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Look what’s been happening in the Library!

Debbie Vercoe —

The Library has been a hive of activity, this term, with the happy buzz of boys enjoying books, games and lively banter. Themed competitions have been very popular and 53 “treats” have been awarded for Random Acts of Reading.

Students who have signed up for the Literary Greats Book Challenge, are well underway in their quests to tackle the “Big Ones”.

117 new Fiction books and 78 new works of Non Fiction, have been added to the shelves. More new books are waiting to be catalogued and will be added to the collection next term.

The number of books borrowed per Year group are:

  • Year 9 – 595 (9YG – 147 issues)
  • Year 10 – 480 (10JF – 119 issues)
  • Year 11 – 214
  • Year 12 – 216
  • Year 13 – 88

The 10 most active borrowers are:

  • Ryder Rainey – 31
  • Justyce Rata – 27
  • Charlie Melville – 23
  • Ollie Taylor – 23
  • Daniel Lefebvre-Wigzell – 21
  • Blake Taylor – 19
  • Keiran Dreadon – 18
  • Juandre Rademeyer – 17
  • Tawhiri Tairi-Rouvi – 16
  • Connor Fa’asega – 15

The 10 Most popular books are:

  • Manga – Attack on Titan, 1 – Isayama, Hajime
  • Maze Runner – Dashner, James
  • Wool – Howey, Hugh
  • It – King, Stephen
  • Manga – Classroom 2 – Matsui, Yusei
  • The Scorch Trials – Dashner, James
  • Manga – One Piece Vol 1 – Oda, Eiichiro
  • The Road to Winter – Smith, Mark
  • Skyfire – Adams, Michael
  • Fallout – Strasser, Todd

Say “Yes” to the adventure. See you in the Library!