Library

Mrs Holley

Author Visit – Dr Cameron Stelzer, The Story Doctor

St Joseph’s is absolutely thrilled to welcome back Dr Cameron Stelzer! “Dr Cameron is an Australian author and illustrator with a passion for creating exciting children’s books and fostering a love of reading, writing and creativity in young people. He is one of Australia’s favourite children’s authors with books that engage, inspire and excite children. Dr Cameron has written and illustrated over thirty books, including the internationally award-winning Pie Rats series, the fun and zany Scallywags series, the SOS series for younger readers, how to draw publications and the Stroogle picture book series. His books have won many book awards including the International Book Awards, the Book Excellence Awards, the American Fiction Awards and the NYC Big Book Awards.” Dr Cameron states that he loves stories; he loves making them, he loves sharing them, and he loves encouraging young people to create their own. Friday, May 17th will be the exciting day that Dr Cameron shares his passion and enthusiasm with us and the students at St. Joseph’s School CAN NOT wait!!

Book Buying Opportunity

In conjunction with the Author Visit, St Joseph’s Primary School families have a special opportunity to purchase signed and personalised copies of Cameron’s books at special prices. Individual books are $10-$15 each and there are also exclusive book sets available. Students will receive an order form prior to the workshop day (payment is via the online payment portal listed on the form; no cash). Forms can be returned by Thursday 16th May (the day before Dr Cameron’s visit) to the Office. This will allow those students attending Diocesan Cross Country to purchase books and merchandise as well.

Don't Forget:

Students need a library bag to borrow books.
Thursday and Friday are our school library days.
The Premier's Reading Challenge is still going and doesn't end until Friday, 23rd August 2024.
The library is open during the second break each day.
Overdue books need to be returned to the library asap!

Reading at Home

Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA and World Book Online. See below for some reading suggestions from SORA.

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. Below are some extra suggestions from SORA.

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.

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.

User ID: joseph2340

Password: joseph2340