Library News

Jenelle Patterson, Library Manager

🌟 Thank You, HCCB Library Community! 🌟

What an incredible year 2025 has been in the world of books, laptops, learning and quiet corners!We are so grateful to every student, teacher and visitor who helped make this year a wonderful one in the HCCB Library.

📊 2025 by the Numbers • Over 30,000 library visits from students and staff (WOW!) • Nearly 10,000 physical loans • Almost 10,000 digital loans These are amazing achievements – made possible by you.

👋 Orientation Day Highlights This week we were thrilled to welcome local Grade 6 students for orientation. It was wonderful to meet so many new faces, and we can’t wait to enjoy your company in 2026!

Keep an eye out next year for great library events including: 📚 Book Club 🎲 UNO Tournament (always a favourite!)

Thank you to everyone who continues to support our school library. Your enthusiasm keeps our shelves busy and our space buzzing with energy.

Here’s to an exciting year ahead in 2026! 🎉📖

🏖️Heading off for the holidays? Take your next read with you on ePlatform!

🎧📚 Free • 24/7 • Anywhere you go. Just log in with your school credentials and start reading or listening instantly.

📱 Available on: • Apple devices • Android devices • PC & laptop

Perfect for travel, relaxing days, or late-night reading adventures! Happy holiday reading 🌞✨

Check out some of ePlatform’s new resources to keep you occupied over the holidays…

🎥 ClickView – Watch Anytime, Anywhere!

Need to research for school or just want to relax with a great movie? ClickView is your go-to!

🔎 Find educational documentaries and interviews.

🎬 Watch blockbuster movies like Barbie, Oppenheimer, Moana, Coraline, Mario Bros., Hunger Games, Dune, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Fast & Furious, and more!

💻How to access? Log in via Seqta, click the ClickView icon, and you're in!

🚨 Overdue Student Library Loans at HCCB Library

If you’ve still got a book out, now’s the time to bring it back!

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT HORSHAM LIBRARY

✂️🖥️ Design it: Learn how to use a real Cricut machine and Design Space to create your own digital artwork

☕✨ Make it: Turn your design into a custom mug you can take home

👕🔥 Wear it: Press your own creation onto a T-shirt you bring from home

Cricut Create Lab is a fun, hands-on 3-week creative workshop series at the library for ages 13–18. Learn new skills, get creative, and make something epic. Bookings essential!

🤖 Robot Workshops at the Library! Build, code, and control real robots with The Brainary

⚽ Fable Football (12–15 | 15+): Program robots to play soccer and compete

🎮 Be a coder, engineer & game strategist for the day

🚨 Spots are limited — bookings essential!

📚BIG SUMMER READ

📖 Read books 🥇Win prizes!