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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
