Reading gives you superpowers! by Dav Pilkey

The author of Captain Underpants series, Dav Pilkey, talks about the Power of READING!  You are going to love his drawings.

Our favourite Christmas books

Do you have a favourite Christmas book or movie that you enjoy reading or watching with your family? 

Here are ours ...

"The Santa Trap is a fun story about a naughty little boy who gets his just desserts in the end." - Ms. Siobhan

"Auntie Claus is a nice story to read for the Christmas holiday. Ho ho ho!" - Ms. Sharifah

"You must read Christmas Wombat. The wombat has never failed to amuse and delight me." 

- Ms. Nadiya

"Santa's Special Letter is a gentle Christmas story that makes a great bedtime story."

- Ms. Firah

"I never get tired of reading Who's That Knocking On Christmas Eve?. My favourite Christmas book ever". - Ms. Hanis

Here is a list of some movies that you probably have watched before:

Dr. Seuss - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Polar Express


Arthur Christmas

A Christmas Carol

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday. Merry Christmas from everyone in the Primary Library! 

The library is open in the holidays!

The Primary Library is open during the Christmas break from 7.30am - 4.00pm, except for three days: Dec. 18th, 24th and 25th.

You are welcome to come and borrow some books. Also, don't forget that you can also borrow eBooks on

 

22 days to go

Ho Ho Ho!  

Christmas has arrived in the library.  Come in today and borrow our Christmas books. Head to bed early with a book - you'll be relaxed and ready for Santa's visit.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday!

Library Quote of the Day

The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page. 

                                                        ~ by Rachel Anders

Book Lovers CCA poster winners

Sophia from Year 3 and Julin from Year 4 created the winning posters to promote these wonderful Jackie French books. A lot of hard work and attention to detail obviously went into their posters. Congratulations girls!

Meet Sherlock Sam

These books are available in the library. Come in today and borrow one. You are going to love Sherlock Sam's adventures with his trusty robot, Watson, in solving cases, no matter how big or small the cases are.

New Graphic Novels

You are going to love this new series of graphic novels edited by Kazu Kibuishi. We have parts 1, 2 and 3. Come to the library to check out this great new series.

Bryn Barnard visits GIS

Author/artist/teacher/historian, Bryn Barnard, spent time today with students from Years 4 - 8 discussing interesting topics such as disease, natural disasters and dinosaurs. The standard of questions asked by the children was astounding, and their use of scientific vocabulary showed that they have been doing some serious learning in their classrooms!

Paul Cookson live at GIS

When the Teacher Turns Their Back by Paul Cookson

Guess who was visiting us in school today?

Visiting Poet - Paul Cookson

Entertaining British poet, Paul Cookson, will be with us on Thursday, 22nd October and Friday, 23rd October. He will be performing his poetry at Thursday's whole school assembly and also giving workshops to students in Years 3 and 4 during his visit. Click here to view Paul's website.

Library Leaders

Here is a photo of this year's lovely bunch of Library Leaders. You'll be seeing these Year 5 and 6 students in the library at break times and lunch times as they help to keep the library a tidy, relaxing place for all of us.

Go Wild ... Read!

As the display says, just Go Wild ... Read! We have so many fabulous new books for you to choose from, so come in today and borrow one.

Buddy Reading

Here is a lovely example of buddy reading taking place in the library today - a Year 3 child reading to a Year 2 child. We love to see this kind of meaningful interaction taking place.

Performance Poet Matt Windle

Year 6 were given a wonderful treat last week when Matt Windle visited GIS. Matt is an award-winning performance poet from the UK. He made genuine connections with the students and guided them to write their own poetry which many of them performed last Wednesday afternoon. Here is a video of the winning team in action.

Love your movies?

You'll love these books, too! Come in today and borrow one.

Welcome back to the new school year!

We know you're keen to read some great books, so pop into the library and borrow some of these. Parents may borrow 10 books from the Primary Library, so do pop in whenever you have time.

Book Signing - Ayyad Asghar

We had two very successful book signing sessions today. If you would like to buy a copy of Ayyad's book, they are available from the Primary Office for RM13.50. Ayyad will be available again in the Primary Library on Thursday at break time to sign books. We are so proud of him and this great accomplishment.

Borrowing in the holidays

The Primary Library will be closed from July 13th - 31st for stocktake. We will reopen on August 1st for you to come and borrow some books. Don't forget you can also read eBooks on Tumblebooks and on our ePlatform. Bring your iPad to the library and Ms Siobhan will set it up for you.

Please return your library books

Hi everyone. Borrowing has ended for this school year. Please return your books as soon as you have finished reading them as we are preparing to do our stocktake.
Remember, you can always read eBooks on our Tumblebooks platform, our Follett shelf or on our Wheelers ePlatform. There are lots of wonderful books available on these shelves and you can download books from anywhere in the world using the Internet.
If you need help to set up your Wheelers ePlatform, just bring your iPad to the library and Ms Siobhan will set it up for you.

Epic Books

Parents, if you haven't yet downloaded the Epic app onto your iPad/tablet, you are missing out on some fabulous eBooks for your children. This is a free resource for teachers and for anyone who has "edu" in their email address. If you would prefer to sign up with your personal email address, it's only US$5 per month to subscribe (which is a bargain considering the quality and range of books available in their collection). Today Epic released some reading lists for the summer holidays which I'm sure your children will enjoy.

Jacqueline Wilson

The famous author, Jacqueline Wilson, writes lots of fabulous books that will blow your mind when you read them!

Year 2 Bedtime Stories

We recently held two evenings of Bedtime Stories for Year 2 in the library. It was lovely to see our little Year 2 friends in their pyjamas and accompanied by their favourite teddies. A big thank you to Ms Emma, Mr Colmer, Mr Ruscoe and Mr Deeth for reading stories to the children. 

Read Nicely In The Library

When you come into the library, find a book that you want to read and a nice, comfortable place to sit. If you want to talk to your friend, please remember to whisper. Enjoy being in the library.

How To Treat The Library

How to treat the library well:
- Read quietly
- Don't vandalise anything in the library
- Keep the library tidy
- Leave your food or drinks outside in the cubbies

Reading In The Library

The library is a great place to come and read your favourite books with your friends .

A reminder from Oliver about keeping the Picture Fiction books tidy.

What You Should And Shouldn't do In The Library

Things you can do:
•read a book quietly
•put a book back in its correct place
•ask a Library Leader "Where should I put this book?"

What you should not do:
•run around
•be noisy inside the discussion rooms
•play