Library News

Book of the Year - St Mary's Shadow Judging

The votes are in! ES1 - S2 have been reading the CBCA shortlisted books from the Picture Book, Information Books and Early Childhood categories this term. Last week we voted on which books we think should win Book of the Year.

The Children's Book Council will announce their chosen winners on Friday 15 August.

ES1 Early Childhood awarded to:

Winner: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Tooth Fairy (And Some Things You Didn't) by Briony Stewart

Runner-up: Don't Worry Felix by Yohann Devezy & Katharine Alice, illustrated by Zoe Bennett

S1 Eva Pownall Information Books awarded to:

Winner: Flora by Tania McCartney

Runner-up: South With the Seabirds by Jess McGeachin

S2 Picture Book awarded to:

Winner: A Leaf Called Greaf by Kelly Canby

Runner-up: The Truck Cat by Danny Snell, text by Deborah Frenkel

Book Week - Save the Date!

St Mary's will be celebrating book week this year on Friday, August 15, with a dress-up parade and the annual Book Fair.

If you'd like to start planning your book week costumes during the holidays, this year's theme is "Book an Adventure!" Think of a book that has taken you on an adventure, maybe to a fantastical land or through challenges that got your heart racing. Come to school dressed as your favourite character from that book!

Premier's Reading Challenge Legends!

Congratulations to these students who have already finished the Premier's Reading Challenge! The challenge remains open until September 25.

Kid Librarian

Check out our latest book displays by students at St Mary's!

Lesson Spotlight

For this newsletter I'd like to share from our Stage 1 library lessons. We have been learning about the differences between fiction and non-fiction texts and reading the shortlisted books for the Eva Pownall Award for Information Books.

To wrap up our learning for the term, students have chosen a non-fiction book from the library and found a fact in this book that interests them, which they have then illustrated. This has also taught them about acknowledging sources of information. Below are some examples from the Year 2s.

Adventures of The Stroogle

The library has a long-established tradition of sending The Stroogle out on adventures with students who report back through a journal. Here is an entry from Olive and some photos from Harlan.

(The Stroogle is a character developed by Cameron Stelzer)

Library Lesson/Borrowing Days

ES1 - Wednesday

S1 - Thursday

S2 - Wednesday

S3 - Thursday

Library Opening Hours for Students