Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Online Safety
Going online is great fun and can be very helpful to support your work in school. However you must follow some basic rules. Internet Safety is a huge issue in society today so please check out the recommended links section for the bigger picture! Safe surfing!!
Thursday, 16 December 2010
GRASS
Grass by Cathy MacPhail - a review by Ashley M.
I really enjoyed reading Grass by Cathy MacPhail. It is all about a boy called Leo who lives on a council estate and witnesses a murder committed by one of the gang leaders called Armour. Armour tells him to keep his mouth shut, scared stiff he does and disastrous consequences follow… Leo becomes Armour's “boy”, becomes aggressive and because of this he loses his best friend and a girl whom he fancied. A gripping and highly recommended read!
I really enjoyed reading Grass by Cathy MacPhail. It is all about a boy called Leo who lives on a council estate and witnesses a murder committed by one of the gang leaders called Armour. Armour tells him to keep his mouth shut, scared stiff he does and disastrous consequences follow… Leo becomes Armour's “boy”, becomes aggressive and because of this he loses his best friend and a girl whom he fancied. A gripping and highly recommended read!
Monday, 13 December 2010
Library Club!
Library Club!
FOR S1-S3 -A FUN LUNCH TIME AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE!
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
Go on the computer and create work for the blog
Read a book of your choice
Catch up on homework
Chat with your friends
Do star reader quizzes
Come in and check it out on a Tuesday and Thursday at 1:10 till 1:40!!
By the library club!
FOR S1-S3 -A FUN LUNCH TIME AWAY FROM ALL THE NOISE!
THINGS YOU CAN DO:
Go on the computer and create work for the blog
Read a book of your choice
Catch up on homework
Chat with your friends
Do star reader quizzes
Come in and check it out on a Tuesday and Thursday at 1:10 till 1:40!!
By the library club!
THE VAMPIRE... a scary poem by 2 Library Club Members !
I am walking through the city
on a dark and dreary night
who knew that on this day I would get an awful fright
So I’m walking down an alleyway
When I catch a glimpse of white
Of course, it is this small figure
Who is lurking in the night
She smiles a bloodcurdling smile
and stares for awhile
She crouches, sitting, ready to jump
My heart just goes THUMP, THUMP, THUMP
She then swiftly pounces
Hands curled like claws
all you can hear is shuffling
as she opens her smiling jaws
Her fangs are agleam
As I scream a gut wrenching scream
Reality fades away
Along with the light of day
Abandoning her prey
is not what this Vampire would do
all night you should pray
she does not come back for…YOU!
THE ENEMY!
Miss McIlroy is reading The Enemy by the awesome Charlie Higson!
It is all about zombies - the virus doesn’t apply to children below the age of 15, so the children have to do without the adults. It’s a fantastic read, unless you scare too easily!!
It is all about zombies - the virus doesn’t apply to children below the age of 15, so the children have to do without the adults. It’s a fantastic read, unless you scare too easily!!
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Mrs Bain – Business Education has read The Country Girls by Edna O’Brien
This is a coming-of-age tale about a girl growing up in 1960's Ireland who is sent away to a convent. She learns how to behave properly, dreams of spreading her wings and ends up in the bright lights of Dublin.
Yes, it is a good book for a lady to read… Perhaps not for boys!
Emma (3W) has read Gone by Michael Grant
Gone is about a small town in California where in a blink of an eye everyone over the age of 15 disappears and no-one knows why. The town is cut off from the outside world, chaos rules the streets, gangs and sides are chosen. Some of the people have mutant powers and the animals have gone wild.
Yes, I would definitely recommend this book to people as it is a very exciting novel!
This is a coming-of-age tale about a girl growing up in 1960's Ireland who is sent away to a convent. She learns how to behave properly, dreams of spreading her wings and ends up in the bright lights of Dublin.
Yes, it is a good book for a lady to read… Perhaps not for boys!
Emma (3W) has read Gone by Michael Grant
Gone is about a small town in California where in a blink of an eye everyone over the age of 15 disappears and no-one knows why. The town is cut off from the outside world, chaos rules the streets, gangs and sides are chosen. Some of the people have mutant powers and the animals have gone wild.
