Kotassium wins iPod shuffle.

Thanks to those of you who shared a comment during Library Week and NZ Book Month. We put all the comments into a draw and drew the following names:
Kotassium – iPod shuffle
Bigfoot – movie pass & book
Young Vetran –book & chocolate
Valerie – movie pass & book.
Se Mrs Hancock to collect yor prize.
We enjoyed the comments. Keep posting.
Mrs H.

Library Olympics

In the spirit of the Olympic Games and library week, we held a ‘Library Olympics’ for all student librarians that were interested. Several of the juniors participated in them and almost everyone won a prize ranging from small fun sized chocolates to the new Cherub book “The General”
The competition involved estimating the time it would take to correctly shelve 6 books while wearing thick wool lined gloves before attempting to get as close to your estimated time as possible. Estimations ran from under a minute to 6 - 8 months (Martin who was also quoted asking “Can you like throw the books into the shelves?”).The record for fastest time was set by Betty with a time of 59 seconds and the longest by Bradley at over 2 minutes.

The second competition was wheeling a trolley around an obstacle course. This was judged on originality and one of the prize winners – Bradley, has been quoted saying “What obstacles” in reference to his tactic of collecting said obstacles. Others won prizes for completing the whole obstacle course without hitting a single obstacle – this was considered a clear round and was won by Sharon and for being the most original.

The three medal winners were Valerie in third place, Betty in second and myself in first. However whether you were placed in the top three or you won a small prize, everyone involved enjoyed themselves and it was a great way to unwind from the stress of school life.

Thanks to those who contributed to this great event
- Ms Hancock & Mrs Duke the main organisers and planners
- Mrs Duke the official timer
- Mrs Savage the first of our two official record keepers
- Mrs McKenzie the second of our official record keepers
- Rachel our camera operator and
- All participants who made the games what they were.

Winter Storm

Library Week 2008 – What’s Your Story? Nou te kōrero

Library Week 2008 (18 - 24 August) has been running for over 35 years and is a week long celebration of libraries. This year’s theme “What’s Your Story? Nou te kōrero” aims to highlight the individual reasons why people use libraries - be it to hire a DVD, surf the Internet or get involved in a community project.
To celebrate Library Week ‘08 we are launching this blog. Make a comment, tell us what you think or why you use the HHS Library and be in to win. We have plenty of prizes up for grabs,
books,
movies passes,
chocolate
& one ipod shuffle.
Comment now and be in to win. (Only comments following our “code of conduct” will be posted.)

Prizes will be drawn during September - NZ Book Month.
Ms H