Mangaia School Library

New Library of Mangaia School since the completion of the school complex in 2007

Action on return to the Cook Islands!!

Kia ora,

I am writing this from my Northland office on the eve of my vacation to the warmth of Australia. I am thinking of the overview of school libraries that we whizzed past you last week and the action plans that you drafted. Thanks for being such fabulous learning participants!

I am suggesting that you all post a review on this blog weekly on what you have achieved, - or what you are planning to put into action in terms of school library development for that week, month etc.

Please do not forget to ask for our advice, for our comments, guidelines, example policies etc.....

I am attaching a photo of one of my favourite new school libraries. It is Hurupaki School in Whangarei. The roll is approx 300 and it is a year 1-6 school. The decile is approx 8. The have the Oliver library software and they use SCIS. They have recently been reviewed by ERO with a focus on information literacy and their report can be found at; http://www.ero.govt.nz/ero/reppub.nsf/0/30A6AEF61B0D1CA6CC25743200149A77/$File/1018.htm?Open

Cheers Dyane

Meitaki Maata

With heartfelt thanks to the Team at National Library, I've learned more about the purpose of school libraries, actually, I've learned more than I anticipated. Now its just a matter of putting "what I've learned" into action. Thank you team and don't worry I'll be knocking on your doors for help.

I won't say anything on behalf of the other ladies, I'm sure they want to do that themselves. Meitaki Ranuinui kia kotou katoatoa (i.e. Thank you very much to everyone)

For Now