time.

Books and DVDs can be in any language but please be sure that they are in good condition.

WHO DO YOU WANT TO READ TO YOU?
Teachers have been volunteering to hold reading sessions in the gardens during break times in Book Week. If there is anyone you would like to listen to, email me and we will see what we can do.