Library News
Mrs Cousens
Library Manager
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge Celebration
It was wonderful celebrating our champion readers and participants in this year's Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge at the end of Term 3.
The quality of the books read and the book reviews were our focus. We concluded the celebration by having students recommend books to one another.
| Year 7 | Year 9 |
| First place - Japjot G 7F | First place - Mursal A 9B |
| Second place - Shanvi G 7B | Second place - Pippa E 9F |
| Third place - Nathan U 7F | Third place - Bhuvi C 9C |
| Lucky draw - Addisyn B 7F | Lucky draw - Rhylei F 9C |
| Year 8 | Year 10/11/12 |
| First place - Insha R 8D | First place - Atlas P 11A |
| Second place - Aknoor K 8D | Second place - Sam A 12F |
| Third place - Shahla J 8A | Third place - Rhylee R 11A |
| Lucky draw - Anni A 8D | Lucky draw - Erin A 12F |
VHAP Term 3 Celebration
We celebrated our Term 3 Victorian High-Ability Program students at the end of last term with participation certificates and a morning tea.
This high-achiever program focuses on tasks that stimulate students’ critical thinking, problem solving and creativity – enriching their understanding of English and Mathematics.
English stream: Ali G 7G
Maths stream: Gurnoor S 7A, Aeraaf M 7G
Victorian High-Ability Program students and other high-achieving students will have the opportunity to attend an excursion at Melbourne Museum later this term, where they will explore Biodiversity and Evolution.
Library Halloween Competition
Students were invited to participate in our annual Library Halloween Competition at the start of term 4. They had the option to submit the following creative responses:
- Draw a spooky character from a book
- Write a spooky book review
- Write a short horror story
- Create found poetry using horror book titles
There were book prizes for place winners and loot bags, certificates, and credits for all participants.
R. L. Stine’s Birthday – 8th October
To celebrate R.L. Stine's birthday on Wednesday, 8th October, we did a spooky Goosebumps reading at recess, followed by students creating their own endings to the story. All enjoyed some green birthday cake.
R.L. Stine is famous for writing children's and young adult horror novels, particularly for his best-selling and iconic book series, Goosebumps, and Fear Street.
Library Monitors
Anna K 9G has been leading the way in our Halloween displays and bookmark making. Our monitors are also being trained in book processing. They are looking forward to greater opportunities in planning our new library in 2026.
All students are invited to volunteer as library lunchtime monitors. They are rewarded with credits and library privileges.
Erin A12F – Reading Café & First Book Borrowed
Erin has been an enthusiastic and competitive participant in our Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge competitions, kindly volunteered to be a library monitor this year, and has been a passionate supporter of our college library.
As a parting ‘gift’, she has designed our reading café checklist cards. To show our appreciation to Erin, we rewarded her with the first book she borrowed from our library, The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid. This may become a new tradition for future Year 12 students to be reunited with the first book they borrowed from the college library.
