tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53993157642471185792011-07-08T01:32:44.267-07:00Mount Aspiring College Library Information Centre ~ News & Events ~ Books & CommentsFlorencenoreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399315764247118579.post-5767044241164400042009-06-08T19:01:00.000-07:002009-06-08T19:10:36.835-07:00

The MACLIC Blog has been moved to wordpress to benefit from the multipages function.Please update your Favourites, Feeds and your dashboards...Or please click here http://maclic.wordpress.com

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To celebrate Gifted Awareness Week (14 – 20 June 2009), the New Zealand Association for Gifted Children is running a competition to celebrate gifted kids, their families and professional educators. Click here to open Gifted Awareness Week Competition Flyer.Theme for Intermediate Students:What should schools in the year 2050 be like?Provide an artwork or short (less than 100 words) answer, poem,

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It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM. (It is not waterproof yet, our engineers are working on it.)Here's how it works: each BOOK is

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The Library House Competition is ON again. Last year, as published in the College magazine page 11, Barker won 4 points, Pisa 3, Roy 2 and Iron 1. The rules are:- The number of books issued by each student add points to his or her House;- The number of overdue days remove points;- Books that are returned on the day of the issue are not included. Do not try to borrow a book and drop it off

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An audiobook is a reading of a book by the author or by an actor recorded on tape or CD. MACLIC has a collection of 50 audiobooks which you can borrow, together with the book, if you wish to follow the text. Listening to an audiobook is a bit like being read aloud, it is easy and lively. It is great when you travel. If you struggle to read, audiobooks will help you greatly and will offer you the

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Check out the "Recreation" section of the library with lots of new books about Sports:Ball games Soccer skills for young players 796.3Rugby skills tactics and rules 796.33Tana Umaga : a tribute to a rugby legend 796.33Complete encyclopedia of golf techniques 796.35Cricket portraits : a century of New Zealand's best 796.35Outdoors and mountaineeringCoast to Coast: The Great New Zealand Race

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Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) said "All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they really happened and after you have finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you".From http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2473What do YOU think makes a good book?

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I was wondering why we are so busy this year. The library database told me why... That is more than 25% increase per student! Congratulation! Keep up the good reading habit!

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Fiction booksWar of the robots, by Trevor Baxendale (Doctor Who)- BAXTeam play and Horse games, by Bonnie Bryant (Saddle Club)- BRYHarsh Cry of the Heron, by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori)- HEAHeaven's net is wide, by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori)- HEAA Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini - HOSBaboon, by David Jones – JONThe escape, by Robert Muchamore (Cherub)- MUCThe killing, by

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It is an usual subject for a library blog but I cannot help advocating the Earth Hour which happens on Saturday the 28th of March, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Switch off your lights at 8.30pm for an hour and you will be part of a global event. Easy, feels good and helps the earth! The earth hour New Zealand page is here.Read about Earth Hour here, or watch the Youtube clip YouTube - Earth Hour 2009

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Writers On Wheels Tour in Mount Aspiring College The College was the lucky recipient of the Writers on Wheels tour,organised by the New Zealand Book Council http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/. The writers included Steve Braunias (Non-fiction), Janet Charman (Poetry), Anna Mackenzie (Teen Fiction), Vanda Symon (Crime Fiction) and David Geary (Scriptwriting). Check out their profile on http://

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Put on the melody of "Mission impossible" in your head, and read on... We recommend this book to all medium level readers, who like adventure and spies stories.What we really liked in "The Recruit":The hero does not know where he goes, nor what happens when CHERUB recruits himThe story could be realIt is quite deep It is sometimes funny tooThe illegal activities of the Mum are surprisingThe down

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Grab a book from the display and escape in fantastic worlds! Proudly brought to you by MACLIC book club.

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We have been busy:Designing a logo and finding a motto, making bookmarks with itDeciding on a book we all agree to read, and starting to read it... We chose the first of the Cherub series, The Recruit, by Robert Muchamore, not original, but really cool...Creating a new display for the library. FANTASY is our first theme, because it is a great genre and fairly easy to illustrate. We gathered the

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When students are asked what is their Favourite book, here are the girls answers:Girls aged 11 and 12 Finding Father, by Pauline Cartwright Fiddlesticks, by Alan FraserThe Priests of Ferris, by Maurice GeeMother Stone, by Maurice GeeOnce, by Morris GleitzmanWith Lots of Love From Georgia, by Brigid Lowry"Tomorrow" series, by John MarsdenAldophus Tips, by Michael MorpurgoWays to Live Forever, by

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In 2008, students were invited to fill in a "favourite book form". Each form was a segment added to our bookworm on the library window. These books are recommended by your mates, they must be good! Here is what our Bookworm says:“Favourite books for boys aged 11 or 12 are:”Paul Jenning's Funniest Stories, by Paul Jennings - JENHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling -

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So we just met and it was great. 8 keen readers, keen to share, keen to discover, keen to read. We decided:Our name is MACLIC Book ClubOur logo will be an indefinite triangle with the words "Reading never stops"We will meet on Thursdays lunchtime, in the libraryWe will read one same book and share our commentsWe will also read our own and talk about it to the groupWe will choose and set up

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Come to the meeting Thursday lunchtime and you’ll decide what you want to do:- Choose a name for the book club - Read and share books, of course- Choose new books- Contribute to MACLIC blog- Choose and design the library display- Meet writers- Participate in book-related competition- Organise a bookfair, a reading campaign, do posters- All ideas welcomeBecome a MACLIC book club member !

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New Fiction BooksMilad : the voyage to Ophir, by Anhar, Nazam -ANH Whole truth, by Baldacci, David -BALEnder's game, by Card, Orson Scott -CARArtemis Fowl : the Opal deception, by Colfer, Eoin -COL 770Lionboy, by Corder, Zizou -CORAliens ate my homework, by Coville, Bruce -COVKin, by Dickinson, Peter-DICBansi O'Hara and the bloodline prophecy, by Dougherty, John; De la Rue, James -DOUSword quest,

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Here is the list of the most popular titles in MACLIC this year:1- Best friends, by Jacqueline Wilson (borrowed 24 times ! )2- The Third day, the frost, by John MarsdenTongue-tied! by Paul JENNINGS (both borrowed 20 times)3- Captain Underpants and the wrath of the wicked wedgie woman, by Dav PilkeyThe Dead of the night, by John MARSDEN (both borrowed 18 times)4- Tomorrow, when the war began, by

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Mount Aspiring College Library Information Centre goes online.What for? Why that?To keep you informed of the news and events of the library.To highlight favourite books in a way YOU can have your SAY.Other ideas we will have over time.Comments welcome, so please click..!

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