30 November, 2017
Published by Library Team in Uncategorized
Shrewsbury Library is pleased to announce that we are now subscribing to the new Horrible History magazine. Get all your gruesome facts at your fingertips in this fun magazine which has lots of exciting puzzles and games. Horrible Histories is available now in the Junior Library.
29 November, 2017
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
Christmas Cracker Swim Meet
Come and celebrate the end of term with a fun and friendly swim meet.
Wednesday 6th December 2017
25m & 50m
3pm
Heats and Finals
Pick one 25m stroke and a DIFFERENT 50m event
Register here
Open to all swimmers Stage 7 and above
age groups
8 & Under
9-10 Years
11 Years +
20 November, 2017
Published by Swimming in Uncategorized
29 Swimmers traveled to ISB last weekend to compete against 1000 other swimmers from across SE Asia in the annual ISB Swim Fest competition. Swimmers are permitted to compete in 4 individual events and 2 relay events. This year saw a move towards a more competitive event where for the senior swimmers 50m fly was replaced by the 100m fly, for many swimmers this was their first experience swimming the event in competition and everyone should be incredibly proud of themselves.
118 individual swims were completed of which 91 were personal best times, this is a 77 % personal best rate – this is a hugely successful meet against some of the most competitive swim teams in the region. The team went with a focus on the average points trophy (total number of swimmers / total number of points) Shrewsbury finished in 4th place with an average of 14.56 points and were the highest placed team with the smallest number of swimmers. Bangkok Patana won both the team trophy – 1748 points and with 98 swimmers scored an average 18.02 points per swimmer to also win the average points trophy.
A huge congratulations goes out to every swimmer who supported the team over the weekend, a special mention goes out to the following swimmers:
Prim C 8 & Under
25m Breaststroke 2nd Place
25m Freestyle 3rd Place
Genis 11 – 12 Years
2nd Place High Point Trophy –
50m Backstroke 1st Place
50m Backstroke 1st Place
50m Freestyle 2nd Place
Win 15 Year +
200 IM 2nd Place
Girls 11 – 12 Years Freestyle Relay – 2nd Place
Every personal best is a cause for celebration – this is the fastest that the swimmer has ever swum, the following swimmers all recorded personal best improvements over 5s! congratulations to:
Peppe Aphiphunya
6.70s Personal Best 200IM
Nate Della Gatta
11.06s Personal Best 100 Freestyle
Holy Dhampanun
6.22s Personal Best 100 IM
Thane Kuansongtham
5.09s Personal Best 100 Backstroke
5.76s Personal Best 100 Breaststroke
Promp Limsawaddiwong
8.74s Personal Best 100 IM
Praow Limsawaddiwong
5.32s Personal Best 100 IM
Nick Odgers
7.10s Personal Best 200IM
Preen Phisuthikul
18.32s Personal Best 50m Freestyle
Amm Ruengcharungpong
21.20s Personal Best 100m Fly
Purse Vanichjakvong
6.15s Personal Best 100m Freestyle
Matthew Wilkins
21.02s Personal Best 100m Fly
Shrewsbury Meet Results:
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CONGRATULATIONS ALL SWIMMERS
14 November, 2017
Published by Library Team in Book Reviews
Review by : Oliver 6JN
Title: Beast Quest, Ferno the Fire Dragon
Author: Adam Blade
The story is about a boy named Tom who goes on a really exciting adventure with his pet horse Storm and meets this girl named Elena – who Tom agrees to take her with him on his adventure. He gets a special map given to him by a wizard called Aduro to help Tom stop the creator of the Beasts called Malvel. His first mission, is to hunt down a creature called Ferno who protected Avantia (the fantasy world) from harm, but Malvel poisoned Ferno into thinking he was a monster and was to destroy all Avantia.
There are over 50 Beast Quest books in the series, all around a 100 pages long. I love this book because I really like how it grabs the reader’s attention from the very beginning. If you read a lot, you could finish this book in a day and move onto the second book in the series: Beast Quest: Sepron the Sea Monster. Beast Quests are really good books especially if you find reading a struggle and it gives you a lot of ideas and imaginary pictures of beasts. I would very highly recommend this book to the whole of Prep School. This exhilarating book series is highly appreciated by many authors such as J.K. Rowling and Stephen King. If you are interested in Beast Quest have a look in the library and you’re sure to find a Beast Quest book. Adam Blade has written another series like Beast Quest, it is called Sea Quest.
My favourite character is Aduro because he is so wise and trustworthy and whatever he does he always manages to achieve it. Aduro faced Malvel long ago but didn’t manage to defeat him, now Aduro is too old to fight him again and trusts Tom with the job.
My favourite part of the book is when Tom climbs the mountain and is exhausted and doesn’t have the will to fight, then he looks over an overhang only to see Ferno’s giant face staring right at him. He then drops down onto a nearby ledge and hides away from the dragon for a night and returns to fight him in the morning.
If I was to rate this book I would rate it a 5 star because it is not to long and an exciting read for the Prep School. Not many books reach my 5 star list but this one is probably my most favourite book I’ve ever read!
Blurb
An evil wizard has enchanted the magical beasts of Avantia – only a true hero can free the beasts and stop them from destroying the land. Is Tom the hero Avantia has been waiting for? Join Tom, as he braves Ferno the Fire Dragon…
Can you survive the Beast Quest?
3 November, 2017
Published by Library Team in Book Reviews
Review by : Jenna 6JN
Name: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer
I liked this book because it was like a sci-fi version of Cinderella (as a cyborg). Luna (the moon) has a whole nation on it, and the true heir to the throne is absent because everyone thought she was dead – but is that false?
The story had lots of mystery and humour in it, so if you like mystery this will be the one for you. But sometimes it’s emotional, so if you don’t like books that are emotional, don’t read it. I think the age group would be 10+.
The first reason I liked Cinder was because of all the characters. They were all unique in their own way. They were hilarious, cute, kind, and most of all intelligent. If you ever read the book (which you definitely NEED to do), you will notice that there’s a whole series of books not just one. Each of them focuses on a different character with a whole book about them!
My second reason is that there were so many details that it made me follow along with the plot no problem. They showed exactly what they were doing, being precise in every way.
Lastly, I liked it because the author planned the whole series before she wrote the any of the books, so everything was organised and neatly planned.
Synopsis: A girl named Cinder is a cyborg from Earth. She doesn’t remember anything before she was 10. But she must unravel her past before she can continue into the future. Meantime, Luna’s (a nation on the moon) throne doesn’t have the true heir because they think she’s dead. But is it false?…
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