MESC Learning Commons
Welcome to the MESC Learning Commons
The MESC Learning Commons comprises the Library and ICT Team who support both staff and students.
Librarian - Mrs Lynn Swannell
ICT Manager - Mr Kevin Hunter
ICT Technician - Mr Sam Karagiannis
Opening Hours
The Learning Commons is open from 8.00am to 4.00pm each day, including recess and lunchtime. However it is closed at recess each Friday.
Please DO NOT bring in food or drinks and we ask that you tidy up after yourself.
Both Tuesdays and Thursdays are designated 'device free' days - this means no bringing in your phone or devices at recess and lunchtimes. Instead we encourage you to read a magazine, play a board game, or even read your books.
Library Leaders and Team 2019
Belle York (Year 10) - Senior School Library Leader and Bella Pascic (Year 8) - Middle school Library Leader are working with the Student Leadership group to ensure students' library needs are met. We encourage you to talk to them about any issues, suggestions, ideas you may have relating to our Library.
Library Team Members
Olivia Shillington - Year 10
Madeline Bailey - Year 10
Maggie Martin - Year 10
Aimee Hodgkiss - Year 10
Ruby Davies - Year 9
Hannah Bailey - Year 8
Aaron Tran - Year 8
"Over the first few weeks of school, many new and exciting things have been happening. Including the start of many displays and Valentine’s Day, also known as 'Library Lovers Day', in the library.
The door to the Senior Learning Centre (SLC) will soon be decorated, to replicate Harry Potter’s ‘Platform 9 ¾’'. There will also be a display going up soon, all to do with different books the library has to offer.
The Valentines display and activities were terrific this year. Including 'Blind Date with a Book' and both senior and middle year challenges. The senior challenge was to guess which book had been shredded and placed in a jar. We had many students who actually guessed the book correctly and a random winner had to be selected. The middle year students had to guess the number of lollies in a jar with lots more entries for that one as the winner received the entire jar of lollies! Congratualtions to Kiana Shillington (Year 11) - the book title was 'Matilda' and congratulations to Lachlan Vize (Year 7) who had the closest guess for the lollies - 400 - actual number was 393.
The Year 8 classes were able to take their 'blind dates' (books) on an actual date this year. Which involved sitting at a wonderfully decorated table and reading their books. There was also a fabulous menu, with many fictional foods to order.
If you have a chance come into the library. There are always beautiful displays to look at and many books to read. There are also card and board games to play if you’d rather."
Thank you,
Belle York
"Hey, I’m Bella. I am the Middle School library leader. I help with the library displays, shelving, borrowing and returning books, and with anything else the library needs help with. If you need any help when you are in the library or want to know anything about the library just ask myself, Belle the Senior School Library Leader, any of the library team members and/or Mrs Swannell."
Thank you,
Bella Pascic
Blind Date with a Book
Year 7 and 8 classes have had a lot of fun in the Library over the past 3 weeks with this 'Blind Date with a Book' activity. They were encouraged to select a book which had been wrapped up and only had 4 words as clues to help them choose from our displays. They were encouraged to 'get to know' their book and will report back at their next session on how they 'got along'!! Some were more excited than others to participate and a few were even lucky enough to have a 'double date' at our little restaurant.
This has been a great activity to help students read outside their usual choices, genres, authors, series - some have come back already wanting to read similar books. There is also a small 'book review' to complete with each title and these will be displayed with the books for others to read.
eBooks and Audiobooks
These are provided for students and staff to use via the app 'ePlatform' by Wheelers Books (download it via your app store for use on multiple devices). With over 1600 eBooks and over 600 audiobooks to choose from there really is no excuse not to be reading. If you can't find anything on the app then pop into the library and we can give you 'the real thing'!
Overdue Library Books
Please remember to check the 'due dates' of all items borrowed and ensure that they are returned promptly. Overdue notices are sent out to students via their school email and this should also be checked regularly. If there are any concerns regarding late and/or lost items then please contact me asap.
ICT Management of Devices
Students please note that if you changed devices, and/or had them reset or wiped, during the holidays then these will need to be reconfigured for use in class. You will need to bring the device to the ICT (Library) Office and speak to one of the technicians to have this done.
Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge 2019
Students in Years 7-10 are welcome to sign up for the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge 2019. This challenge involves reading a minimum of 15 books between March and September. There are a number of criteria to follow regarding selection of titles (e.g. minimum of 10 from their Year level list) and students will also be required to log these online. This will all be monitored by our Librarian, Mrs Lynn Swannell, so please contact her if you would like to sign up for this challenge and to receive further details. All students who complete the VPRC 2019 will receive an official certificate.
