Library News
Book Fair
Thank you sincerely for your support of the fair under difficult conditions. The outcome was $800.00 worth of new books and teaching resources for the library collection. These new items will provide a great injection of popular titles to excite our students when they return to weekly borrowing in 2021.
Highlights from the library in 2020
*Year 6 morning tea book chats in Semester 2. What a bunch of enthusiastic readers and sharers! It was a privilege to listen in.
*A full term of celebrating "Curious Creatures Wild Minds" our 2020 Book Week theme. Students had many opportunities to engage in critical and creative thinking around the theme and how it connected to their reading. We enjoyed the notable and short-listed books and we had the best Book Week parade ever!
*Narrator visit from Stig Wymss who entertained us and introduced us to the wonderful audio books available from Borrow Box via the Toowoomba Regional Library
*High quality book reviews written by Year 5 students and shared in AccessIt for future library users.
*Weekly or fornightly (almost) visits to the library to choose books for free choice reading at home. Research shows that free-choice reading and being read to boosts students' literacy levels dramatically.
*Visible growth in skills and confidence to use the library database to independently locate books
*Weekly assistance from our Year 6 rostered helpers. The library service needed your help more than ever this year! Thank you for cheerfully stepping up to take on the trolley loads of shelving and other various, repetitive tasks each week.
*Some Statistics
- 68,293 items were circulated from the library
- 1, 199 items were entered into the library database
As always, a busy and productive year in the library!
Thank you for ensuring all student loans have been returned to the library. The library will be open tomorrow or items may be left at the office
Unreturned items from earlier in Term 4 will be invoiced during December.
Summer Reading@Home
Enjoy sharing the books borrowed this week and please ensure they are cared for by storing them in the provided bag. These books will be due back in Week 1 of Term 1 2021.
Holiday Reading -Some online options
*E-books and audio books can be borrowed from the Diocese of Toowoomba Resource Centre Wheelers platform using student’s school login details
Story Box Library – Great Australian stories read aloud while the text displays on the screen
https://storyboxlibrary.com.au
Log in with;
Username – ssp
Password - stories
Storyline Online
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Professional actors read the books, includes close-ups of the book pages and displayed text
Audible
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
A collection of free online audiobooks for children through to teens
Kidiit TV
A tv show about story makers that includes “Read Out Loud” story time and children’s literature podcasts for kids
“Ready, Set, Draw” guides students through drawing a picture book character
Thank you Volunteers
Our school community is blessed with generous people who give their time to support our library. We thank Kerrie Rowlings, Claire Zull and Merryl Nunn for their dedication to library tasks across the year. Special thanks goes to Michelle Standing for her role as Book Club Co-ordinator. The way in which you all go quietly about your work provides a wonderful example of service and quality for our staff and students.
Sincere thanks on behalf of our school community
Christmas blessings and a very happy holiday everyone!
Anne Anderson
Teacher Librarian