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