Libraries and Johnsonville
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Read to Kurī comes to Johnsonville Library!
- Wellington City Libraries
- Even more good news for dog-lovers and book-lovers alike — due to the popularity of this programme at Te Awa-a-Taia | Kilbirnie Library, we will be bringing our Read to Kurī programme to Waitohi | Johnsonville Library for the rest of… Continue reading →
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Johnsonville Library, 34, Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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August is Family History Month – events at Johnsonville Library
- Wellington City Libraries
- August is Family History Month, and what better place to start your search than at the library! We have some… Continue reading August is Family History Month – events at Johnsonville Library →
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Johnsonville Library, 34, Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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New Zealand Music Month at Wellington City Libraries…
- Wellington City Libraries
- It’s New Zealand Music Month we’ve planned a few community performances at both the Johnsonville and Tawa Libraries to help… Continue reading New Zealand Music Month at Wellington City Libraries… →
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New collection at Waitohi: Songbooks and scores
- Wellington City Libraries
- We’ve moved a selection of our songbooks and musical scores from storage to Waitohi Johnsonville Library, next to our Tūhura… Continue reading New collection at Waitohi: Songbooks and scores →
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Johnsonville Library, 34, Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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South Asian Voices: Diwali celebration at Johnsonville Library
- Wellington City Libraries
- To celebrate Diwali, Wellington City Libraries and The Cuba Press have brought together some of Aotearoa’s finest award-winning writers to… Continue reading South Asian Voices: Diwali celebration at Johnsonville Library →
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Johnsonville Library, 34, Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Library hosts exhibition of children's art promoting world peace
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington City’s Johnsonville Library at Waitohi is hosting the Tūmanako annual exhibition of children's art supporting a nuclear-free world and an inclusive Aotearoa where all lives are celebrated.
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Painter, raconteur, cultural icon: Melvin Day talk at Johnsonville Library
- Wellington City Libraries
- Join us on Sunday 30 January at 2pm, at Johnsonville Library, for a very special event. Contemporary Art Curator Mark Hutchins-Pond presents a talk on Melvin Day, the creator of some of the most intellectually astute and visceral paintings in New Zealand art history.
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Johnsonville Library, 34, Moorefield Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Climate change exhibition comes to Wellington
- Wellington City Council
- Our Climate Future, a touring pop-up exhibition about climate change, is coming to Johnsonville Library on Saturday.
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Let your creativity flow at Waitohi's Makerspace
- Wellington City Council
- When you think of a library, you usually just picture a big room of books – but that only scratches the surface of what the Waitohi community hub at Johnsonville offers. Tucked away in the corner of the library is our Makerspace, or 'The Hive' as it is known.
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Johnsonville Library’s birthday celebration this Saturday
- Wellington City Libraries
- Come celebrate Waitohi Hub and the new Johnsonville Library’s first birthday — tomorrow, Saturday 12 December, from 10am-3pm! There’ll be events, activities for all ages, competitions, prizes and giveaways too! What: Rā Whānau Waitohi Where: Waitohi Hub, 34 Moorefield Road, Johnsonville When: Saturday, 12 December, from 10am – 3pm Rā Whānau Waitohi Facebook Event Key events 10am ‘Have a Hit’ at the tennis courts 11am Celebrate with cake with MP Greg O’Conner and Councillor Jill Day 12pm Egg and spoon, sack races and more family fun at the park 1pm Whānau Tug-O-War at the park 2pm Storytime in the park
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Visit our Central Library collection at Te Pātaka: One Night Only!
- Wellington City Libraries
- The Te Pātaka Collection and Distribution Centre houses Wellington Central Library’s collection, and for one night only you can visit, browse and borrow! Looking for some special summertime reading? On the hunt for that perfect picture book? Or maybe you’re missing all those classic graphic novels? We’ll be opening part of our Te Pātaka Collection Centre to the public for a pre-holiday exploration. You’ll be able to browse and borrow books from select parts of our off-site storage collection, including: Fiction Graphic novels Teen fiction and graphic novels Children’s fiction and comics Picture books Spots are limited and visits are restricted to one hour, so bookings will be essential — reserve yourself a spot now (choose one of the four slots). We can’t wait to see you! Details: What? Te Pātaka Open Night Date: 17 December Time: 4pm-7pm (limited to one hour slots) Location: Johnsonville (details on registration) Book your spot
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The full Central Library CD collection is now available to borrow!
