LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome to the first Library News for 2026. I hope you’ve all had a relaxing holiday and are looking forward to the year ahead. A special welcome to new families at Holy Trinity School. I look forward to meeting you and your child over the coming years.

The library is a special place at Holy Trinity as each week, we share great stories with our students and encourage what will hopefully be a lifelong love of reading. Primary classes attend one 50-minute library lesson each week, focusing on literature appreciation (reading great books) and information literacy (how to find and use information). Children can also borrow books to read for pleasure at home.

While secondary students no longer have a library lesson each week, they can borrow during break times and often come over during English lessons. Last week, all secondary students borrowed an English text and a chapter book for quiet reading. The secondary school also has a DEAR (drop everything and read) lesson on Thursday, during which students are encouraged to borrow a book.

General Information

Teacher Librarian: Mrs Toni Fraser 

Email: invlibrary@arm.catholic.edu.au

Library Assistant:  Mrs Sharon Hollis

Class Library Days:

Monday - 3D, 3M

Tuesday - 1D, 6D, 5M

Wednesday - KM, KTM, 5F, 4W

Thursday - 2D, 2M, 6B, 6L

Friday - 1W, 3S, 4WL

Library Bags

Each child needs a library bag for their lesson, with their name marked on the bag. It’s important that all students (K-6) have a library bag to protect books in their school bags from damage and accidental spills. The uniform shop sells a Holy Trinity Library bag, or you can bring one from home. We love to see homemade bags, pillowcases, or even a plastic bag; anything that protects the books is great! 

Here are Olivia and Jackson with their great library bags ready for their first lesson of 2026.

Borrowing Limits

Kindergarten - two books per week, return after one week (this will increase to three books in Term 2)

Year 1 & 2 - three books, return after one week

Year 3-6 - up to five books, return after two weeks

If you have any specific requests regarding your child’s reading, please leave a message with their classroom teacher or email me at invlibrary@arm.catholic.edu.au

Scholastic Book Club

Once a term, the school participates in the Scholastic Book Club, where families can purchase books at great prices, and the library earns Scholastic credit to purchase new books. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO BUY, so please don’t feel that we expect families to place an order.  If you wish to order, we encourage families to use Scholastic’s cashless ordering system (called LOOP). Further information about this will be included before the first catalogue goes home later in the term. 

Help! We’ve lost or damaged a book.

Firstly, if this happens, don’t worry! As a mum of four children, I understand that accidents and damage can happen, but we appreciate you letting us know so we can remove the book from your child’s name. Please send me a message via the front office, a note with your child, or an email to invlibrary@arm.catholic.edu.au

Library Break Times

Do you know how I can tell if it’s hot or cold outside? The first clue is to look at how many students visit the library during break time! It’s been wonderful to see how many new students have come in to enjoy the space. Students from Years 3-6 and 7-11 visit to relax, play games and read during their break. I love seeing so many happy faces.

These are just some of the students who came to the library over the last week. Welcome to the new Year 3 students, too. It’s great to see you!

Primary students at snack break.

Secondary students during their break time.

New Books & Displays

Fresh reads have arrived! Explore our new books and displays, now available to borrow.

Meet the Reader

This week, it’s a whole class full of readers! Yesterday, 3D came for their first lesson, and I took photos of them at the library to show our new Kindies. Everyone borrowed this week, which is a great start to the year. Some fun photos were taken to show what NOT to do, too! Can you tell which ones they were?

Happy reading,

Mrs Toni Fraser