Yes, I would definitely recommend this book to people as it is a very exciting novel!
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Book review!
Heather Higgins – 5R has read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
This book is very exciting and is all about a soldier’s account of the war in Germany. It was written in 1928 and is perhaps one of the first 'anti-war' novels.
I would definitely recommend this book; it is a good insight to the life of a soldier on the front line.
This book is very exciting and is all about a soldier’s account of the war in Germany. It was written in 1928 and is perhaps one of the first 'anti-war' novels.
I would definitely recommend this book; it is a good insight to the life of a soldier on the front line.
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Thursday, 11 November 2010
What the teachers are reading! Miss Byrne's book review
Miss Byrne – Depute Head Teacher
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
What’s the book about?
This is a ghost story about a family whose home appears to be haunted. This story is told from the point of view of the family doctor. The ghost plays cruel and nasty tricks on the family and the story becomes increasingly sinister. There is a very clever twist in the tale in the end.
Why would you recommend your book to others?
This book is really exciting; I could not put it down! I would recommend it to older readers who like mysteries. I would not recommend that you read it alone in an old empty house at night in the dark though!!
Mr O'Neill (Pupil Support) is reading and enjoying The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. He was interviewed by Ryan Mackie.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
What’s the book about?
This is a ghost story about a family whose home appears to be haunted. This story is told from the point of view of the family doctor. The ghost plays cruel and nasty tricks on the family and the story becomes increasingly sinister. There is a very clever twist in the tale in the end.
Why would you recommend your book to others?
This book is really exciting; I could not put it down! I would recommend it to older readers who like mysteries. I would not recommend that you read it alone in an old empty house at night in the dark though!!
Mr O'Neill (Pupil Support) is reading and enjoying The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. He was interviewed by Ryan Mackie.
Monday, 8 November 2010
Alan's (3R1) Book Review - Stone Cold!
My book review is on Stone Cold by Robert Swindells.
This book is in two character narratives - Shelter that dislikes homeless people and Link that is homeless. Link dislikes his step father and turns homeless about ten pages in. In the book he meets a new friend who has been homeless for 6-7 months. They meet at a doorstep. Ginger helps Link beg. They go to Captain Hook’s boat and sleep. Someone steals Links watch and Shelter kills the man who took it. Shelter kills people and hides them under the floorboards. Shelter then finds Ginger and kills Ginger and Link doesn’t know what has happened and goes back to Captain Hook’s and can’t sleep unlike the first time he slept there. Shelter kills seven people in total. When he finds Shelter’s home he keeps watching him and finds him clapping his cat Sappho. When Shelter asks Link to go in Link spots his watch and goes to it. Shelter then traps Link in and they fight. Gail goes in and Shelter gets taken into the police car and drives away. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to everyone.
This book is in two character narratives - Shelter that dislikes homeless people and Link that is homeless. Link dislikes his step father and turns homeless about ten pages in. In the book he meets a new friend who has been homeless for 6-7 months. They meet at a doorstep. Ginger helps Link beg. They go to Captain Hook’s boat and sleep. Someone steals Links watch and Shelter kills the man who took it. Shelter kills people and hides them under the floorboards. Shelter then finds Ginger and kills Ginger and Link doesn’t know what has happened and goes back to Captain Hook’s and can’t sleep unlike the first time he slept there. Shelter kills seven people in total. When he finds Shelter’s home he keeps watching him and finds him clapping his cat Sappho. When Shelter asks Link to go in Link spots his watch and goes to it. Shelter then traps Link in and they fight. Gail goes in and Shelter gets taken into the police car and drives away. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to everyone.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Stolen book review by Megan (3R2)
Stolen By Lucy Christopher
The book stolen inflicts on a teenager (Gemma 16) who is kidnapped from an airport waiting on her parents by a creepy stalker and is taken away to the roasting desert and is kept hostage.
How will Gemma escape this crazy stalker?
Why her?
What does have in store for her?
This book is definitely worth having a look! Exaggeratingly brilliant full of wild secrets that are finally getting answered once and for all.
