Library News

The library hosted our annual school chess tournament on Friday 14 March. It was a knockout competition, with individual trophies for the best junior and senior chess player. After a keenly fought final our new junior chess champion is William L. In the senior division Will L is our new champion. He has graduated from being our junior chess champion. 

The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) opened to Years 7 – 10 students on Monday 24 February. Participants can experience quality literature from a range of authors and genres. Students will need to read twenty books, including at least ten books from the prescribed PRC reading lists. Please email Mr Boyce on andrew.boyce@mn.catholic.edu.au if you wish to register.  

Mrs Medhurst is running the NRL Footy Tipping competition again this year. The deadline for submitting tips will be 3.15pm on Thursday afternoons. At the end of the twenty-seven rounds the top three place getters will receive prizes. It is free for staff and students to enter. A leaderboard will be available for viewing in the junior fiction area of the library. 

Finally, the library has a range of items available for loan including fiction and non-fiction titles, also available in eBook and audiobook format. We look forward to providing a range of new programs, services and displays to both staff and students this year. 

Andrew Boyce

Teacher/Librarian