Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to what may or may not be the first year or last year of a decade.  I am in the last year category since there was never a "year zero" unless you were in Pol Pot's regime in the 1970s.

But that's enough of that.

This new year has the library staff busy with some new programs, new items, and new contests in store.

New items:

Some of the items were ordered awhile ago and have now arrived! Fabulous storytelling chair in the story circle, iPad searching points for senior school, and a few more things like that.

New Programs:

• This term the Y7s are working on Nonfiction and research skills. We will have some activities and games to help them navigate the sometimes intimidating world of research. I am looking forward to working with their English teachers on these mini-lessons.
• Y6 Enrichment students will be finishing Six Million Paperclips after their Week Without Walls trip. I look forward to having them make some book trailers for this phenomenal and inspiring book.
• Y1-Y6 will get to share and vote on the Bangkok Book Awards nominees. 
• Teachers and staff will be posing for their "Eyes of a Reader" photo.

New Contests

• You-time for Battle of the Books is in preparation stages where the school houses will be able to compete against each other.
• Senior School students have the opportunity to participate in a commercial contest advertising a few of our library collections! (Thailand Collection, Nonfiction, e-books, and Life and Journeys)
• Fully Booked Week Bookmark Design Contests coming soon!
• Book Trailer Contests for Junior and Senior School in preparation for Fully Booked Week.

Whew! That's quite a bit! It's great to start the new year with inventory completed in Junior Library (necessary after all the packing, storing, moving, and rearranging we have done), and plans for a great Term 2!