LRC News

Poetry Competition - Winners!

Well done to everyone who entered the LRC Poetry Competition. It must have been difficult to find the time to write while you were adapting to learning online, but creativity is so important during difficult times.

We have chosen winners from each year level, as well as some Highly Commended and Commended poets. Our winners stood out for their creativity, their imagery, and their skillful use of words, rhythm and structure. We will be sharing some of our winning poems around the school and in future issues of the school newsletter.

Congratulations to our year level winners

Year 11: Sardar N

Year 10: Mahdia S

Year 9: Madina M

Year 8: Jazzy G

Year 7: Jeel P

Congratulations to our highly commended poets

Vahini R, Abinesh S, Deeksha A, Victoria C, and Hineni J.

Congratulations to our commended poets

Sabeera A, Gul Sika K, and Ekamjot K.

Our poets will receive their certificates and prizes at the start of Term 3.

Recommended eBooks

The holidays might be here, but the library is still open online! Try some of the ebooks below: guaranteed good reads recommended by our staff and students.

Links to our recommended ebooks

Life of Pi // The Hunger Games // Alanna: The First Adventure // The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas // Gone // Obernewtyn // The Hate U Give

Premiers' Reading Challenge Update

Books read: 2,361

Book reviews published: 273

Students who have finished the Challenge: 22 (listed below by house)

Is Hakea going to win the Reading Challenge cup this year and break Fern's winning streak? Or will Eucalyptus sneak up and steal it away?

Teen Library Advisors

It has been delightful to welcome our Teen Library Advisors (TLAs) back to the library for the last three weeks of term. We are continuing to hold our meetings via video but students have been coming in every recess and lunchtime to help around the library. They have also been taking on new tasks such as recommending books to buy and writing books reviews for the school community.

We finished the term with a massive effort to tidy all of the shelves at lunchtime. It's a huge job, but our amazing TLAs have put every book back in the exact order, ready for the start of Term 3. Thank-you to the incredible students who gave up their lunchtime to help!

As the TLA trial period ends this term, we face the difficult task of choosing thirty students to wear the TLA badge. We will be assessing the time they contributed to the LRC, their willingness to help, their ability to take on responsibilities and help staff and students, among many other factors.

We will announce the final thirty at the start of Term 3 in a special badge ceremony.