SOME HOLIDAY ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS

WHAT’S ON AT THE MOVIES?

"Runt" by Craig Silvey, winner of the 2023 CBCA Younger Readers Book of the Year has just been released as a movie! It is a great read and by all reports it is also a fantastic film and a great holiday activity for the whole family. One film critic has described it as “a wonderful, uplifting film based on a big-hearted novel by one of Australia’s most gifted writers. It’s about love, friendship, kindness, pride and hope.” If you enjoyed Babe, you are bound to love Runt! Click on the link to view the trailer. Runt Trailer

Synopsis: Annie Shearer lives in the country town of Upson Downs with her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt. The two share a very special bond. After years of evading capture, Runt is remarkably fast and agile, perfect for herding runaway sheep. But when a greedy local landowner puts her family's home at risk, Annie directs Runt's extraordinary talents towards a different pursuit - winning the Agility Course Grand Championship at the lucrative Krumpets Dog Show in London. However, there is a curious catch: Runt will only obey Annie's commands if nobody else is watching. With all eyes on them, Annie and Runt must beat the odds and the fastest dogs in the world to save her farm. Runt is a heart-warming and hilarious tale of kindness, friendship, hurdles, hoops, tunnels, see-saws, being yourself and bringing out the best in others.

TAMWORTH TOWN LIBRARY

The Tamworth Town Library is free to join and a wonderful place to visit during the school holidays. You are able to browse an extensive number of books and borrow up to 20! Movies and music are also available for borrowing and, they have an online library as well! The following link will take you to the Tamworth Town Library website https://cnl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/EVENTS?HOMEPRMS=EVSESPARAMS

TAMWORTH REGIONAL GALLERY

The Tamworth Regional Gallery is offering workshops in puppet construction and animation, printmaking and ceramics. For further information access the link below

https://tamworthregionalgallery.com.au/

Overdue Books

We have a number of students who have overdue books and the forthcoming school holidays would be the ideal time to conduct an overdue book hunt, who knows what other treasures you may find? It would be greatly appreciated if overdue books could be returned to school as soon as possible. If overdue library books cannot be located, they will need to be paid for or replaced. I appreciate your support with this. Any queries please contact me mholley@arm.catholic.edu.au

Damaged Books

In the unfortunate event that a book is damaged please let me know straight away so that damaged books are not returned to the shelves, but instead are put aside for repair.

Reading at Home

Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA and World Book Online. Please note that your child will need their school login details to access SORA, if they are unsure of their login details please contact the school so we are able to provide them for you. Some recommendations for your perusal.

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:

Step 1: Install 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 - “setup” code is cenetau - then sign in.

Sign into your School – Select your school - ACEN

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

Step 4: Close the book and go to see all your books (including assignments). 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, see your notes and highlights, and more.

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NB 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

What is World Book Online?

Homework help
Read stories, articles, and current events
Complete activities and Webquests
Play educational games
Learn how to do research
Explore pictures and videos
Find reliable information for assignments and projects

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

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