Library
Have you started the Premiers' Reading Challenge? Click HERE to Start https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/default.aspx
The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is a great opportunity for all students, especially during this time at home, to start reading from the 12,000 titles on the challenge reading list.
The challenge encourages students from Prep to Year 10 to read and record their efforts online, promoting the importance of reading for literacy development. Students will receive a certificate of achievement upon completion of the Challenge.
For more information and to log in, refer to the Premiers’ Reading Challenge web page.
Hurry, the Challenge closes on Friday 17 September.
National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 3 June)
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) celebrates and builds on the respectful relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians. It is a wonderful time and opportunity for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. For more information, please click HERE https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/about-nrw/
Click HERE https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/NRW-2021-Artwork-activity.pdf to download the colouring in activity and learn about the symbols Jessica uses in the artwork, Action.
Resources To Explore and Support You at Home
Here are some learning resources to explore and support you at home from Ms Lowe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw3LzWe-93U
https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/news/coronavi...
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/learning/Pages/home-learning.aspx
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/learning/Pages/numeracy-birth-year-2.aspx
https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/resources
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/virtual-tours/
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/at-home/virtual-tours/
https://www.zoo.org.au/animals-at-home/
https://www.visitsealife.com/melbourne/whats-inside/virtual-aquarium/
https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/libraries-all
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/default.aspx
Please Return Your Overdue Library Books
Please take the opportunity at home to find your overdue books and return them back to our library. We have plenty of new and wonderful graphic, fiction and non fiction novels ready and waiting for you to borrow.
BPPS Library Opening Times
Monday to Friday, 8.45-3.45pm
Thank You for Your Games Donation
A special thank you to the Zikou family for all the wonderful games you have donated to our library. We are very grateful and look forward to having some fun with them!
Guess The Author Competition
Congratulations to Erica So in 5ST, the winner of our Guess the Author competition.
The author is Anthony Browne.
Visit our library to enter the Guess the Author competition organised by our wonderful BPPS student leadership team.
To enter, please clearly write your Name, Class, Author and pop it in the red box on the loans desk.
Enjoy your long weekend and we look forward to seeing you soon in the library!
Ms May
