Library and Resource Centre
Maryanne Gustus
Welcome back for Term 2.
Reading in the Library before school - Mitch Walker of Year 8 and Stewart Dixon of Year 9
Reading in the Library before school - Mitch Walker of Year 8 and Stewart Dixon of Year 9
The Library continues to be full of activities each and every recess and lunch, along with the exuberance of its inhabitants. We have finally managed, with success, to make sure that our students are no longer using their devices at these break times. Our Director of Learning and Teaching, Mrs Heather Balkin, has more to add about this in her piece included in this newsletter.
Our upstairs ‘Mezzanine’ level in the Library, is available each and every day for silent reading and private study. Our younger students need permission from the Library staff to be there, this ensures the area remains quiet and peaceful. We have many students who need space and quiet at recess and lunch…. a time to rest and recalibrate.
The Library is for all of our students to share, at times the numbers and noise levels are a huge challenge but we are working on some strategies to tackle this situation. This will be very important once the weather is consistently cold and grey. The Library in winter is bright and warm so, of course, our attendance numbers skyrocket.
I would like to say at this point that due to the large attendance, and the subsequent noise levels, we will be instigating a few changes for the Library for break times in the coming weeks so students, stay tuned!
L-R Aliyah Logan, Noah Hill, Jack McRostie, Taj Parker, George Lomas and Will Beveridge all of Year 7.
L -R Willy Kirk, Edwin Siju of Year 7, Sineth Hansa of Year 8.
L-R Aliyah Logan, Noah Hill, Jack McRostie, Taj Parker, George Lomas and Will Beveridge all of Year 7.
L -R Willy Kirk, Edwin Siju of Year 7, Sineth Hansa of Year 8.
Chess Club on Thursday lunchtime finds the library brimming at the seams with our students who are quite committed to their chess journey.
Mr Nathan Coombs, Chess Superstar, and our two Chess Captains from Year 12, James and Ciaran, are doing a wonderful job in helping our students learn and discover the joy of Chess. Mr Richard Brown is also a chess fan and has been on hand to assist and play.
Thursday Chess Club in the Library. Mr Coombs enthralling the crowd, supported by Ciaran Behrendt, Year 12.
Thursday Chess Club in the Library. Mr Coombs enthralling the crowd, supported by Ciaran Behrendt, Year 12.
Uniting Church Lunch
Mr Leo McMahon, a stalwart of the Uniting Church Lunch program.
Heartfelt thanks to you Mr McMahon.
Mr Leo McMahon, a stalwart of the Uniting Church Lunch program.
Heartfelt thanks to you Mr McMahon.
Mr Leo McMahon, on the second day of this term, supervised five wonderful Year 9 young women in our monthly commitment to the Uniting Church catered lunch. In total they fed nearly thirty people, some in person, some for take away. On the day, if there is food left over, it is all packaged up to be delivered around Hamilton by folk from the Church. It is such a worthwhile activity in our local community.
Ava Kinnealy and Mikela Pohl
Willow Colliton and Gabrielle Bennett
Anika Pohl
Ava Kinnealy and Mikela Pohl
Willow Colliton and Gabrielle Bennett
Anika Pohl
The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you.
Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
Alan Bennett
Ms Maryanne Gustus
Head of Library