Reading Crusade Challenge – Week 3

Week 3 Challenge – Animals

This week on the Christchurch Kids Blog we’re challenging children to read an animal story.  It could be about a mouse like Stuart Little or Runaway Ralph, a horse like Bow Down Shadrach or Pony Club Secrets, a dog like Shadow or Hotel for Dogs, or a cat like The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Warriors series.  We have heaps of reading suggestions  and some cool books on offer, including some Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals books by Stacy Gregg.

To go into the draw, children need to go to the Christchurch Kids Blog and tell us their favourite fantasy book.   For more information about our Reading Crusade Challenges or for some great reading recommendations, check out the Christchurch Kids Blog.

Get ya geek on: Really useful resources for NCEA Graphics

Let us help you plan your great designs in NCEA Graphics!

• Our community libraries now open have NCEA Graphics study guides, design and do-it-yourself magazines, technical drawing books and more;
• Check out Safari Tech Books Online – you can find electronic copies of 3D graphics books such as Real World Google SketchUp 7;
• We have a treasure trove of great websites related to engineering, building and construction, and design;
• Be fully prepared for your NCEA assessments;
• Tools4Work makes engineering fun;
• Try your hand at creating floor plans;
• Learn about isometric projection, planometric projection, perspective drawing, orthographic projection, section drawings and assembly drawings at the BBC website for high school students;
• Figure out how to use AutoCAD with the help of some handy tutorials;
• Build 3D models.

Want some more really useful resources for another NCEA subject? Go to The Pulse, the library’s website for teens.