Library News
National Simultaneous Storytime Reading
On Wednesday the 22nd, Students in Transition to Year 2 were invited to attend the National Simultaneous Storytime hosted by the Guyra Library and Armidale Regional Council. At 12 o'clock, all across the country, children listened to this year's chosen book, the delightful Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker.
St Mary of the Angels students, along with students from other local schools, were completely immersed in the story telling by Mayor Sam Coupland. We then watched proudly as the awards for the colouring in competition were announced, which included a win for Evie Cox who received a copy of the book. Well done Evie!
Our children are to be congratulated on their brilliant behaviour and beautiful manners on display. Special mention to Vincent Furphy who thanked the Librarians and Mayor on our behalf.
Many thanks go to Aimee and Wendy for coordinating the day and to ARC for providing a bus for our Transition students.
About the author:
Aura Parker is an award-winning illustrator, writer and designer. Her picture books are joyful with a playful sense of humour, brimming with details to explore. Aura Parker’s storytelling though words and pictures inspires imagination, courage and confidence in young readers as well as a love, curiosity and passion for nature.
Book Fair Guessing Competition Winners
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Updated Library Borrowing Days
Please see below the updated library borrowing days for term 2.
Monday - Stage 1 (1/2 Class)
Tuesday - Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten)
Thursday - Stage 2 (3/4 Class)
Thursday - Stage 3 (5/6 Class)
No Library: Wednesday or Friday
Don't Forget:
- Overdue books need to be returned to the library asap!
- Please ensure your child has a library bag so they can enjoy these reads at their leisure at home! Library Bags 🤝New Books
- The Premier's Reading Challenge is still going and doesn't end until Friday, 23rd August 2024.
Thank you to all our wonderful students who borrow books every week.
2024 Students as Authors Writing Competition
The 2024 'Students As Authors' Writing Competition is now open and the theme is Future Worlds.
The competition is designed to give students an authentic purpose and audience for their writing and provide an opportunity to showcase the writing talents of our students through publication to SORA, the digital library. Please support students to enter their work via the QR code embedded in the promo poster. The competition will close June 14th.
Premier’s Reading Challenge 2024
The Premiers Reading Challenge began on the 26th of February and runs through to the 23rd of August 2024.
This voluntary challenge involves the children reading a specified number of books from a particular list and keeping a log of the books read. The challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for pleasure in students and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge for children to read, to read more, and to read more widely. If you would like more information about the challenge, visit the PRC website here.
Further information will be sent home in the coming weeks and there will be further updates provided in forthcoming newsletters. Don't forget that any books that you are currently reading or that you have read since the completion of last year's challenge may be included in this year's list.
It is also expected that parents and students will be responsible for keeping track of books read. This can be easily done by logging on to the PRC site and adding them to their child's reading record. This also avoids the list getting lost.
Please contact the office if you are need your login details or password.
Reading at Home
Don't forget that your child has 24/7 access to reading material through SORA Online.
SORA, by Overdrive.
Simply access the app store and search for Sora. Alternatively use this link - SORA App
Once in the app you will need to add our Library by selecting
- I have a setup code (at the bottom of the screen)
YOUR SETUP CODE IS: CENETAU
You will be prompted to
- Select I have a setup code
- Enter setup code cenetau
- Select ACEN (Australian Catholic Education Network) from the drop down menu.
- Log in using your own personal username and password
- Choose diocese Armidale
- Username: is your school username (the first part of your email address)
- Password: the same password that you use to log into your chromebooks every day at school!
- Any problems after logging in try looking in the HELP section in settings which can be found by clicking the 3 lines at the TOP RIGHT HAND corner OR email guyadmin@arm.catholic.edu.au
BOOK WEEK 2024