By Megan 3R2
The book stolen inflicts on a teenager (Gemma 16) who is kidnapped from an airport waiting on her parents by a creepy stalker and is taken away to the roasting desert and is kept hostage.
How will Gemma escape this crazy stalker?
Why her?
What does have in store for her?
This book is definitely worth having a look! Exaggeratingly brilliant full of wild secrets that are finally getting answered once and for all.
By Megan 3R2
Blood Ties book review by Ashley (2W2)
Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie
My book review is going to be all about a book called Blood Ties. Blood Ties is the first book in a series of two, the second book is called Blood Ransom. Blood Ties is all about two young teenagers who knew from the start they were born different, Theo doesn’t know his dad and his mum has told him that he was dead a soldier killed in battle. Rachel on the other hand lives at home with her mum and her dad, one day Rachel gets a strange text from her dads mobile “the angel's still in heaven”. She is confused so decides to ring the phone it came from, she rings it and hears it answer in her dads office. She’s confused, and then when a strange (but very good looking) boy called Theo turns up at her all girls’ school asking to speak to her, things get even weirder.
My book review is going to be all about a book called Blood Ties. Blood Ties is the first book in a series of two, the second book is called Blood Ransom. Blood Ties is all about two young teenagers who knew from the start they were born different, Theo doesn’t know his dad and his mum has told him that he was dead a soldier killed in battle. Rachel on the other hand lives at home with her mum and her dad, one day Rachel gets a strange text from her dads mobile “the angel's still in heaven”. She is confused so decides to ring the phone it came from, she rings it and hears it answer in her dads office. She’s confused, and then when a strange (but very good looking) boy called Theo turns up at her all girls’ school asking to speak to her, things get even weirder.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Nuala's book review !
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K.Rowling
This book is the seventh and final in the spectacular Harry Potter series. It starts off at home in the Dursleys- like the others- but this time Harry has to fly from the place he calls home, to the burrow, without being found out by the death eaters and Voldemort- if he can. The book gets straight into the action with its first taste of death before settling down at bill and fluers wedding for a while. All does not go to plan however and harry, Ron and Hermione are tipped into the task Dumbledore set for them- to find and destroy all of Voldemorts horcruxes.
The book twists and turns and many secrets are revealed, including a shockingly sad one about Severus Snape, before the amazing climax. It is an amazing book in itself but you have to read the others in the series to fully understand the sorrows and triumphs.
J.K.Rowling
This book is the seventh and final in the spectacular Harry Potter series. It starts off at home in the Dursleys- like the others- but this time Harry has to fly from the place he calls home, to the burrow, without being found out by the death eaters and Voldemort- if he can. The book gets straight into the action with its first taste of death before settling down at bill and fluers wedding for a while. All does not go to plan however and harry, Ron and Hermione are tipped into the task Dumbledore set for them- to find and destroy all of Voldemorts horcruxes.
The book twists and turns and many secrets are revealed, including a shockingly sad one about Severus Snape, before the amazing climax. It is an amazing book in itself but you have to read the others in the series to fully understand the sorrows and triumphs.
Monday, 1 November 2010
Book reviews on the way!
Keep checking back for our first book reviews which will appear soon on the Kyle Academy Library Blog! Our 2 first blog authors are Nuala Abramson 2 C and Megan Fletcher 3R - congratulations girls!
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Kyle Academy Library Blog Launch!
I am delighted to be able to announce the launch of Kyle Academy Library Blog!
This would not have been possible without the fantastic technical expertise of 4th Year pupil Dylan Harper-Sword and the very enthusiastic support of Miss Byrne, DHT.
We are all looking forward to Library Club pupil contributions and ideas. Watch this space as the Blog develops!
This would not have been possible without the fantastic technical expertise of 4th Year pupil Dylan Harper-Sword and the very enthusiastic support of Miss Byrne, DHT.
We are all looking forward to Library Club pupil contributions and ideas. Watch this space as the Blog develops!
Monday, 4 October 2010
Welcome!
Welcome to the new Kyle Academy Library Blog!! Please keep visiting this Blog over the coming weeks as we design and use this online tool!
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