2020 Year of the Rat

​The Rat is the first of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. The Rat tricked the Ox into giving him a ride. Then, just as they arrived at the finish line, Rat jumped down and landed ahead of Ox, becoming first.
The Rat is also associated with the Earthly Branch (地支—dì zhī) Zi (子) and the midnight hours. In the terms of yin and yang (阴阳—yīn yáng), the Rat is yang and represents the beginning of a new day.
In Chinese culture, rats were seen as a sign of wealth and surplus. Because of their reproduction rate, married couples also prayed to them for children.

Things to expect this October/PinkTober. Fiji Day is coming up on the 10th Today the 1st of October, we also remember those who died and live with cancer. 2019 Term 4 start, with 10 weeks of school.  Some cool New books and display in the library. Come and check it out...

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Our Cultural Expressions: Indigenous Sounds Of Fiji
The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IY2019) to raise awareness of the crucial role languages play in people’s daily lives.

The Fiji Museum is pleased to present to International Secondary School a copy of its recently digitized 500 hours of analogue Audio and video material which characterize an array of sounds and diverse topics relating to the cultural expression of the iTaukei people in Fiji, recorded in the 1970s. Some of these sounds are very unique and rarely heard nor practices in today's modern society.
 Check out more in the library

Today, Tuesday 10th of September, we were visited by Ms Shazia Uzman, local author of the popular children’s book “Kaluti.” She read to us parts of her book which is about overcoming bullying, self love and discovering what makes a person ‘enough’ in this world. The beautiful cover of the book was designed by our very own talented student, Sara Du of Year 11.
 

Some of the global goals in art by the Year 5 of 2019. Thanks to the leadership of their teachers, the year 5 exhibition  project and research work addressed some of the SDG goals. Students action reflected their determination to make our world a better place for the next generation.
#teachsdgs

Earlier in term 3, we were visited by the Charles Sturt University School of Information Studies students & lecturer from Australia. They visited a number of libraries in Suva as part of their study visit. While at our library, they treated our primary LEGO team to a story session and met with a number of our staff members. 

Book week is here again! We celebrating all things good about books, libraries & lifelong reading in Week 5 with the theme "Reading is my superpower." Join us for buddy reading; bilingual story telling session in itaukei, Hindi, Chinese & French; Annual door decorating competition; Bake a book, character dress up and many more!

Read in Chinese and English by Grace Vaciloa & Dragon Zhao Yeji ​

Read in Fijian and English by Chloe Manaog & Sasha Tappoo

Read in Hindi and English by Fana Strobel & Alisa Takeuchi 

Let your picture be the voice of the ocean. Congratulation winners!

How beautiful category photo entry!

Water fun & What have we done photo entry

Silly sea monsters drawings.

Day 2 of celebrating our culture and international mindedness through a cultural food festival while the Middle and High School students organised a "kari niu" scrapping coconut competition. Scrapping coconut is a daily chore in a i taukei household. "The International Baccalaureate aim to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. These programs encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.”" IB Mission Statement.
Enjoy a glimpse of our celebration today!

This week, we celebrate Harmony week & Library Information Week across Oceania. To celebrate books, libraries and reading, ISS Library signed up for the ALIA National Simultaneous storytime where one million children will read simultaneously on 22 May, 2019 at 11 am by sharing Alpacas with Maracas written and illustrated by Matt Cosgrove. We held part of our reading a day before with ECH2W and had so much fun dancing to the alpacas music and creating our alpaca mask. By facilitating NSS we aim to:

• promote and inspire a lifelong love of books and reading
• promote lifelong use of the library as a safe and fun place
• promote the value of reading and literacy,
• promote the value and fun of books,
• promote an Australian writer and publisher,

#NSS2019  #Readup #Speakup #Changetheworld