Resource Centre

New Arrivals - Donations

Over the last fortnight, the Library team has been busy getting some new teacher resources catalogued and distributed to classrooms.

We also have received some amazing new Junior Non Fiction and Junior Fiction books!

Secondary Book Club

We are offering a Secondary book club with a difference this year! The students in this group will be reading books that have been shortlisted for the 2024 CBCA Book Week. They will use a modified version that the judges use for the selection of the winning book.

At the end of last Term, the Book Club decided that we would meet every Friday, on a Blue week.

Resource Centre Committee

We meet at lunchtime every Thursday in the RC2 (computer lab).

At the end of last term the committee helped plan, prepare and run the Easter Hunt.

"At Recess, on the last day of the Term 1, members of the Resource Centre Committee hid some eggs in the RC. At the end of Period 4, committee members went down to the library to get ready for all the students to come looking for eggs.

We had two committee members at the front desk for any Year 3-6 students who needed help or to check their answers.

We also had two members manning the Prize Box. Kinders-Year 2 had to find two eggs that had a picture on them. Year 3-6 had to find eggs with a certain coloured egg with letters on them and it made a message. Once they were found, they got a prize."

By Isa Kenley, Stella Smith and Ivy Chadingboel

We are all looking forward to the National Simultaneous Storytime on 22 May. The Resource Centre Committee members are working towards running some lunchtime activities for our K-2 students. More information is to follow.

Book Club

Book club orders were delivered to students in the last couple of days. 

The Premiers Reading Challenge begins on 26th February and closes on 23rd August!

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is upon us again. If you want your child to participate in the challenge, please let us know by:

1. If your child has participated in the past all you need to do is use the same login details. If you can’t locate your login details, please let Ms. Height know and she will reset the password for you.
2. If you child is new to the challenge you can have them join by:

• Contacting the library staff via library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au. 
• Ask your child to let the library staff know in their library lesson. 
• Let your child's teacher know via the school diary and they can pass it onto the library staff. 

Once I have received the student passwords, they will be sent home and a copy also placed in your child's diary.

If you want to start locating books for your child(ren) to read for the Challenge, please take time to preview the lists on the website. Please see the PRC website for more details.

Upcoming Events

22/05/24              National Simultaneous Storytime (details will be provided at a later date)

Resource Centre - Important details

Opening Hours

Monday - Thursday: 8.30am to 4.30pm

Friday: 8.30am to 4.00pm

Borrowing and Returns

Students may borrow and return books before school, at recess, at lunchtime or after school. Primary School students can also borrow books during their fortnightly Library lessons.  

Renewals

Students can re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is requested, students are required to bring their book with them to allow Library staff to sight the book. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library (library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au). 

Requests

If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wishlist.

Overdue notices

If you receive an overdue notice, there is a chance that the books may been processed through our system after the email was sent, so we encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre at library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au.

Reading Permissions:

As our Resource Centre caters for all year levels, we have organised our collection to allow students to locate books that are written with protagonists who are of a similar age to them. For example, for Upper Primary, most of the characters are 11-13 year olds. This way, we can ensure themes and content are appropriate and it allows students to read the books for pleasure independently and with confidence. 

When making the decision on where books are placed, we are guided by the author and publisher recommendations.

If students are requesting to borrow books above their age level, we request that parents write a letter or email the library staff to give permission for their child to borrow and read a specific book. 

Keep reading everyone!

Ms Height and Ms O’Neill

Resource Centre Team