News from the Library
This week in the Library we are celebrating IDAHOBIT and David Attenborough’s 100th birthday.
Sunday 17 Mat is the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination, celebrating the diversity within our community. We have a wide range of books displayed in the Library available for loan – come in and check them out!
Friday 8 May was the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough, a veteran presenter and prominent conservationist. Celebrations for his birthday were held worldwide, and to help mark his birthday we are playing clips from Our Planet and Planet Earth. Fennec foxes and platypus puggles are so cute!
IDAHOBIT Celebration
IDAHOBIT is a day that promotes respect, inclusion, and standing against discrimination towards LGBTQIA+ people around the world and today we celebrated with fun activities and snacks at lunchtime.
Students came along to K2 for a fun, welcoming party full of activities, creativity, and good vibes, such as:
- Temporary tattoos & stickers
- Snacks
- Card & board games
- A badge making station
- Coloured sock day & catwalk
- Bracelet making
- Music
May Artisan of the Month
The May AotM is now open. All details can be found on the Library Teams page – AotM channel. A quick overview: there are three categories - Student, Staff, and Family & Friends. Submissions can be emailed to library@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.au
If it is a Family & Friends submission, please mention which student or staff member you are connected to, and when submitting please state in the email "I declare that this entry is all my own work". Entries close 8pm Sunday 24th May
Term 2 Resident Writers
Term 2 Resident Writers is open for submissions! Send us the short written pieces you are proud of - essays, stories, poems, lyrics, etc. For the sake of the judges please limit your entry to a maximum of two pages! Entries can be emailed to library@wantirnacollege.vic.edu.auwith the subject line including the words Resident Writers.
By submitting you agree to be published to the school community (on Teams, in the College Yearbook, etc) - please contact us if you want to submit but prefer to keep your work anonymous. Entries close Tuesday 9th June (the day after the long weekend) When submitting, please state in the email "I declare that this entry is all my own work"
Reading Recommendations
We have recently had a delivery of some great books. Many were recommended by students! The Library thrives when students help develop the collection. Some of their recommendations include:
Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen - Recounts the author's experiences with the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, whose techniques allow them to run long distances with ease, and describes his training for a fifty-mile race with the tribe and a number of ultramarathoners.
Normal Women (teen edition) - This book is a radical retelling of the story of Britain--not of the rise and fall of kings and the occasional queen, but of social and cultural change, powered by the determination, persistence and effectiveness of women, from 1066 to modern times.
Prisoners of geography : ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics - This completely revised and updated edition brings it up to date with the events and trends of the past decade, with new material including: the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Moscow's alliances with authoritarian states; the Israel/Gaza war; China's growing military and strategic power, and its stance on Taiwan; American global power and pivot to the Pacific; Europe's leaning towards more extreme politics, increased defence spending, and the new 'Iron Curtain'; Japan's remilitarisation and increasing power; great power play in Africa; and the growth of Indian economic and military power.
Joanne Montgomery & Sarah van Doorn
Library Staff