Open Day Library Quiz!

 

The winners of the Library Quiz at the recent Open Day are;

Eryn Small                St Joseph’s PS, Bessbrook

Ryan Gallagher      Dromintee PS

James Tumilty       St Peter’s PS, Cloughrea

Oisin Coffey            St Malachy’s PS, Camlough

Congratulations to all our winners and prizes will be sent in the post to your school this week.

Book Fair Competition Winners Announced!

 Draw a character from the past (Horrible Histories Competition)

The winner is Niall McCrink  from 08/03  who wins a  £20 voucher to spend at the Book Fair. His winning entry was a drawing of a Spartan Warrior.

The following pupils were highly commended and will each receive a £5 voucher to spend at the Book Fair.  Chloe Murphy 09/92, James McLoughlin 08/045, Martin Hillen 10/97 and Reda Martinonyte 08/45.

Design a new chocolate (Cathy Cassidy Competition)

The winner is Orla Garvey from 08/18 who wins a £20 voucher to spend at the Book Fair. Her winning entry was a chocolate called Shock Choc!

The following pupils were highly commended and will each receive a £5 voucher to spend at the Book Fair. Chloe Doran 09/94, Aoife McCabe 10/97, Cliona Brown 08/34, Aoibheann Rafferty 08/18

N.I. Drewett Book Award 2012

The shortlist has been announced!

Paul Dowswell          Sektion 20

Charlie Fletcher      Far Rockaway

Eva Ibbotson           One Dog and His Boy

Barbara Mitchelhill       Run Rabbit Run

Chris Morphew         Arrival

Ali Sparkes               A Life and Death Job

David Walliams      Gansta Granny

Chris Westwood     Ministry of Pandemonium

Come to the Scholastic Book Fair!

Update………….Closing Date for Competitions is Mon 28th November!

The Scholastic Book Fair will arrives in library on Mon 28^th November for one week. There will be lots of great books, posters and stationery available to buy. For every book bought buy a pupil, the library will receive a free book!

Scholastic will be running two competitions in conjunction with the Book Fair. The first is to design a chocolate, describe its filling and give it a name.  The second is to draw a character from the past …like the Horrible Histories characters. The winner of each competition will receive a £25 voucher to spend at the book fair. All entries will be sent on to Scholastic to be entered into the regional heats of the competitions and prizes include a Nintendo DS and visits from author Cathy Cassidy and illustrator of Horrible Histories, Martin Brown. So why not come along and get some early Christmas reading and support your school library.

 

Kids Lit Quiz 2011

Congratulations to the St Paul’s Quiz Team who came joint 5th out of 24 teams in the Kids Lit Quiz in Wellington College, Belfast on 10th November. The members of the team were Niall Campbell 08/38, Amy O’Hanlon 08/38, Meabh Morgan 09/65 and Michael McKenna 10/100. A great day out and a great result. We are looking forward to moving up the rankings next year! Good luck to the winners, Friends School, Lisburn who compete in the UK finals in Warwick next month.

Year 9 “Get Caught Reading” 

Library Photographic Competition

I am pleased to announce the winner of the ”Get Caught Reading” Photo Competition is Kieran Craven 09/92.

 The Winning Photo!

Year 8

Halloween Poetry Competition

Winners!

1^st  Oisin Larkin     08/35,    2^nd Grainne Cromie 08/93,

Joint 3^rd Morgan Egan 08/45,  Joint 3^rd Alannah O’Grady 08/03

Highly Commended

Ciaran Gribben 08/048   Aoife Mullholland 08/25

Rose Duffy 08/38, Nathan McAlinden 08/25, Michaela O’Hanlon 08/35

Niall Campbell 08/38, Dillon Rice 08/93, Ellen Marron 08/35

 Class Prize goes to 08/025

HALLOWEEN WEBCAST

 

Join thousands of children in schools and libraries for a spooky journey through the history of horror with author,

…….. Charlie Higson

On Monday 31^st October 2pm – 2.45pm

Register now at www.charliehigsonvirtuallylive.co.uk

Calling all Year 8 Pupils

Library Halloween

 Poetry Competition 2011

 Write a poem on a SPOOKY theme and decorate with pictures!

                                    It must be your own original work!

Give your entry to Mrs Morgan, Librarian before Friday 21^st October.

 Prizes for 1st,2nd and 3rd

Attention all Year 8 & 9 Pupils!

