Life and Learning in the Library

Library Highlights for 2021

Students, teachers and library staff have been learners and readers together as we have;

Borrowed, read and listened to fabulous books found on our shelves
Promoted books we have enjoyed with book talks and book reviews
Challenged ourselves to broaden our reading choices by searching in AccessIT (our database), browsing carefully and taking recommendation advice from teachers and peers
Listened to and viewed a story from the International Space Station for National Simultaneous Storytime
Spent a term exploring the 2021 notable books and voting for our favourites in the QLD children’s choice BIBLY awards
Been invited to respond to a notable book in a variety of ways in the Notables Challenge
Explored different types (genres) of books and where they fitted in the theme "Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds"
Celebrated Book Week with a wonderful dress up parade
Shared some time online with Australian author Oliver Phommavanh during ‘Step into Stories’
Learnt the main divisions in the Non-fiction classification system and the difference between primary and secondary sources of information
Practised locating and judging the value of information in Britannica online and websites

Some Statistics...

There were 58,762 items issued and returned from the library collections this year!
734 new items were added to the student and teacher collection
8,352 videos became available via our ClickView subscription
Family book purchases via Book Club and Book Fair earned over $1 500.00 worth of new books for the student and reader collection

Thank you, parents, for sharing and caring for the library books borrowed by your children.

Notices for outstanding loans have been sent home regularly across the term.
Please locate any overdue items and return them to school as soon as possible.
Invoices will be sent for Term 4 unreturned loans in Term 1 2022.

Thank you to our wonderfully loyal library volunteers, Kerrie Rowling and Merryl Nunn who have given generously of their time all year to support the operation of the library.

Thank you to our volunteer Book Club coordinator, Michelle Standing who works quietly to offer this service to our families across the year.

You are appreciated!

Keep reading over the long Summer break!

Some Ideas...

*Join the Summer Reading program on offer from the QLD State Library

Summer Reading Club | State Library of Queensland (slq.qld.gov.au)

* Visit and borrow from Toowoomba Regional Libraries

* Sign up for a membership online and explore the digital resources from the QLD State Library

* Give books as Christmas gifts

* Enjoy the stories from Storybox Library (https://storyboxlibrary.com.au) ssps (username) stories (password)

ClickView

ClickView is a curriculum aligned video streaming service that offers a wide range of content for learning and general interest. Take a look here; https://clickview.com.au Students sign in using their school email and password. Teachers are using these resources with students but they can be great sources of information and discussion when shared at home.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

This is another digital resource subscription that can be accessed from home. As well as current, reliable information at 3 reading levels, Britannica offers interactive learning activities for younger students. Log in with the following details at https://school.eb.com.au stsaviour (username) sspsqld (password).

Christmas blessings and a happy, safe holiday to everyone!