Library News
Vermont Secondary College
November is National Novel Writing Month!
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a free international event that encourages writers of all ages to write every day.
The Young Writers program is over 100,000 strong. It offers support, helping our young writers to set their targets and track their progress. It's not a competition. There are no losers here!
Vermont Secondary College is in its third year of helping keen writers to participate. We meet every lunchtime in the library. We keep a tally of words written, already reaching the astounding total of 12,000 words between just six students. Pretty impressive - and a lot of fun!
We'll let you know how we get on this November - and it's not too late to join our creative community. Come and introduce yourself. Bring along your lunch and your imagination. The rest is up to you!
Joanna Bonetti
Return your library books competition!
All students who return their library books on time during November will go into the draw to win one of the following prizes: -
A signed copy of Lance Franklin: My football journey
Taylor Swift American Girl
The 169 Storey Treehouse
Reader of the Month October
Ava D of 7H1
Borrowers of the month
1 7H2
2 7S3
3 7H1
Congratulations and keep up the great work!
Online safety resources for students, staff, parents and carers
Optus Digital Thumbprint Stay smart online resources https://www.digitalthumbprint.com.au/parent-resources/
Digital Thumbprint supports young people and families Digital Thumbprint has a range of handy guides on digital health and wellbeing topics that support healthy family conversations, such as:
Safeguard your child’s privacy on popular apps and games · Blocking unwanted contact for your child · Balancing time online · Cyberbullying: What to say when things go wrong online · Recognising hackers, scammers & fake friends · Stay ahead of scams through family discussions.
- Safeguard your child’s privacy on popular apps and games
- Blocking unwanted contact for your child
- Balancing time online
- Cyberbullying: What to say when things go wrong online
- Recognising hackers, scammers & fake friends
- Stay ahead of scams through family discussions
Project Rockit Digital Resource Portal
The digital resource portal contains 100+ youth-designed evidence based-teaching resources for Year 7 - 9 students to support your teaching practice and facilitate meaningful conversations on issues of relationships, anxiety, online safety, consent, bullying, and more. Searchable by subject, age, and length, teachers can share resources via unique links and integrate the portal into lessons. · To login, go to: https://www.projectrockit.com.au/login
· Your school username is: vermontsc
· Your school password is: vermontsc2023!