- Wellington City Libraries
- It has been a huge job to relocate all our Central Library collections to a new home at Te Pātaka, our new collection and Distribution Centre located in Johnsonville.
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Wellington Central Library, Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A message from The Library
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- It's nearly the end of the year and we are doing a big push with the kids to get all issued books back to Amesbury School Library by the end of this week.
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The full Central Library DVD collection is now available to borrow!
- Wellington City Libraries
- It has been a huge job to relocate all our Central Library collections to a new home at Te Pātaka, our new collection and Distribution Centre located in Johnsonville.
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New Zealand Music Month: Quarantunes Part Two
- Wellington City Libraries
- During lockdown several of our hugely talented librarians have been creating and sharing music via the Johnsonville Library Facebook page to provide a pleasant distraction from the rigours of lockdown.
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NZ Music Month: Quarantunes Part One
- Wellington City Libraries
- During lockdown several of our hugely talented librarians have been creating and sharing music via the Johnsonville Library Facebook page to provide a pleasant distraction from the rigours of lockdown.
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The HIVE in Isolation: The Faceshield Production Line
- Wellington City Libraries
- Greetings all, to the first of many blog posts about the HIVE, our Makerspace at the new Johnsonville Library at Waitohi Hub.
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Accessing the fabulous resources in the Wellington Library network
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Does your child have a Wellington library card? There is an extensive range of online and offline reading material for children in the Wellington library system.
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Harakeke, He Tohu Trip.
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Our hub was fortunate enough to take a trip to the National Library on Thursday, 20 February.
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Central Library’s collection is on the move
- Wellington City Libraries
- The Central Library collection is getting ready for its new home in the Johnsonville Collection and Distribution Centre.
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He Tohu Trip 2020
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- As part of our module one inquiry, looking at Te Tiriti o Waitangi, all hubs will have the opportunity to go to the National Library to the He Tohu exhibit.
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Sep 2019 – Libraries are Us
- Diane Calvert
- The closure of the central library in March 2019 was a shock to us all.
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Sep 2019 - Libraries are Us
- Diane Calvert
- The closure of the central library in March 2019 was a shock to us all. The decision was made swiftly in the best interests of both Council’s staff and visiting public. It was sudden and the grieving process is still underway, from disbelief, sadness, anger, acceptance through to hope. The central library was not just somewhere with books and magazines. It was a meeting place, it was that warm, dry, and calm space welcoming everyone of all ages across our diverse communities – the community living room. It nurtured learning with from young to old with a wide variety of different activities from baby rock ‘n’ rhyme through to photo booths celebrating the style of dress from the suffrage campaign.
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Wellington City Library Visit
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- A visit from the Wellington City Library this Friday for Year 3-6 Students Two librarians will be coming to school in on Friday 7th June to talk with Year 3-6 students about what the Wellington Libraries have to offer.
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
- Sarah Free
- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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New Johnsonville Library- Preliminary Designs Open for Comment
- Sarah Free
- Planning for the Johnsonville Library and Community Hub has reached the next stage, with preliminary designs now up on the website.
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Book Swap
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Book Swap — by Angela Johnston... or you can just borrow! Would you enjoy a good read, but no time to get to the library? How about a book from school... We have a variety of adult fiction and non-fiction books. The book swap cupboard is open any time the school is open, so if you have some spare time at drop off or pickup, come on in for a browse.
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Afternoon Tea for Parents, Caregivers and Grandparents: this Friday 2pm onwards
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Our first parent-organised afternoon tea was held on Friday, 27th February, 2-3pm, in the school library.
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Book Fair at the Gala
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- Scholastic Book Fair at the Amesbury International FestivalBooks for kids! Books for Christmas! Books for Amesbury and Samoa!A Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the library during the international festival next week.
