Resource Centre
New Arrivals & Donations
Over the last fortnight, the Resource Centre team has been busy getting some new Junior Fiction and Senior Fiction books catalogued and ready to borrow!
Secondary Book Club
The Secondary Book Club will meet each Blue week on Friday at lunch time.
Change and Updates in the Resource Centre
As the old adage goes, "A change is as good as a holiday” so we have spent some time creating new study pods for students so they can be more comfortable in the library. This change has been well received by teachers and students.
Resource Centre Committee
The Resource Centre Committee meet at lunch time every Thursday in the RC2 (computer lab).
We are all looking forward to the National Simultaneous Storytime on the 22 May. The Resource Centre committee members are working towards running some lunch time activities for our K-2 students. More information will be shared shortly.
Scholastics Book Club
Scholastics Book Club has arrived and been distributed to the classrooms by members of the Resource Centre Committee this week. If you wish to place an order, please do so via the LOOP. We will be closing the LOOP at 2.00pm on 10 May. Once the orders arrive, we will distribute them to classes at our earliest convenience.
Library Displays
For ANZAC Day this year, the Resource Centre had a wonderful display of books and memorabilia to commemorate this occasion and allow students to learn further information about this very important day.
National Simultaneous Storytime
Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author, is read simultaneously in libraries and schools across the country. Now in its 24th successful year, we will be reading“Bowerbird Blues” by Aura Parker to our Kindergarten to Year 2 students in our Resource Centre on Wednesday 22nd May. Ms O’Neill has created an amazing display for the event and will also have activities from “Bowerbird Blues” for students to enjoy in the Resource Centre at lunch time.
Premier's Reading Challenge
The challenge begins on 26 February and closes on 23 August.
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is upon us again.
If your child has participated in the past, you can use the same login details. If you can’t locate your login details, please let Ms Height know and she will reset the password for you.
If you child is new to the challenge, they can join by:
- Contacting the Resource Centre (library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au)
- Notifying Ms Height during their library lesson
- Writing a note in your child’s school diary so their classroom teacher can pass this information onto the Library Staff
Once we have received the student passwords, they will be sent home and a copy will also be placed into your child's diary.
If you would like to begin locating books for your children to read for the challenge, please take time to preview some of the lists that have been created on the website here.
Please see the website for further details.
Upcoming Events
9 May Resource Centre Committee Meeting
10 May Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
Book Club Loop will be closed @ 2pm
16 May Resource Centre Committee Meeting
22 May National Simultaneous Storytime. Details will be provided at a later date
22 May Bowerbird Blues activities with Ms O’Neill in the Resource Centre at lunchtime in RC3.
23 May Resource Centre Committee Meeting
24 May Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
30 May Resource Centre Committee Meeting
6 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
7 June Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
13 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
20 June Resource Centre Committee Meeting
21 June Secondary Book Club @ Lunch Time
Important details
Opening Hours
Monday - Thursday at 8.30am to 4.30pm
Friday at 8.30am to 4.00pm
Borrowing and Returns
Students may borrow and return books before school, at recess, lunch time and after school. Primary School students also have the chance to borrow books during their fortnightly library lessons.
Renewals
Students are able to re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is requested after this period, students are required to bring their book with them to allow the staff to sight it. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library.
Requests
If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wishlist.
Overdue Notices
If you receive an overdue notice, there is a chance that the books may have been processed through our system after the email was sent. We encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre on library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au
If you have any other enquiries, issues or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our team by phoning Reception or sending an email.
Reading Permissions
As our space caters from students from Kinder to Year 12, we have organised our collection to allow students to locate books that are written with protagonists who are of a similar age to them. For example, in Upper Primary, most of the characters are 11-13 year olds. This way, we can ensure themes and content are appropriate and allows students to read the books for pleasure independently and with confidence.
When making the decision on where books are placed, we are guided by the author and publisher recommendations.
If students are requesting to borrow books above their age level, we request that parents write a letter or email the library staff to give permission for their child to borrow and read a specific book.
Ms Height and Ms O’Neill
Resource Centre Team