Read for Rumbek “Drop Everything And Read” week took place from the 8th – 12th October 2012 to raise money for Loreto Rumbek Harry Potter - Read Aloud in the Library started off the week on Monday at lunch time. Book club members took turns to read aloud some of their favourite passages from the Harry Potter series.

• Gaisce Library volunteers placed books and posters around the school inviting everyone to take a book.

• A book swap was arranged in the Library on the Wednesday, which was very popular.

• Authors Paula Leyden and Elizabeth

Swords came to the school on Thursday to meet with 1st Year and 4th

Year to talk about their writing.

Elizabeth Swords with 4th Years

Paula Leyden with 1st Years

Winter 2012

Loreto High School, Beaufort

Library Bulletin

“If it’s not right, don’t do it, If it’s not true, don’t say it” - Elizabeth Swords

As part of Science week and the Dublin Book

Festival 2012, 2nd Years took a trip to the

Smock Alley Theatre in Temple Bar to find out

what inspires top sci-fi and fantasy authors

Conor Kostick [Epic, Saga] and Celine

Kiernan [Into the Grey, The Moorehawke

Trilogy].

From virtual worlds to sophisticated

technology, Conor and Celine spoke about

how they were inspired to write about the

incredible worlds they have created.

Dublin Book Festival

New Worlds and New Ideas in Association with Dublin City of

Science

November 16th 2012

New Books in the Library

Book clubs for the new school year started again on 12th September with 2nd Years getting the ball rolling. There was lots of enthusiastic discussion about which books had been read over the summer holidays. Lots of requests and recommendations were made too.

Lists of all book club recommended books are available in the Library.

So far this term the top 5 most borrowed books have been:

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

2. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

3. The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

5. Class A by Robert Muchamore

New Books arrive in the library every few weeks. So far this term our new titles include: The Skulduggery Pleasant Series by Derek Landy

Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Missing Me by Sophie McKenzie

The Gallagher Girls Series by Ally Carter

The Selection by Kiera Cass

Rebecca’s Rules by Anna Carey

Wonder by R.J. Palacio My Olympic Dream by Katie Taylor

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal

Mob Rules: What the Mafia can Teach the Legitimate Business Man by Louis Ferrante

A Time to Speak by Helen Lewis Cents and Sensibility: A Financial Guide for Young Adults by Sinead Ryan & Frank Conway

A Guide to Tracing your Dublin Ancestors by James Ryan & Brian Smith

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Spelling Bee

On Thursday 29th November the first inter-school Spelling Bee competition was held in Alexandra College in Milltown. Two qualifiers were held in the Beaufort Library with Aisling O’Leary, Hannah Treanor, Aisling Stafford, Allsun McCarthy, Emily Kelehan & Sarah O’Brien going on to represent Beaufort in the Final. Very well done girls!

November

BOOKS ARE FOR LIFE NOT

JUST FOR CHRISTMAS!

WHY NOT VISIT THE LIBRARY BEFORE

DECEMBER 21st TO PICK UP SOME HOLIDAY

READING?

Ms Campbell Hall & Ms Kelly

Denise Deegan Visit

Author of the Butterfly Novels, Denise

Deegan made a return visit to the

school on December 13th

to meet with

4th

Years to talk about her books and

writing.

December