CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK (21st TO 25th OCTOBER)

Next week, Lalor Secondary College will be hosting a range of activities to celebrate its own version of Children’s Book Week. All Year 7 classes will be shown how the Children’s Book Council of Australia judges the best book in each category and the winners will be announced. They will also participate in a range of activities during their fortnightly library period. All students are encouraged to come into the library at lunchtime and enter ta range of competitions and win on the spot prizes.

PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the following students for completing the Premiers’ Reading Challenge in 2019. All these students will be treated to a celebratory lunch and party on Tuesday 22nd October at lunchtime. Prizes will be awarded to students who have read the most books. We will include photos of this event in the next newsletter. Students will receive their certificates later this term.

7B

Daniel Aleki

Junior Lauina

Mariama Camara

Mustafa Abdulsahib

Sin Lai

7D

Toni Abbas

7E

Yekta Malakooti

Harbhinderjit Pal Singh

Jahviz Prasad

Jolyana Gharibeh

Zahraa Al-Quraishi

7F

Christian Nikoloski

Jovana Kostovic

Justina Keo

Nedin Ghosn

Oluwatomi Abbas

7G

Hailey Eishold

Illham Al-Shibani

Jeremy Huynh

Krishil Kumar

Sirtapreet Kaur

7H

Chloe Dao

Deveraux Kalauni

Dimitra Georgiadis

Ivana Zubic

Jagdeep Kaur

Jeremy Kumar Payroda

Jessica Tozievska

Johnnie Tran

Kevin Ly

Najad Haibe

Selina Popovska

Shaana Jovanovski

Shayla Vo

Shou Lai

Suganja Sathiyananthan

Sulayman Sekandary

Violeta Thodori

7I

Alyssa Daoud

Breannah Baston-Burgess

Emily Abdallah

Maryam Alsayyab

Tamara Grmusa

8B

Brian Ah Fook

Tabarek Al-Rahmawee

8C

Zena Elzohbi

8D

Kevin Tran

8H

Jeanna Liang

9B

Khadeeja Albadri

Nicky Ah Fook

Nikku Sharma

Safa Ammari

Saleh Ibrahim

9E

Hadia Nazari

Roksana Hussain

Shana Senthooran

Tarek Zeino

9H

Niki Sangas

Sarah Nguyen

Sarah Sekandary

10B

Shaban Alhaj

10C

Abdul Bin Tayob

10D

Ariana Antica

10E

Mohamad Zeino

10H

Victoria Winata

E-BOOK AND AUDIOBOOK ACCESS

Last term the Library trialled a new eBook and eAudio book platform ePlatform by Wheelers. EPlatform by Wheelers is a very user friendly platform that is being used by many school libraries in Australia. Both eBooks and eAudio Books are accessible via apps for mobile phones, iPads and web browser mode on laptop or desktop devices.

We are happy to announce that the trial proved to be a success with many staff and students. As a result, we have subscribed to this platform for the rest of the year and during 2020. Students and staff will be able to borrow ebooks and audio books that they can download and listen to on their phones and other digital devices.

Students can sign in using their student email address as their username.

They can access the password from library staff or on their Compass news feed.

Ms Flaskas – Library Resource Centre Manager

NEW BOOKS

Here is a small selection of our new books.

More titles can be found on our Instagram account at lalorsc_library

Kids Who Did: Real Kids Who Ruled, Rebelled, Survived and Thrived

By Kirsty Murray TS MUR

When the future looks dark, courageous kids bring light and hope into the world. From outback Australia to Auschwitz, Kids Who Did is packed with true stories about inspiring children who have saved lives, changed history, defied expectations, and fought to survive war and oppression; here are stories of feral kids, fearless kids, Olympic champions, human-rights-crusaders, climate change activists, princes and prisoners, workers and whiz-kids.

From the distant past to the present moment, Kids Who Did shows kids making their mark on history; and now they’re set to change the world.

The Testaments

by Margaret Atwood F ATW

When the van door slammed on Offred’s future at the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead.

With The Testaments, the wait is over.

Margaret Atwood’s sequel picks up the story 15 years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.

Japarrika Rises

By Tiwi College Alalinguwi Jarrakarlinga, Shelley Ware, David Lawrence

Kay-Bell is desperate to play in the AFLW, but there are many obstacles ahead for the footy star. Will she get all her jobs done, escape her mean aunty and overcome her own self-doubt to make it all the way? And with the help of her brother, two best friends and her spirit bird - Japarrika - will her dreams come true?

Tim & Tigon

By Tim Cope TS COP

Adventurer Tim Cope had a childhood dream: to travel the 10,000 kilometres from Mongolia to Hungary on horseback - a journey undertaken centuries ago by the legendary leader of the Mongols, Genghis Khan. On this journey, Tim met a dog called Tigon.

For more than three years, Tim and Tigon endured searing heat and bitter cold; dark lonely nights when wolves circled their camp; hunger; despair; joy; and the wild beauty of the landscape that changed constantly around them. They met the people of the steppe, who welcomed Tim and Tigon into their homes, and shared their traditions and histories.

This is the story of a unique journey - a journey filled with the spirit of the pioneering explorers of old. It is the story of an extraordinary friendship.

Guts

By Raina Telgemeier

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it’s probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she’s dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session.

It soon becomes clear that Raina’s tummy trouble isn’t going away… and it coincides with her worries about food, school, and changing friendships. What’s going on?

Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtful, charming, and funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face and conquer your fears

Batman: The Killing Joke

By Alan Moore, Brian Bolland

Batman- The Killing Joke is Alan Moore’s unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy. One bad day is all it takes according to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as the Joker, that’s all that separates the sane from the psychotic.

Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella

By Jack Charles

Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government’s White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured long after he reconnected with his Aboriginal roots and discovered his stolen identity. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella is a candid and uplifting memoir from one of Australia’s finest and most beloved actors.

Forthcoming Events & Notes