Resource Centre
National Simultaneous Storytime
It was a pleasure to welcome Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2 and their teachers to the Resource Centre for the annual National Simultaneous Storytime at 11.35am on Wednesday 22 May. We read and discussed this year's text “Bowerbird Blues” by Aura Parker.
New Arrivals & Donations
Over the past fortnight, the Resource Centre team have been busy getting some new 7-9 Fiction and Junior Non Fiction books catalogued and ready to borrow!
Coffee, Cake & Books
On Monday morning, we had the pleasure of welcoming four new volunteers into the Resource Centre. The Resource Centre Team outlined the various ways volunteers can assist in the space. If you see our new volunteers in the Resource Centre, please make them feel welcome!
Resource Centre Committee
The Resource Centre Committee meet at lunchtime every Thursday in RC2 (computer lab).
We have teams of students who have a weekly task to assist in running the Resource Centre.
Scholastics Book Club
As you read this edition of the newsletter, all of Issue 3 of Scholastic Book Club have been delivered and disturbed.
Premier's Reading Challenge
The challenge begins on 26 February and closes on 23 August.
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is upon us again.
If your child has participated in the past, you can use the same login details. If you can’t locate your login details, please let Ms Height know and she will reset the password for you.
If you child is new to the challenge, they can join by:
- Contacting the Resource Centre (library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au)
- Notifying Ms Height during their library lesson
- Writing a note in your child’s school diary so their classroom teacher can pass this information onto the Library Staff
Once we have received the student passwords, they will be sent home and a copy will also be placed into your child's diary.
If you would like to begin locating books for your children to read for the challenge, please take time to preview some of the lists that have been created on the website here.
Please see the website for further details.
Upcoming Events
6 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
7 June Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
13 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
20 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
21 June Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
Important details
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday at 8.30am to 4.30pm
Friday at 8.30am to 4.00pm
Borrowing and Returns
Students may borrow and return books before school, at recess, lunch time and after school. Primary School students also have the chance to borrow books during their fortnightly library lessons.
Renewals
Students are able to re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is requested after this period, students are required to bring their book with them to allow the staff to sight it. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library.
Requests
If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wishlist.
Overdue Notices
If you receive an overdue notice, there is a chance that the books may have been processed through our system after the email was sent. We encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre on library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au
If you have any other enquiries, issues or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our team by phoning Reception or sending an email.
Reading Permissions
As our space caters from students from Kinder to Year 12, we have organised our collection to allow students to locate books that are written with protagonists who are of a similar age to them. For example, in Upper Primary, most of the characters are 11-13 year olds. This way, we can ensure themes and content are appropriate and allows students to read the books for pleasure independently and with confidence.
When making the decision on where books are placed, we are guided by the author and publisher recommendations.
If students are requesting to borrow books above their age level, we request that parents write a letter or email the library staff to give permission for their child to borrow and read a specific book.
Ms Height and Ms O’Neill
Resource Centre Team