It’s been 20 years since J.K. Rowling waved her magic
wand and introduced readers to her boy wizard in “Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone” and things have never
been the same. Since then, seven books have been translated into 79 languages
and have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide.
When we placed posters around the school asking the
question, “How well do you know Harry
Potter?” our girls were instantly hooked, which is not always easy with a
teenage clientele!
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| Happy Birthday Harry! |
On the first day we were fully subscribed so we
created two teams per house i.e. Hufflepuff 1and Hufflepuff 2. It still wasn’t
enough to meet the demand, as some of our teachers wanted to enter a team too!
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| Great to see our staff getting into the spirit of the day. Sadly they weren't the winning team! |
Once the girls heard this, they became very competitive.
Our two Academic Captains volunteered to be our
Quizmasters and one of our library staff created the questions, answer sheets
and PPT slides. On the day, many of the girls and the teachers arrived in full
regalia. Pottermania is well and truly alive at MSM!
I’d highly recommend making this an annual event in
your school library as there is not a lot of effort required to create something
that has such a positive effect.
Because we held the quiz during lunch we only had time
to ask 12 questions. At the conclusion, all teams swapped their answer sheets
while the Academic Captains called out the answers. We didn’t have a clear
winning team so went into 3 tie-breaking rounds before we had to award joint
winners.
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| One of our Senior teams congratulate their lucky mascot from Yr 7! |
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| That winning feeling when you know the answer to the tie-break question. |
As Harry celebrates his 20th anniversary,
he has certainly shown that he still has the magic touch. We’re looking forward
to celebrating his 21st next year.
Mrs Sandra Mannion
Curriculum Leader: Library & Information Services
Mt St Michael’s College
