Find out what is happening in our library

Pride Week

This week in the library, we are celebrating Schools' Pride Week. This is an annual event across the country that supports rainbow young people to have a sense of belonging in their schools and communities. The rainbow community includes 'people whose sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics are different from the majority norms.' Children are constantly trying to figure out who they are and where they belong. Some children know that they identify as a boy or as a girl, but others may be unsure where they fit. I aim to ensure that the books we have in our library collection represent our children, no matter how they identify. Check out our display in the library for some books with diverse characters. 

Hell Pizza Reading Challenge

The Hell Pizza Wheel reading promotion is back for another year. Children can come and get a pizza wheel from our library any time (or from any of the Christchurch City Libraries branches). Here is how it works:

1. Read 7 books to get a free kids' pizza from Hell Pizza.

2. For every book your child reads, either a parent or teacher needs to sign a segment of the pizza wheel.

3. When your child has 7 signatures on their pizza wheel, they bring it to the library and I click it with a special hole punch. They can then take this to any Hell Pizza branch to redeem their free pizza.

Children can complete as many pizza wheels as they like between now and 31 January 2023. They can only redeem one pizza per visit (if you have several children with completed pizza wheels to redeem, this is fine).

If you have questions about anything that is happening in our library please email me - zac.mccallum@halswell.school.nz