From the Library Resource Centre (LRC)
Dear Parents and Students,
October Holiday Break
The Library will be open for Year 12 students over the Spring holiday break, but only for the last week (Tuesday 8th October to Friday 11th October). The SLRC will be closed for the first week of the holiday break, and Monday 7th October being the public holiday.
This is to help Year 12 in their preparation for the HSC examinations. Opening hours will be from 8.30am to 4.30pm weekdays.
The SLRC will then reopen on Tuesday 15th October, when Term 4 resumes for students.
While the SLRC has HSC resources and past HSC exams, there are also HSC resources at BMCC library branches - Blaxland, Springwood and Katoomba. Details can be found on the BMCC library website: https://library.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/client/en_AU/default.
If you click on the tab “Youth and HSC Resources” on the bottom right of the page, you will then find 2 tabs labelled “HSC resources” (information on what is available for study purposes, and databases) and “HSC collection” (items for students to borrow). There is also a link to the “YA newsletter” that students can subscribe to for the latest information and events for young people on the Mountains.
Wishing Year 12 students All the Best for their HSC exams.
BMCC Library News
2024 Education Expo
After visiting the Education Expo on the afternoon of 27/8/2024, I was amazed at the range of resources that Students and Parents can now borrow from the BMCC Library. These include Read and Listen kits (combined Book and audio CD), Spark Science kits, and Logic Games, and specialised book kits for beginners and children who struggle to read.
Please ask Branch Library staff for assistance.
Attached are the information leaflets:
- Accessing the BMCC Library from home,
- Home School Education Resources - includes a QR code and direct links to the selected resources on the Library catalogue pages,
- BMCC Youth Council - for students interesting in representing youth voices to Council,
- Mountains of Help - youth services and activities,
- Community Directory - local and online community services and groups,
- Community Recycling Centre.
Hub Picnic Day - Wednesday 2nd October, 11.30am -1.30pm
Pack a picnic, grab your blanket, and join Blue Mountains Library, Springwood Neighbourhood Centre and MYST for free games and activities.
https://www.bluemountainstheatre.com.au/what-s-on/season-2024/hub-picnic-day/
The Toy Repair Café will also be in attendance to repair one of your children’s toys.
Author in Conversation - Thursday 3rd October, 7.00-8.30pm
Presented by The Turning Page Bookshop at Springwood Library, join in conversation with author Kyra Geddes as she discusses her latest novel, The Story Thief. Based around the famous Henry Lawson story, The Drover's Wife, this novel melds fact and fiction into a stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and pivotal moments in Australian history. The Story Thief is about mothers and daughters, love, loss and the power of words. Ultimately it is about how each of us must find our own way to live.
Free to attend, with light refreshments supplied.
Bookings are essential. See link: BMCC Library - Author in Conversation
Elisabeth Wells
Senior Library Information Services Technician