New Magazine - The World's Most Amazing Children's Educational Magazine

Check out the Dinosaur Special issue of 'The World's Most Amazing Children's Educational Magazine!' This magazine is new to the library and will be available for you to read when you visit. Articles and stories include;

 

- Could Chocolate Be Good For You?

- Are We All Becoming Couch Potatoes?

- Ridiculous Riddles

- What Made Dinosaurs So Amazing?

- The Boy Who Beat The Giant

 



January's Issue Of Aquila Magazine

The latest issue of Aquila Magazine is now available to read in the library. The latest issue has a Robot theme and includes articles such as;

 

-Whatever Next? How the Victorians imagined and shaped the future

- A Spark of Life? By Angela Holroyd

- What exactly is a Robot anyway?

- Make your own Jittering Jitterbug



 

 

There are also challenges and prizes up for grabs! Complete the Brain Feeders and Robotic Ramble, or enter the Horrible Histories competition where you could win a family ticket for four to the new Groovy Greeks or Incredible Invaders show created by the Birmingham Stage Company. To enter, visit the library and collect an entry form.

Premier Readign League Starts Today and New Books!

The Premier Reading League begins today. If you haven't yet signed up there is still time! Pop along to the library and pick up a team sheet to get started. During your visit, take a look at the new books we have on offer by Theo Walcott. There are four books in the series, each story follows T.J. and his best friends from Parkview School as they take on competitive teams.

 



Havering Libraries Collage For National Libraries Day

With National Libraries Day coming up in February, Havering Libraries are asking local residents and schools to help create beautiful collages in each of their libraries. To create these collages they would like you to do one of the following;

 

Draw your favourite book character(s)

Describe one of your favourite stories

Design/draw a book cover

 

If you would like to create an illustration for the Havering Libraries Collage then please hand your completed work into your local library before Saturday 7th February so it can go on display. Our KS1 Spinebreakers will be making regular visits to Hilldene library over the coming weeks and are more than happy to deliver your work for you, just make sure you pass it on to Miss Sparkes by Monday 26th January 2015.



New Premier Reading League Starts Monday 12th January 2015!

Collect a sign-up sheet from the library and create a team for the Spring Term Premier Reading League! This time round the prize will be a trip to West Ham's Stadium to watch them play against Burnley on Saturday 2nd May 2015. Please note the fixture may change.

 

 

 

It's simple to get started! Here's how...

 

Create a team of 5 players (including yourself), give your team a name, design a team badge and then drop your team information off at the library.

 

To be in with a chance of winning you need to collect points...

 

One point will be awarded to the team for each book read. Three points will be awarded to the team when a team member writes a book review using their online account at: https://u009108.microlibrarian.net or records an audioboo book review (please see Miss Sparkes for use of the library iPad). Six points can be collected if you complete an additional reading challenge from the library. Click on the links below to find out about the other reading challenges that are currently running... 

 

Where's Wally Literacy Trust Competition

http://broadfordlibrary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/around-world-with-wally-competition.html

Broadford Big Read
http://broadfordlibrary.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-broadford-big-read.html

World War One Reading Challenge
http://broadfordlibrary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/ww1-reading-challenge-start-earning.html

 

There are 12 tickets up for grabs, these will be rewarded to the two teams who are in first and second place when the competition ends on Friday 3rd April 2015. The two remaining tickets will go to the children who have earned the most points, but whose teams are not in first or second place.

 

The competition will run for twelve weeks (including school holidays), with the winners being announced on Friday 17th April 2015.