Due to staff illness.

The Dovedale Community Garden is locked at the weekend (yes, yes, I know this is a little incongruous with the idea of a community garden) and the Education Library has a key. This is in the filing cabinet behind the desk and has a daffodil attached to it. If anyone asks for the key, just give it to them and remind them to return it to us (or the after hours slot if late) when they’ve finished with it. We’re going for the trust model and not asking for ID. Thanks Caroline S 🙂

Their phone/computer/? isn’t fixed yet.
Caroline

Several students are asking about readers on particular topics. There are lists of some of these on Learn- under Pataka Reo which is a ‘course’ that all students have access to. Once in Pataka Reo, if they click on ‘Rauemi Reo-Language Resources’ then scroll down to the bottom, they will see two lists by topic, one for Level 1 and one for Level 2. They will need to look at both of these to see if their topic is covered. If there’s nothing there, then it’s back to a catalogue search using the keywords: maori language readers and whatever their topic is. Caroline

To find stories on a particular topic in the series: He Kohikohinga; Te Tautoko; orTe Wharekura, type the name of the series and the keyword into the TKI search box . Try both Mâori and English words. The results can take a bit of working out. If a student’s te reo skills are not very high, probably only He Kohikohinga will be of use. Remember that the individual readers can be searched on the catalogue by doing a keyword search using maori language readers and the topic.
See the School Journal and Graded Readers page on the Education Library subject guide for slightly more detail.

Please leave drawer 1 empty as Ricoh technician is returning with parts.

Just to let people know that the b/w printer in the resource room on level 2 of the education library is currently out of action – students can still print by sending print jobs to Kotuku lab next door.

The colour printer on level 1 is still operational.

One copy of Into Music 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been placed in 3 hr loan as these are suddenly very busy.
Please encourage students to access these.

As well as our computer room in the Library, there is:
Kotuku: open 24hrs but card access only between 5.30pm and 7.30am
Otakaro, Level 2 (far end): open 7.30am-11pm Mon-Fri (4 rooms including one with Macs and one with dual Macs/PCs. May be booked for teaching)

Students asking for this book at the desk (we have 2 copies in 3hr loan, the rest in 3 day loan) might like to know that there is a new book by Gibbons “English learners, academic literacy and thinking” also with 2 copies in 3hr loan. The lecturer, Jocelyn Howard, says that while this is not a text for this course, the ideas in it are just as good.