“Get Caught Reading”

Years 8 and Year 9 Photographic Competition

 Take a photograph of yourself  Reading in an unusual place

and hand it in to Mrs Morgan, Librarian

or email me at

mmorgan018@stpauls.bessbrook.ni.sch.uk

 Closing Date for Photos is     ***Friday 21^st Oct 2011***

 

  

Carnegie Medal Winner is…………..

Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

The final installment  to the multiple award-winning trilogy, Chaos Walking. “War,” says the Mayor. “At last.”Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others.Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape.As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they’re so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await?But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge…The electrifying finale to the award-winning Chaos Walking trilogy, Monsters of Men is a heart-stopping novel about power, survival, and the devastating realities of war.            (excerpt from Amazon.co.uk) Other books in this trilogy are:   The Ask and the Answer                 Book 1 The Knife of Never Letting Go      Book 2

The Shortlisted Books

The Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean Monsters of Men  by Patrick Ness White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Roscoff Prisoner of the Inquistion by Theresa Breslin Out of the Shadows by Jason Wallace Against diverse settings that range from 15^th century Spain, 19^th century England and 19th century France, to Zimbabwe in the 1980s, 18^thcentury England, and an imaginary planet, light years away from Earth, the six shortlisted books consider the qualities that unify us as human beings, despite the longest of odds and the fiercest of enmities. By showing how entrenched beliefs can be overturned and moral dilemmas resolved, they demonstrate the value of integrity, and generate a sense of hope through rich story-telling of outstanding quality.

 

 

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman wins the Carnegie Medal for 2010!

 

Mr Dominic Bradley, MLA donates Hansards to the Michael Warde Library  

On Friday 4^th June Mr Dominic Bradley MLA visited the Michael Warde Library in St Paul’s High School to present a set of linen-bound Hansard Volumes containing the proceedings of the NI Assembly to the former Principal Mr Michael Warde and the librarian, Mrs Michelle Morgan.Mr Oliver Mooney, Principal, thanked Mr Bradley who was both a pupil and a teacher at the school for this gift and said it would be a welcome addition to the current library stock.Also attending the event was Mrs Anne Mallon, Vice Principal and Mr Daithi Murray, Director of ICT.

 

Design A School Mascot Winner Announced!

The winner of the “Design a School Mascot” Competition is Siofra McNulty 08/006. Her winning design was “Paulie The Parrot”. Congratulations Siofra and we look forward to seeing your design come to life later in the year!   

     

 

 

 

 

Drewett NI Book Award  2010                 24/03/10

And the winner is…..

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones

On Wednesday 24th March pupils from all over Northern Ireland travelled to the Odyssey in Belfast to the NI Book Awards, The Drewett Prize.  Four pupils from St Paul’s accompnied the Librarian, Mrs Morgan and to the ceremony. Twelve books were up for the award and pupils have been voting over the past few days for their favourite book. The most popular books in St Paul’s have been Auslander by Paul Dowsell, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Skulduggery Pleasant-The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy.

 

World Book Day  5th March      10/3/2010

Pupils at St Paul’s had a really enjoyable World Book Day. They each received a £1 book token to spend on one of the specially commissioned books by popular authors. www.worldbookday.com

 

School Open Day      30thJan 2/2/2010

The theme for the Library Open day Event was “Screen Reads”. Our poll of Primary 7 pupils resulted in a narrow win for Book over Movie! With the popularity of films such as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Twilight a whole new generation of readers has been born. Our senior students dressed up as book heroes and heroines including Arwen from Lord of the Rings, Dick Turpin and the Wicked Witch from the Wizard of Oz. Drewett NI Book Award 8/12/2009

Pupils who will read all twelve nominated books for the NI Drewett Book Award 2010

St Paul’s pupils and staff are taking part in the Drewett Book Awards this year. It is the first time that a teenage book award will  be voted for by the people of Northern Ireland. The shortlist of the 12 titles can be found at www.nibookaward.org.uk . Here are the pupils taking part in reading all 12 books and voting in the awards. Kids Literature Quiz9/11/2009

Congratulations to our quiz team who performed well at the recent Kids Lit Quiz in Wellington College. Our team members were Anastasia Ni Riabhaigh 09/30, Aiobheann Miller 09/30, Doireann Hollywood 09/21 and Michael McKenna 08/100. The team won an indivual round and were able to schoose free books from the Book Fair and came second in the mascot competition with the Cat in the Hat.