Library News

Our mantra at St Mary's is "READING IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL"

FUNKY FRUIT 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 reward for the week. Week 8 winner was Sascha (Year 6) who won "Norman the Candy melon" and the Week 9 winner of  "Poppy and Sam" was Elisha (Year 2).  Students will not be borrowing from the library this week and their library bags will stay in their classrooms over the holidays.

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE  

Last week students received login cards to access the Premier's Reading Challenge site so they can record books they have read for the challenge. All classes were walked through the website during library lessons, so I'm hoping a lot of them will have a grasp of what the challenge is about and how to record their reading. For parents who are helping at home, I've included some screenshots below to help you to record books read by your child (for K-2 students they can include books that are read to them by another person; books read during library lessons will be added to students' records for them during the challenge period by me). 

For more information about the Student Experience Site you can watch the video available here. If you are unable to access an appropriate device or internet connection at home for recording your child's reading, please ask your child to speak to me about a paper form for recording.

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".

OVERDUE LIBRARY BOOKS

Year 4 Gold is the ONLY class in the school that does not have any overdue library books - WELL DONE - 4 GOLD.  Year 4 Gold will receive their reward in Term Two.  Could all other classes please return library books on the library days below?

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