LIBRARY NEWS

CHESS CLUB

Congratulations to the Footscray Knights who became the ‘Zonal School Champions’ in Chess. The students attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School on Wednesday 22 March where they competed against five other schools. It was a close competition.  

Congratulations to Rifky Althaf who won the ‘Star of the Tournament’ trophy.

1.       Footscray City College - 22.5 ‘Zonal School Champion’ trophy.

2.       Penleigh &Essendon Grammar - 22

3.       Albert Park College – 20

4.       Copperfield College – 17.5

5.       Maribyrnong College -  16

6.       Banyule PS - 5

Mustafa Eyiam

CAUGHT READ HANDED BOOK CLUB

We'll now be meeting during Thursday lunchtimes in the library classroom.  Some recent recommendations from members include:

Skullduggery Pleasant series - Derek Landy

The Fault in our stars - John Green

Chaos Walking series - Patrick Ness

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda - Becky Albertalli

COME HERE AND SAY IT

On Friday 5th May, six of our talented students performed poetry in our library on various topics.

Jada Kyle - White privilege

Ellen Sharkey - The Waiting Room

Felix Briggs - Time thinking

Charlie O'Regan - Blossom

Jay Curtis - I'm a alien (intentional grammatical error)

Congratulations to them all for their creativity, profound reflections, thoughtful analysis of everyday occurrences and their willingness to perform in front of an audience which can be rather nervewracking.  The next performance will be Friday 9 June. 

GIRLS WRITE UP

Four of our students have been selected for the wonderful opportunity of performing at Girls Write Up, which is the schools' program for the Stella Prize .  Girls Write Up is a daylong festival for teens aged 12–18 that teaches empowerment through writing and sharing stories.  Our students will be paid to perform a team poetry piece with the provocation "Can art save the world?" They will also form a panel to discuss their creative process.  Congratulations and good luck to Jada Kyle - Year 12, Abbie Liptrot - Year 10, Felix Briggs - Year 8 and Ellen Sharkey - Year 7.

For further info relating to the book club or poetry performances please contact Emma Pollock in the library.