Library News

By Georgia Flaskas (Teacher Librarian)

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK

Book Week was a huge success this year! In the lead-up to the week, I gave a presentation to Year 7 to 9 students during their library reading periods about the Children's Book Council of Australia and how they judge the best books for children and teenagers each year. This was followed with Teighan, our super creative library assistant, sending some mysterious cryptic messages via Compass and pasting odd posters around the school which kept students guessing, looking for clues and most importantly, reading. It was all part of her augmented reality game and students had lots of fun! On Monday at lunchtime, all was revealed and students were directed to the library office to complete the mission. Other students came in on the day to colour in bookmarks or to make zines. Teighan also made a beautiful Book Week display (with current and previous CBCA book award winners) and a gorgeous ‘Reading is Magic' photo frame, which was very popular during the Book Parade.

Tuesday was our Dress Up and Costume Parade Day - our highlight event. It was great to see so many students and staff with their colourful costumes. Well done to Layla M (Year 11), Luca M (Year 11) and Mia D (Year 9) for winning prizes for the best dressed students, thank you to Ms Lucas for hosting the event, Ms Monro for organising prizes for our winners and everyone who dressed up and had fun. Our week ended with my Book Trivia event on Wednesday (packed with questions on Australian children's books and authors) and all participants walked away with a free book and sweets. It was extra special for us as these students are our library regulars at lunchtime. 

Book Trivia with Ms Flaskas

**Book Week was proudly brought to you by the English and Library teams.

The winning Children’s Books for 2024 (as judged by the CBCA) are listed here:

https://cbca.org.au/2024-book-of-the-year-award-winners/

THANK YOU! 

A big thank you to Owen P (Year 11) who has shown great initiative by offering to help out in the library. Thank you for all you do! It's great to see you learning new skills, chatting about libraries and getting creative on Fridays during Animation Club.

Well done to Luca M (Year 11) for starting the Film Club on Monday lunchtimes, which has proven to be very popular with students. All are welcome to attend.

VICTORIAN PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGE

Time is running out, everyone. The closing date for the Challenge is Friday 6th September. To complete the Challenge , you must read at least TEN books from the Challenge list and FIVE choice books and then add these books to the Reading Challenge website at https://vprcidentity.eduweb.vic.gov.au/account/login using your school email address and password. Remember, you do get value awards each time you read 5, 10 and 15 books. We will also have certificates to hand out at the end of the year. 

Congratulations to the following students for already completing the Challenge.

Isabelle H 11C

Luca M 11B

Nour A 7A

Ruby G 8A

Theo Z 11C

Jordan M 11C

Aashraya P 7A

Cristian F 7C

Angel S 9B

Jess Q 8A

Abhijot 7A