Library News
TERM THREE -Edition 31st July 2026
CBCA Book Week – GSSC BOOK WEEK DRESS UP FRIDAY 14th AUGUST!
Staff and students, take inspiration from any stories you have loved over the years and dress up as any character you choose.
Remember the theme ‘Symphony of Stories’ and use this to think about what mix of stories and characters have entertained you over the years, how the stories and characters are like songs for your imagination and use this to express yourself in 2026 Children’s Book Week!
Collect a free little lolly if you can guess which character every GSSC librarian is dressed up as!
NH 1/Biyala - Katrina is __________ from ___________
NH 2/Dharnya - Joan is ___________ from ___________
NH 3/Bayuna - Melissa is__________from___________
Shortlisted CBCA book prize for 2 best student dress up winners, canteen vouchers for 5 runners up!
There will be more activities in each GSSC library for book week 22-28th August, stay tuned for information flyer.
There is large list of CBCA notable titles for 2026 Children’s Book Council of Australia – and GSSC libraries have them all! Browse through the booklet of notable titles and check out our displays – if your NH doesn’t have what you are looking for, check the others, or ask us 😊
Everyday Information – Each library has new activities on their whiteboard each morning! Guess a 9 letter word (Belinda in Dharnya’s evil streak makes sure this is a brilliant challenge!) work out the answer to a quiz, or a ‘true or false’, or learn a ‘Did you know’ fact.
Each library also has fresh and relevant displays that change all the time – some of these in Bayuna are interactive, have a go to win a lolly!
Library Collection – We are always working to improve our physical library collection for you – if you have any requests please let us know and we will add the titles if we can! Your libraries regularly feature an author of the month, please feel free to recommend one of these for us to display also! Recently we have acquired a bunch of titles in the ‘Who is’ series, and some ‘choose your own adventure’ style short reads, as well as regularly adding Reading Bookstore novels of the month, and other recommended titles.
Lunchtime Libraries – Visit any of our GSSC libraries daily for Lunchtime Libraries. Remember to pop out and eat your lunch first (no food in the library please) then come in at 1:42 to enjoy the space, play some games such as Guess Who, Connect 4, Uno and others, relax with a great read, or just catch up with friends.
Laptop Chargers and Headphones - Your libraries now have laptop chargers AND single sets of headphones available for loan. These can be borrowed from any library desk for part of the day (not overnight) and are scanned onto your student or staff library card – just like a book 😊
