Library Photos

The new library isn't finished. It won't be finished for weeks. I think of computers, ipads, displays, kids' work, teacher reference, digital stuff... it certainly won't be finished by the time I leave, but all my libraries are like that so I'm not worried. I WOULD be worried if I got to school one day and there was nothing for me to do!

Anyway, here are a couple more photos.

From the entrance looking up to the far windows where my office is.

From the entrance looking through the shelves towards the teaching area. A great before and after shot!

At the far end of the library - my spacious teacher reference area waiting to be filled on one side, and my office and workroom on the other.

Left - looking into the teaching area

Right - looking out of the teaching area back into the main part of the library.

At the front of the library is the circulation desk. I love the purple and green together.

One of the kids told her mum the library is "impossibly fantastic". Another said it was "jaw-dropping and awesome".

I'm back!

Well here I am again, back in Hong Kong about to start my second year here. I have had such a fantastic 6 week holiday in Australia - I got to catch up with SO many people and do SO many nice holiday things :-)

I actually was going to stop writing this blog, as I thought a record of one year might be enough, but I was really surprised to hear a few people say they quite like reading it. Hooray! And here I thought I was just writing to myself...

Anyway, so I've only been back 2 days, and I've spent most of that time at school, playing in my new library. It's so nice! It's going to take me about a billion hours to set it up just how I want it (not to mention unpacking the 25,000 books), but I am having so much fun doing it.

I'm only putting 2 photos here for now, but I'll post some more when there are not so many boxes lying around.

The first one is taken at the front entrance, where the green and purple stripes are a bit eye-catching. Nearly all the purple, green and orange is a kind of felt wall covering.

The second photo is of the hole-in-the-wall reading spot. It is padded, and very comfortable! The kids are going to love it!

The last photo is one I know I've posted before, but I just love it. Chris and I were up checking out the view from the library rooftop. It was such a clear, sunny day that I could have stayed looking at that view for hours, if not for the fact that the weather makes me melt like an icecream. Dumb humidity.