August, 2023 Throughout Term 3, students have been participating in a Mario Kart eSports tournament on the Nintendo Switch. Like traditional sports, eSports can teach team building, leadership, and communication skills. In addition, it also fosters student engagement and interest in STEM subjects. Led by Mrs Woolmer, sixteen eager participants ranging from Years 5 to…
Category: EVENTS
Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club
Term 3, 2023 On the afternoon of Wednesday 23rd August, we welcomed a lovely mix of students, parents, grandparents and one very lucky aunt, to the library for our Term 3 Year 5/6 Book Club. After listening to a summary of our chosen book, Sea Glass by Rebecca Fraser, guests were treated to a relaxing…
Author Visit with Oliver Phommavanh
28th August, 2023 Oliver, a former primary school teacher and comedian, came and shared his writing secrets with Year 6. He encouraged them to write about what excites them – the things they love. Drawing a huge hand on the whiteboard, he asked the students to call out ideas, helping them to identify the things…
Author Visit with Kate Foster
28th August, 2023 Our Year 5 students recently had the pleasure of listening to middle-grade author Kate Foster speak about writing and how she came up with the ideas for her books. She has spent her life writing and only recently entered the publishing world. Kate’s focus is on writing books about diversity: especially autism…
Winter Staff Book Breakfast, 2023
AHS Staff get their reading on! The middle of the year is upon us, and that means it’s time for another Staff Breakfast and Bookchat! Over croissants and coffee, our AHS staff were introduced to some great new titles in our collection, along with library staff picks. They also enjoyed the opportunity to have a…
Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club
Term 2, 2023 On the afternoon of Wednesday 17th May, we welcomed over 30 attendees to our first Years 5 and 6 Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club for 2023 in the Potter Library. Our attendees met in small groups to share their thoughts on the fantastic book, How to be… the New Person…
Library Lovers’ Week 2023
Celebrating Library Lovers’ Week in the Potter Library It’s no secret that we love our library at AHS, but did you know that February 14 is International Library Lovers’ Day? Here in the Potter Library, we celebrated all week long, with Blind Date Books for the students to borrow and a “guess how many gummy…
Summer Staff Book Breakfast, 2022
AHS Staff read too! The end of the school year is a great opportunity to relax and recharge with some great books, so the library invited all staff to a casual breakfast and book chat around the Christmas tree. Over croissants and coffee, attendees were introduced to the newest titles in our collection and had…
Author Visit with Tristan Bancks
24th October, 2022 During Term Four the students from year 5 and 6 were treated with a visit from popular Young Adult and Middle Grade author, Tristan Bancks. Tristan gathered with the students in our new Potter Room, where he chatted animatedly about his books, the Tom Weekly series, The Fall, Two Wolves, Detention and…
Staff Book Breakfast
2021 Term 4 Relax, rejuvenate and reconnect with some great holiday reading. Browse our blog post to discover how to digitally access newspapers, magazines, eBooks and audioBooks. FOLLOW OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR MORE LIBRARY UPDATES & BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS – CLICK HERE To access our fantastic new range of digital MAGAZINES click here to open the…