Roselea Public School Newsletter

Library News

Mrs Heather Vassila

Borrowing 

We have now finished borrowing for 2023.

Please ensure that all books borrowed by your child/children have been returned to the library. Unfortunately, we still have some children with very outstanding books. If you are unable to find any books, please continue to look for them over the summer break. Often books turn up unexpectedly. If that is the case, please bring them back at the beginning of the new school year. If your child/children are moving to a new school and a book/s is located, please take it to the new school library and they will organise to have the book/s sent back to Roselea. 

 

Over the summer holiday is also a great time to wash library bags and check that names can be clearly read. Placing library bags back into school bags immediately also ensures that they are ready for the first borrowing at the beginning of the new school year. 

 

Summer Reading 

While borrowing of our physical books is finished for the year there are still opportunities for our students to read from our library collection.

 

eBooks

We now have a permanent subscription to ebooks through Wheelers eplatform. Children can borrow an ebook just as easily as they borrow physical library books.  There are a large variety of titles with fiction and non-fiction books available. The children easily access the books through their det portal from the Orbit Home Page or from the eplatform website. With nearly 2000 books available there is sure to be something for every reader. While nothing will ever replace the wonderful pleasure of holding a great or favourite book in our hands, it is still a great alternative. 

There are two ways that families can access ebooks from home: 

  1. Through the eplatform link  Roselea Public School - Roselea Public School (eplatform.co)
  • Sign in using your child’s DET username and password 

Click on library to access over 2000 ebooks that can be borrowed and read on any device.  We also have access to decodable and levelled readers.  These include parent notes, worksheets and comprehension questions and a revision page at the end of each book. 

 

There is also an eplatform app that can be downloaded to devices.   

Search for and download the app (ePlatform by Wheelers Books) from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Windows 10. Select Roselea PS and log in using your child’s DET username and password. 

 

 Ebooks can also be accessed through Orbit

  • Log into the student portal Sign In (det.nsw.edu.au)
    • Your child’s DET username and password
    • Go into Oliver library 
  • Click on Orbit
  • Click on ‘search’ to lookup a Title or ‘ebooks’ to scroll through the library 

To return an e-book

  • After 2 weeks your book will automatically be returned 
  • If you would like to return if before, go into ‘My library’ and click return

 

Children can also log in to World Book Online (Username: roselea, Password: school) and read the many ebooks available. 

 

Best wishes for the summer break and we look forward to a fantastic 2024 in our school library.

 

Happy Reading

Mrs Vassila - Teacher Librarian