February Librarycook – the vegetarian issue
With the holidays all but a distant memory, and her monumental pile of books returned to the library, the librarycook was delighted when the February issue of Delicious arrived. And maybe it was a coincidence, but both recipes the librarycook chose were vegetarian - a...
What’s new in the AHL in February
Here are the Library team’s top recommendations The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a...
The best of 2020 in books
These are a few of our 2020 favourites.... These are some of our favourite books of 2020 - we hope you enjoy the list.Wishing you all a very happy holiday...
’tis the season to be jolly – the december librarycook
The December/January issue of Delicious was brimful, as might be expected at this time of the year, with ideas for festive feasting. All very well, but how is the librarycook to produce the required monthly blogpost when most of the recipes are aimed at the Christmas...
november – librarycook in the land of giants
The librarycook hadn't realised, previously, that Delicious was catering to an army of giants. How else, she thought, to explain the enormous pastries that resulted from the recipe for Greens and Ricotta Turnovers? The size of a small dog, they dwarfed the...
Holiday Writing Competition – The Intriguing Book
At the end of term 3, we encouraged students from the Prep School to take part in a writing competition over the school holidays. The only requirements were that it needed to be less than 300 words and fit under the title, The Intriguing Book. We had hoped to have one...
What’s new in books in the AHL in November
What’s new in the AHL in November Here are the Library team’s top recommendations Honeybee by Craig Silvey Out of the 50 + books this reviewer has read this year, Honeybee has nudged its way to the number one spot in her personal rankings list. It’s been a long...
Co-Teaching at the Prep School
The most up to date research is clear in what it is telling us, that one of the most influential things we can do as teachers is partner up, collaborate and co-teach lessons to our students. The Prep School Library is being driven by this idea as they continue to...
October – the librarycook strays from the straight and narrow
Like everyone else, the librarycook's 2020 has not been quite as she imagined it. Those dinner parties she'd planned - cancelled. The sharing of food at gatherings - not permitted. But of course, meals must still be planned, made, and eaten, and the librarycook is...
What’s new in the AHL – Special holiday edition
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