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Idea Stores E-News
Greetings!
Welcome to the first edition of Idea Store E-News. Discover what's happening in your local Idea Store during October, meet the team, share your reviews, win prizes and enter our 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' movie competition.
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| Meet the Team |
Karen - Children & Young People's Officer
My name is Karen and my favourite food is pasta, the last book I read was Jackdaw Summer by David Almond. My favourite TV programme is the Simpsons and I love playing Guitar Hero on the play station. I love reading picture books and my favourite is Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett. My favourite subjects at school were art and music and I grew up next to Sherwood Forest which is where Robin Hood was supposed to live!
Razia - Idea Store Bow
Hi Everyone!! My name is Razia.I am a huge fan of Harry Potter, and I enjoy watching Horrid Henry, Tracy Beaker and High School Musical. People who know me would say that I am a sweet fanatic!! I absolutely loooove sweets and chocolate,mmmmm,all different kinds of sweets,I like to gobble them all up!!!!
Rashida - Idea Store Chrisp Street
Hi Kids, my name is Rashida and I love watching SpongeBob Squarepants.My favourite author is Jacqueline Wilson and my favourite illustrator is Nick Sharratt. At the moment I'm reading the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni which is an excellent book so far.
Maddy - Idea Store Whitechapel
Hi I'm Maddy. I love sleeping, awful jokes and winter. My favourite books include the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz and Lionboy by Zizou Corder. I have watched The Little Mermaid and other Disney films way too many times and love all the songs in them but beware - I have a horrible voice so if you hear me start to sing, run for your lives!
Claire - Watney Market Library
Hello my name is Claire. My favourite television programme is the Tudors, I love history! I love challenging my husband on the Nintendo Wii Fit; I am yet to win! My favourite holiday location is Italy.
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| Win Movie Tickets |
Just answer this question:
Who wrote the book 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'?
and let us know where you would like to take a journey to either by drawing a picture or writing a description using 4 sentences.
The winners will be asked to write a short family review about the film to be featured in a future newsletter.
Closing date is Friday 24th October
Don't forget to include your name, age and address and the words 'Film competition'.
You can email your entry to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or hand it in to one of the team at an Idea Store of Library
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| Team Read 2008 |
This summer 3029 of you joined the 2008 Summer Reading Challenge 'Team Read' at Tower Hamlets Idea Stores and Libraries.
The fantastic children of Tower Hamlets collected 1,930 gold medals after reading over 17,000 books all borrowed from Idea Stores and libraries; that's as many books as are in the children's library at Idea Store Whitechapel. The Idea Store team coached you every step of the way to help you to the goal of reading 6 books with help from the stickers and incentives offered.
Which schools had the most children join the Team Read?
· Gold goes to Bluegate Fields with 219 children · Silver goes to Bigland Green with 190 children · Bronze goes to Cubitt Town Primary with 145 children
The Summer Reading Challenge isn't just about getting you reading though. It is also about helping you to find out more about books, find books that interest you and spend time reading with your family. Which is why 100s of you attended some of the free activities that took place over the summer as well as taking part in the challenge.
Let us know which activities you enjoyed and which ones you wouldn't come to again.
Did you read something good over the summer?
Tell us what it was and why it was fantastic and we can share it with everyone so they can read it too. You can tell us if you read something terrible too.
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| Fun Activities Try in October |
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Stuck for things to do in October, why not try out one of our free activities. Highlights include: Idea Store BowPrint Your Poem on a T-Shirt
Thursday 9 October 101m - 12pm
Spooky Crafts for Halloween
Friday 31 October 2 - 4pm
Saturday 25 October 10am - 4pm
Friday 31 October 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 28 October 2 - 4pm
Dinosaur Craft Session
Monday 27 October 2 - 4pm
Thursday 2 October from 2pm
Don't forget this is just a selection of the activities happening in October. To find more free things to do visit: http://www.ideastore.co.uk/
Would you like to be an Idea Store reporter?
If you go to one of the activities in October why not write a short report about the activity and send it to us, and we will pick our favourite to put in the newsletter as well as sending you a free book.
Use these questions to start you off:
Which activity did you go to? Where was it? What did you do? Who did you go with? Was it fun? What could have been better? Which member of the Idea Store team did you meet? Did you meet some new friends? Which activities would you like to go to next? What books did you borrow?
You could even interview a friend, your mum or dad or a member of the Idea Store team. There is no closing date for this competition as we will run it every month.
Don't forget to include your name, age and address and the words 'Idea Store Report'
You can email your report to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or hand it in to one of the team at an Idea Store of Library.
