LIBRARY REPORT

Celebrating Book Week – Author visit from J.C. Burke

Book week is celebrated nationally during August. At McKinnon, we recognise this time by having authors visit to speak to our students and by running lunchtime events in the library. On Tuesday the 12th of August, J.C. (Jane) Burke spoke to our Year 9 students. Jane is an award winning author of 10 books for young adults and a highly engaging speaker. She had the students enthralled with stories of how she gets ideas for writing and of her writing process. Teasers from her books Pig Boy, The Red Cardigan and Pretty Girl had students keen to borrow her books.

Congratulations to the six students who won a copy of one of Jane’s books  - Brendan Moncrieff, Grace Nam, Sebasitan Hilton-Delhaye, Kesha Singh, Hayden Kelly and Irene Tartiris

Use this URL http://tinyurl.com/p49olmy see the JC Burke books in the College library (school login required)

Book week Book awards

Each year the Children’s Book Council of Australia nominates a short list of excellent Australian books for children and young adults. See below the books nominated for older readers with the winner being Wildlife by Fiona Wood. All of these books are available from the College library.

Library – Refurbishment

Our newly refurbished library has been open for four weeks and the students and staff are enjoying the fabulous new spaces and fresh surroundings. At this important and busy time of the years seniors students are making great use of the new classrooms, meeting room and individual study spaces.

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday – Thursday       8:15am - 5:30pm

Friday                                 8:15am - 4:30pm

Staying open late after school for students to complete homework, study, research, to print, read and browse online etc.  Closed at recess.

Queries to:  library@mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au