Library Week Story competition!!! Enter here ...

The Library Week Interactive Story Competition is open to year 6, 7 and 8 students and runs until Friday. New Zealand author Kate De Goldie has opened the story and children will contribute creative writing each day to build an ongoing story.
Click here to read the story so far and to enter

Write on ...

Read Every Day prizewinners

Congratulations to the winners in the Read Every Day July School Holiday Programme who received their prizes last Thursday at the Children’s Library. Entries were well up on previous years with over 400 received. The theme was RED, inspired by the Sir Peter Blake Trust Red Sock Day and also short for Read Every Day. Holiday competitions included a quiz, scavenger hunt, creating a new red book character, word puzzles on a leadership theme, and poetry writing to celebrate NZ Poetry Day. Prize-winning poems will be posted soon ... watch this space!

The heat is on ...

The heat has been turned up for Team Cuisine from Barton Rural School. Xtreme Reader Connor Chisnall has turned his hand to cooking and has just competed in the Regional Cook-Off for the Maggi Intermediate Kitchen Showdown. Great work guys!!!

More holiday highlights ...

I see red I see red I see red…
Steina's fabulous red hearts, lightning bolts, smiley faces and balloons were in hot demand in the school holidays. Here are some of her happy customers!

Pets love libraries too!

Olly and his little red hen “Hiccup” came in to see what all the fuss was about.


Milly the Jack Russell pup loves cuddles but really wanted to help choose some books. Here she is with her owner Maddy.


Jacob Haussmann and Brandon Rae brought their guinea pigs to visit. Jade
made friends with Rosy Cheeks.

Holiday highlights

The big event of the holidays was the visit of the firefighters of “Green Watch” from the Timaru Fire Service and their fire engine! If you see yourself in the photos come in and tell us and collect a spot prize!

The hunting of the sock ...

Ella Davey about to embark on the Red Sock Hunt in the Children's Library. Happy hunting Ella!
(originally posted 4 July)