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Harakeke Happenings in Term 2
- Amesbury Drive School Blog
- We have been a busy hub in Harakeke so far this term! We have been focusing on:*Art - completing portraits either in Picasso style or using foreshortening (optical illusion making some parts of our body look closer than others) *Performance - for our official school opening all students took part in at least one performance, with most students being involved in several, including street dance, guitar, tuned percussion, Chinese dance, World Cafe maths, library activities, singing and many more! We also performed a wide variety of items for our school concert after the official opening.*Creative electives - choosing from a range of activities such as creating dioramas and print making*Language learning: Te Reo Maori and Mandarin*Developing our understanding and performance of our powhiri ceremony *Maths and literacy learning*Music - tuned percussion, singing*Learning conferences: all students spent between 30-45 minutes with one of the Harakeke teachers talking through their three matrices (maths, reading, writing). This discussion then led to the creation of a personal learning treaty (PLT) for each student, including a series of goals chosen by the student, using their matrices to identify their next learning steps. Students then talked through the matrices and their PLT with their parent/s, and these documents have been shared with students and parents so that they can be continually viewed and updated. Now that our art unveiling and school opening ceremonies are behind us we can move into the more settled part of our term. The learning conferences and creation of PLTs have been extremely useful in helping to inform our planning for the rest of this term. Focus areas for Weeks 5-10:*Maths: Specific skills based work through workshops, Snappers and World Cafe Maths. For information on World Cafe Maths please see our Harakeke blog - scroll down a little way to find an explanation of it. Snapper maths involves short videos we are creating to explain specific skills. To view Snappers we have created thus far please see the ‘Snapper’ link at the top of our Harakeke blog. Our Snappers will not only be about maths skills, they will be created for all learning areas. We have just begun to create them, so there are only a few to begin with...watch this space! Maths will be personalised for all students with workshops, activities and snappers developed for groups of students needing specific instruction or skill development. We are currently spending time showing the students how to use their maths matrix and PLT to identify their next learning steps and then choose particular activities/websites/materials/textbooks to achieve their learning goal. Specific maths areas we will be focusing on: fractions, division and multiplication skills and strategies, problem posing and solving.Below is a collage of Snapper maths work: *Literacy: Matariki module - students are reading and analysing books and information about Matariki (Maori New Year). They share their learning in a variety of ways, including retelling the story orally and in written form. Students will then be researching a range of Maori legends explaining Matariki and presenting their learning in a variety of forms, culminating in a Harakeke video telling the story of Matariki, along with a range of legends. They will then be exploring and researching explanations of the Matariki stars from other countries and cultures. We are also developing our narrative writing skills, including giving and receiving feedback from peers. Students are practicing using their reading and writing matrices and their PLTs to ascertain the particular skills they need to focus on when reading and writing. Creative writing is also an ongoing task for all students. *Inquiry: Students are continuing with their inquiries from last term (such as creating lunch orders made for students by students, exploring 1-1 devices at school and ordering senior literacy resources). These inquiries will be completed by the end of Week 6, with proposals, where necessary, written and presented, and actions taken across the school. For Weeks 7-10 a variety of different inquiry work will then begin, including beginning a travel plan for the school (a group of students investigating how students travel to school, exploring how environmentally friendly our travel habits are to/from school and looking at any actions we can take to increase sustainable and environmentally friendly travel) and exploring our school and its features. Food tech: Amaria Picard will begin working with our school lunches inquiry group to start creating school lunches prepared and cooked by students one day a week. This module will include planning, costing, purchasing, storing and cooking the lunches. Amaria will work with this group for 5 weeks, and then she will start the same module with another group of students. All Yr 4-6 students will complete this food tech module with her by the end of the year. *Active learners: We will continue to focus on students becoming active, self-directed learners through developing their understanding and use of their matrices and PLTs to inform their learning choices. All students will be directed to continually access and use their matrices to ensure their focus is on their next learning steps in reading, writing and maths. Every Friday students spend an hour reflecting on their learning, reviewing their PLT goals and identifying what they have done to achieve their learning goals. They are also asked to inform teachers of the workshops, Snappers or 1-1 guidance they now need to achieve their learning goals.
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