Campion Booklist

The purpose of the Norwood Secondary College booklist is to outline the books and resources that students require at each year level and subject. The Library Manager, KLA leaders and the Director of Curriculum are all key stakeholders in this process.

The key roles and responsibilities for each of these stakeholders are outlined below:

Library Manager

To be the first point of contact with the school’s preferred book supplier (Campion)
To liaise with publishers and book suppliers when they contact the school and forward any necessary information to KLA Leaders and/or the Director of Curriculum and Assistant Principal.
To secure proofs or inspection copies of texts that KLA Leaders and their faculty members require.
To inform KLA Leaders and/or the Director of Curriculum of any changes to or problems with texts currently on the booklist and work with Campion’s representatives to solve problems or seek alternate texts.
To oversee the completion of the booklist, ensuring that timelines are met, and texts are selected in accordance with the school’s Text Selection Policy.
To support the Head of English and VCE English teachers with the early purchase of texts for Senior students.
To liaise with the Director of Curriculum and/or Assistant Principal and Heads of Year Level about communicating the booklist information to students and their families.

KLA Leader

To oversee the completion of the booklist for all subjects in their faculty area.
To approach the Library Manager about changes to the booklist and to seek support where necessary.
To liaise with the Director of Curriculum and/or Assistant Principal when booklist changes need to be made that do not meet the requirements of the school’s Text Selection Policy.
To submit proposals to the Curriculum Committee for discussion or to seek approval to change texts if required.

Director of Curriculum

To support the Library Manager in overseeing the completion of the booklist, ensuring that timelines are met, and texts are selected in accordance with the school’s Text Selection Policy.

Term 3 is a fundamental time in the development of the following years booklist, to ensure the booklist is curated prior to Campion's cut off. The below timeline provides a guide as to the tasks that need to be completed year to year.

Sample Term 3 Timeline (2025)

Important Dates

Actions

Curriculum Committee Meeting

(First Meeting in Term 3)

Library Manager to attend the Curriculum Committee Meeting to launch a discussion about the 2025 booklist.

A timeline and codes will need to be shared with KLA Leaders.
Remind KLA Leaders to refer to the school’s text selection policy in the curriculum handbook if changes need to be made (particularly before the 3 years). Hard copies of this policy can be distributed at this meeting. A copy of this document can also be found below.
Library Manager to forward pdf copies of the previous years booklist to KLA Leaders. If copies of booklists from previous years are needed, KLA Leaders are encouraged to obtain copies from the General Office.
KLA Leaders are the only staff with access to the booklist and their login details and password will be unique to their KLA. Details must be kept secure.
KLA Leaders will be required to also check the stationery lists for the subjects in their faculty.

Monday 12, August – (Week 5)

The Director of Curriculum will provide any reminders to the Curriculum Committee about the 2025 booklist

*NB: If KLA Leaders require approval to change their current texts, then a proposal/submission must be made to the Committee.

Friday 30, August –

(Week 7)

All changes need to be completed to allow for booklist formatting. The Library Manager will liaise directly with Campion on behalf of Norwood teaching staff.

Tuesday 3, September – (Week 8)

Final drafts of booklists will be sent to KLA Leaders in PDF form and a hard copy will be provided to KLA Leaders.

KLA Leaders to ‘sign-off’ and approve that the details in the PDF booklists are accurate e.g., Titles, editions, and publishers.

Friday 6, September – Campion Deadline

(Week 8)

Campion will close the booklist. No more changes can be made.

Text Selection Policy.pdf

My Connect 2

In 2025, Norwood Secondary will be introducing My Connect 2, a free online platform for staff and students to access all Norwood book listed textbooks. Students will have their purchased textbooks available on their online platform, in one convenient place. Please note, where print and digital was listed on the book list, students will still have their hardcopy textbook for the classroom. In addition to the ease of everything being in one location, My Connect 2 also includes several functions that aim to enhance the opportunity for learning for our students. Some of these functions include an immersive reader, ability to read text aloud, add notes, highlight and embed video links. This video explains some of the features available on the platform.

Students will be sent a welcome email from Campion once they have completed the purchase of booklist items, detailing how to log in and access this free online program. Students will also be provided an opportunity to log in and set it up during mentoring in Term 1.

The below document provides information for staff on logging in to My Connect 2, as well as some of the features that can be used on the platform.

Campion My Connect Platform - Staff Information.pdf