Library

Mrs Holley

2024 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards

Book Fair items have been ordered and are on their way, all going well they should arrive at school this week. Thank you so much for you patience whilst awaiting their delivery.

“Book an Adventure”

Just when you thought that Book Week was all done and dusted, think again! The Children’s Book Council of Australia have already announced the Book Week theme for 2025: ‘Book an Adventure’. This is another exciting theme with endless possibilities, I can't wait!

The extraordinarily talented Jess McGeachin is the CBCA artist for 2025. His extremely

popular book ‘DEEP’ was the winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Eve Pownall Award in 2023.

If you wish, you can meet the artist for next year and view the announcement here.

NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2024 - Now Closed

CONGRATULATIONS to all the students who have completed the 2024 Premier’s Reading Challenge. I commend the commitment you have shown in achieving your reading goal over the past year. Last week I was able to validate 111 Student Reading Logs thus confirming that “Reading for pleasure” is alive and well at St. Joseph’s School.

This was also evidenced by some of the costume choices on display during our Book Character Parade e.g. the crayon box from ‘When The Crayons Quit’, a lamington from ‘Possum Magic’, the fly from ‘A Fly Went By’, Little Petey from ‘Dog Man’, or even as the author Terry Denton from The Tree House Books.

PRC Certificates are set to arrive at school during Term 4.

Library Bags

A friendly reminder that library bags are a necessity for the safe transportation of library books between home and school. I am well aware that accidents do happen and that is exactly what they are - an accident, but, having library books enclosed in a library bag will add another layer of protection against any unforeseen mishaps during transportation. I thank you for your support in this matter.

Overdue Books

As the end of term approaches, I encourage you to ensure that your child/children have no overdue books hiding around the house – they are needed back in the library, please. Thank you in advance for your support with this!

Reading at Home

Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA and World Book Online. Please note that your child will need their school login details to access SORA, if they are unsure of their login details please contact the school so we are able to provide them for you. Some recommendations for your perusal.

SORA

The students at St Joseph’s are able to access ebooks, audiobooks and magazines through SORA, the Armidale Diocese digital library. SORA has an extensive collection of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines for students of all ages.

Instructions for logging onto SORA are as follows:

Step 1: Install Sora app from Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or soraapp.com.

Step 2: When in Sora, click on I have a setup code - “setup” code is cenetau - then sign in.

Sign into your School – Select your school - ACEN

Step 3: Browse the tab and borrow a book. Your book will open so you can start reading right away.

Step 4: Close the book and go to see all your books (including assignments). From there, you can:

Select Open book or Open audiobook to read or listen to the book.
Select Options to renew or return the book, see your notes and highlights, and more.

NB You will need to use your school username and password to access this.

WORLD BOOK ONLINE

Our school has a subscription to World Book Online! This means you have FREE access to this wonderful resource from home or on the go with any internet-connected device. World Book Online may be accessed via the Oliver home page or by visiting the World Book website www.worldbookonline.com

What is World Book Online?

Homework help
Read stories, articles, and current events
Complete activities and Webquests
Play educational games
Learn how to do research
Explore pictures and videos
Find reliable information for assignments and projects

World Book Online is a safe, trusted, 21st-century learning environment for students.

The World Book products our school has access to include:

Kids:

simple navigation
easy to read articles
translations
text to speech (with 10 voices)
educational games and activities
science experiments
a dictionary
an atlas
interactive maps
map outlines
a tool for comparing places or animals.

Student:

expansive reference database
multimedia library
games
behind the headlines
citation builder
research tools

Timelines:

over 650 timelines including Gold Rushes in Australia, Australian Prime Ministers, Cricket World Cup, Star Wars and Harry Potter. Edit or create your own timelines.

User ID: joseph2340

Password: joseph2340

Encourage Learning Anytime, Anywhere!