Library News

INTRODUCING OUR JUNIOR LIBRARY MONITORS

Our wonderful Junior Library Monitors are such a vital part of our library community.  Their enthusiasm, responsibility and willingness to help are truly appreciated. They make such a positive difference to the smooth running of the library and make my job so much easier -thank you for all that you do Adelin, Eliora, Elise, Jess, Mena, Mia, Nasharee and Sreya.

THIS WEEK IN THE LIBRARY

CBCA Book of the Year:  This week we are reading "Dear Broccoli" by Jo Dabrowski that is a shortlisted Book of the Year from the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA).  Students had to write a letter to their least favourite fruit or vegetable explaining why they would like them out of their lives.

Book Week (Week 6, 28th August): We celebrate all things reading with the much-anticipated Dress-Up Book Parade and Book Fair with our family & Grandparents.  WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL SPECIAL VISITORS (GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, SPECIAL FRIENDS) TO DRESS UP FOR THE BOOK FAIR THIS YEAR.

YEAR 4 GOLD - LIBRARY REWARD 

This week Year 4 Gold were rewarded for not having any overdue library books at the end of Term Two.  Students brought in blankets, slippers, pillows and card games to enjoy during their library lesson.

FUNKY FRUIT/VEGETABLE REWARD

Students are encouraged to bring their library bags in on Wednesday or Thursday (depending on their borrowing day) to have a chance at winning the funky fruit/vegetable reward for the week. 

Week 4 winner of  The Eggplant Family "Baba" and "Ghanoush" was Fatou (Year Three) 

Week 3 winner of  The Guacamole Family "Avi", "Cado", "Pip", "Tommy"and "Olive" was Sanne (Year Four) 

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE  

The reading challenge deadline is Friday 18 September 2026. There are detailed instructions below about how to log books your children have read. If you are unable to access an appropriate device or internet connection at home for recording your child's reading, please just record the titles and authors on paper and they can bring them to me to record them.  For more information about the Student Experience Site you can watch the video available here. 

Adding Books 

Step 1: Follow this link to the Student Experience Site

Step 2: Log in using the button in the top right corner with the details on your child's PRC login card.

Step 3: To record books already read (you can include books that have been read earlier this year), click on the avatar in the top right corner, then click on "My Reading Log". NB: Books should only be added when they have been read from cover to cover!

Step 4: Start typing the name of the book read into the "Add a PRC Book" search, select the title from the drop-down menu and click "Add".

Step 5: If the book does not come-up in this search, it is not a PRC list book for 2026 and needs to be added as a personal choice book. Type the title and author into the fields and click "Add".

LIBRARY DAYS

Borrowing will occur during library lessons to give the students more focused time to engage with library borrowing. Students must have a library bag with them on borrowing days. 

Please refer to the list below to see which day your child/ren will need to bring their library bags and return any books that are due in order to borrow new books.  

ES1 - Wednesday

S1 - Thursday

S2 - Thursday

S3 - Wednesday

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS FOR STUDENTS