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| Funny Bone! |
| Jolly Jokes
Did you hear about the little boy that they named after his father?
They called him dad!
Why did the stupid racing driver make ten pitstops during the race?
He was asking for directions!
An ideal homework excuse, I don't think it will work though!
Teacher: Where is your homework?
Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school
Send your 'Jolly Jokes' to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or share them with a member of the Idea Store team.
Write a Funny Book Title
Imagine that you are the author of the 'Horrid Henry' books. What funny title would you give your next book?
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| Picture Books |
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Brilliant picture books to take a look at, read them to yourself or your younger brother and sister or even your Grandma and Granddad.
Coming out on the 6th October is 'The trouble with Dragons' by Debi Gliori which looks at the ecological problems facing the earth. 'Respect the earth and cherish the land. Recycle, reuse and reduce your demand'
But it's not people ruining the earth, it is the dragons that start spreading all over the place, and their houses and roads use up all the space, they seem to make a terrible mess of everything. But is it too late!
Do you like the Gruffalo with his terrible claws and purple spots all over his back? If you do Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler the team behind the Gruffalo have created a fantastic new book called 'Stick Man' so this is one to look out for in October.
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their three stick children. But it's dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire! Join Stick Man on his troublesome journey back to the family tree. A great book to share with the rest of your family.
Prizes, prizes!
We have one copy of 'The trouble with Dragons' signed by Debi Gliori and 1 copy of Stick Man signed by both Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler to give away as prizes.
Send in a review of your favourite picture book or draw the cover of your favourite picture book and we will pick our favourite to put in the November newsletter as well as sending you a signed book.
Closing date is Friday 24th October
Don't forget to include your name, age and address and the words 'Brilliant Picture book competition'
You can email your entry to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or hand it in to one of the team at an Idea Store of Library
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| Did You Know? |
| A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its own body!
In the UK more than 200, 000 new book titles are published each year - better get reading!
To discover more fasinating facts watch this space every month or visit Britannica Junior, an online encyclopaedia. |
| Brain Food! |
Did you know that you can get help with your homework?
Just ask a member of the team for help, take part in a Homework Club or visit the Idea Store website which has links to lots of web sites that can help you find the right answer.
Check this out!
This month why not check out the online homework helper ' Oxford DNB' which has the life stories of 50,000 famous people. |
| Win a Great New Book |
Look out for a new series called 'From your diary with love' which has just come out. The first book is called 'New Girl Blues' and there are 3 more to read too.
Ever wish you had a friend who you could share all your secrets with? A friend who always gives you the best advice when you're upset and alone? Evie Denham has and it happens to be a magical diary.
Idea Stores have one copy of 'New Girl Blues' to give away just send in a made up diary entry of your worst or best day at school and we will pick our favourite to put in the November newsletter as well as sending you a copy of the book.
Closing date is Friday 24th October
Don't forget to include your name, age and address and the words 'From your diary with love competition'
You can email your entry to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or hand it in to one of the team at an Idea Store of Library
'The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil' by Wiley Miller is a great book about a boy called Basil who lives in a lighthouse in a small town where nothing happens. He thinks everything is so ordinary and desperately wants to have an adventure. If only something would happen, then a man appears at his window steering a flying boat. Basil gets more adventure than he ever dreamed of when he has to save a floating city from destruction at the hands of an evil genius.
Idea Stores have one copy of 'The Extraordinary adventures of ordinary Basil' to give away just send in a weird and wonderful adventure you would like to go on and we will pick the most wonderful to put in the November newsletter as well as sending you a copy of the book.
Closing date is Friday 24th October,
Don't forget to include your name, age and address and the words 'Ordinary Basil competition'
You can email your entry to ideastore@towerhamlets.gov.uk or hand it in to one of the team at an Idea Store of Library
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| Picture Your Work of Art on the Web! |
Would you like to see your work of art on the World Wide Web?
Hand in your paintings and drawings to a member of the Idea Store Team. Don't forget to write your name and age on the back of your drawing. The best works of art will be displayed in the 'Children's Gallery' on the Idea Store web site.
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| Become an Idea Store Reporter |
| Have you read any good books recently? or seen a movie you would like to tell everyone about? Have you attended any activity at your local Idea Store that you would like to shout about?
Then why not become an Idea Store reporter. The best reports will appear in Idea Store E-News and on the Idea Store web site.
Don't forget to include your name, age and the words 'Idea Store Reporter' | |
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We hope you have enjoyed this edition of Idea Store E-News.
Let us know what you would like to see in future editions.
We look forward to reading your competition entries and book reviews.
Sincerely,
Karen & the Idea Store team
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