Cecil Hills High School Newsletter

Celebrating book week

Finding your Treasure! Mrs Low, Library Assistant with Nathan Lopez, Year 8

Welcome to our School Library

Each year, schools and public libraries across Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators.  At Cecil Hills High School we also celebrated Book Week with fun activities relating to the 2018 theme, Find your Treasure to highlight the importance of reading.

Mrs Low is never short of ideas for a fun game, or a dress up outfit, and so the Library became a pirate filled adventureland during Week 5. Aaaaaarh!

  • We enjoyed playing Captain book (like captain ball, but with a bundle of books),
  • Treasure Maze (guiding a ping pong ball through an obstacle course of pirate treasure),
  • Lookout! (building a lookout tower out of straws and paperclips),
  • Captain Says (obeying Captain Low’s orders..hit the deck!)

We also enjoyed two readings, both books drawn from the CBCA  (Children's Book Council of Australia) shortlist for Picture Books.

The second book, I Am Australian Too, tells the story of how our country is called home by people from many diverse cultures. It was interesting that those listening were able to share their backgrounds.Dylan from Fiji, Sidar from Iraq, Rami from Iraq, and Julie having parents from both Portugal and Canada.

Photocopying and printing

Photocopying:  Photocopying costs 20c per page for black and white and 50c per page for colour. Payment for photocopying can also be made at the coin machine located near the printer in the Library.

Printing: Once logged onto the Library computers (or remotely from students' laptops) students can print in either colour or black and white. Printing costs are 20c per page for black and white; 50c per page for colour. Students can top up their account at the coin machine located near the printer in the Library.

Year 7

There is always something happening in the Library! At the moment we are showcasing the amazing Year 7 Science projects, well worth a look!

 

We just received a delivery of new fiction books, so please visit, and continue to find your treasure in books!

Mrs Green | Teacher Librarian