Library News
The closing date for the Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) has been extended to Friday 19 September, which is Week Nine of Term Three. Please email Mr Boyce on andrew.boyce@mn.catholic.edu.au if you would like to update your PRC student reading log.
Our LEGO enthusiasts have been busy this term. Building LEGO helps develop fine motor skills and keeps the brain active. It also gives students a rest from computers and is fun and relaxing to build.
This week Tyler B built the Creator Space LEGO 31164 set. He enjoyed the challenge of putting the kit together and installing the light bricks. If anyone would like to donate any unused LEGO sets or pieces to the library, we would be grateful.
New Lamont books
The last thing Letty wants to do is go into the rest home where her Grampa lives, with her Nan. It is hard for Letty to see Grampa now as his dementia has taken over, and he doesn’t even recognise her anymore. He spills his food, knocks things over and rarely says a word. This is not the Grampa that Letty knows and loves and who she used to spend a lot of fun times with.
Nan is patient and firm however, and Letty visits grudgingly. She cannot wait until her parents return from their work trip and rescue her. On a phone call to her dad, he suggests looking for a hidden box of treasures in the room she is sleeping in, which was Gramps’ room when he was a boy.
When she finds the box it has a jumble of marbles, paper clippings and an old football jersey. This discovery launches Letty back in time to 1969, when Gramps is a boy her age, and the world is excited about the very first moon landing. Gramps is called Moonboy by everyone as he is fascinated by the upcoming event.
Being able to move between times also allows Letty to break through Gramps’ dementia and reconnect with her grandfather, all while making a new friend, learning about the moon landing and its trials and tribulations along the way.
At the back of the book are more interesting facts about the moon landing, given young readers even more information to use in projects or enjoy for their own interests.
My favourite theme in the book is the intergenerational relationship between Letty and her grandfather, and how she broke through his dementia with items from his childhood.
Author / Illustrator – Anna Ciddor
Reference: www.whatbooknext.com
NRL Footy tips need to be submitted into the library by 3.15pm on Thursday afternoons or emailed before the first game of the round kicks off. After this weekend there is only one round left. After twenty-five rounds we have three in equal first place on one hundred and twenty points. There are two rounds left to decide the winner of this year’s NRL tipping competition. You can check the leaderboard in the junior fiction area.
The library has a range of items available for loan including fiction and non-fiction titles; we also have titles available in eBook and audiobook format. We look forward to providing a range of new programs, services and displays to both staff and students this term.
Andrew Boyce
Teacher/Librarian