AS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DRAWS CLOSER AND CLOSER …

IT IS TIME TO ROUND UP ALL BORROWED LIBRARY BOOKS

Student borrowing has ended for this year and with the end of the school year quickly approaching it is time to return ALL library books. Overdue notices have been sent home and further reminders will be issued this week! Your support in locating ALL library books is vitally important to maintaining our current library collection. My sincere thanks to the families who have already returned overdue books - it makes my job so much easier! If you know that a library book has been lost, it would be appreciated if you could advise me via email at mholley@arm.catholic.edu.au .

Many thanks, in advance, for your support with this.

2023 NSW PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE

The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2023 is well and truly done and dusted. Did you know that this year 433,502 students across NSW took part in the PRC, and that 313,000 completed the Challenge? Participating students read a combined total of 8,658,738 books and this year’s most read book was our simultaneous storytime text ‘The Speedy Sloth’ written by Rebecca Young and illustrated by Heath McKenzie. The St Joseph's students who completed the challenge will receive their Official PRC Certificates in the coming weeks. Don't forget any books that you have read since the conclusion of the 2023 Challenge can be included in the 2024 PRC Challenge, so start logging your books now!

Book Club

Book Club orders for Catalogue 8 have now closed, and for those families who have ordered books, your purchases will be ready for delivery soon. Thank you to all those families who have supported this service offered by Scholastic Australia throughout the year. Your purchases, just like our Book Fair, enable us to accrue credit points which we are then able to convert into resources for our school.

A Christmas Suggestion

Reading at Home

Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA and World Book Online.

SORA

The students at St Joseph’s are able to access ebooks, audiobooks and magazines through SORA, the Armidale Diocese digital library. SORA has an extensive collection of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines for students of all ages.

Instructions for logging onto SORA are as follows:

Getting started with Sora

Sora - get free ebooks and audiobooks from your school.

Step 1: Install the SORA app from Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or soraapp.com.

Step 2: When in SORA, click on I have a setup code, then sign in.

The “setup” code is cenetau

Sign into your School – Select ACEN from the dropdown box.

Step 3: Browse the explore tab and borrow a book. Your book will open so you can start reading right away.

Step 4: Close the book and go to the shelf to see all your books. From there, you can:

Select Open book or Open audiobook to read or listen to the book.
Select Options to renew or return the book and more.

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You will need to use your school username and password to access this.

WORLD BOOK ONLINE

Our school has a subscription to World Book Online! This means you have FREE access to this wonderful resource from home or on the go with any internet-connected device. World Book Online may be accessed via the Oliver home page or by visiting the World Book website www.worldbookonline.com

World Book Online is a safe, trusted, 21st-century learning environment for students.

The World Book products our school has access to include:

Kids:

simple navigation
easy to read articles
translations
text to speech (with 10 voices)
educational games and activities
science experiments
a dictionary
an atlas
interactive maps
map outlines
a tool for comparing places or animals.

Student:

expansive reference database
multimedia library
games
behind the headlines
citation builder
research tools

Timelines:

over 650 timelines including Gold Rushes in Australia, Australian Prime Ministers, Cricket World Cup, Star Wars and Harry Potter. Edit or create your own timelines.

Our User ID: joseph2340

Password: joseph2340

St Joseph's Colour Run Sponsors

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