LIBRARY

THANKS FOR THE NEW GRAPHIC CALCULATORS

As part of this year’s Friends of Footscray City College Small Grants Program, our library was given funding to purchase ten new CAS Graphic Calculators and a docking station to charge them.

Thanks to the wonderful fundraising efforts of the Friends of FCC we are very grateful to be able to offer these important resources to our students.

Daniel Micallef - Library Manager

COME HERE AND SAY IT - TO CECIL

This term we have had two performances of Come here and say it.  This is an opportunity for our students to get up in front of a large audience and deliver their poems.  As of next term, Come here and say it will incorporate all forms of spoken word, including rap and stand up comedy. These performances have also been the launching place for our student newsletter, Cecil.  The student newsletter team meets in the library classroom during Tuesday lunchtimes.  Lainey Drake and Maddie Drury have done an excellent job as editors but because they are both at the pointy end of their Year 12 studies, they are looking for replacement editors.  Copies of Cecil are available at the library desk.

BOOK WEEK DRESS UPS

On Friday 25th August, our library hosted a parade of over 50 students, dressed as their favourite literary characters.  The following image is of Freddie Ponce de Leon who won best dressed for his creativity, enthusiasm, and attention to detail.

MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCURSION

Back in August, a group of our students were lucky to attend a whole day of talks at the Melbourne Writers Festival.  Below is a photo of three of our students, Felix, Eva and April, getting to meet one of their idols, Nevo Zisin, who appeared on one of the panels talking about their memoir, Finding Nevo.  We also heard from John Marsden, Melissa Keil, Claire Christian​, Osama Sami, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen​​.  

CREATE ART HISTORY

https://blog.redbubble.com/2017/09/createarthistory-with-the-state-library-victoria/

RedBubble has teamed up with the State Library of Victoria, one of the busiest libraries in the world, to create independent art history. They’re calling on artists to create designs inspired by classic works from the Library’s immense collections. Remix. Reuse. Do your own thing. You could win sweet prizes.

With more than two million annual visitors and five million collection items, State Library Victoria is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions opening up its incredible collection of historic images to inspire new designs.

PRIZES

+ Cash (1st – $2500 AUD, 2nd – $1000 AUD, 3rd – $500 AUD)

+ Have your design displayed at State Library Victoria

+ Get your design permanently added to the Library’s collection

+ Sell your products at the Library in Readings bookshop

BRIMBANK LIBRARIES MEMBERSHIP

To take advantage of the wonderful resources available at your local libraries, we recommend that you visit and become a member.  Membership is free.  An alternative to signing up in person is to fill in the attached form (printed are copies are available in the library) and return it to Emma Pollock in the FCC library.  Emma can then organise membership on a students behalf.  This means you can access the free eBook and audio resources to supplement our library collection.

READING RECOMMENDATIONS

WHAT SHOULD I READ NEXT?

This is a handy site that gives you recommendations based on books you've enjoyed previously:

http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/index.php

Looking for some reading recommendations?  The Inky awards have announced their shortlist.  We have all of these great books in our library: 

Gold Inky Award Shortlist (for Australian titles)

Frankie by Shivaun Plozza

My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

One Would Think the Deep by Claire Zorn

The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon 

Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Silver Inky Award Shortlist (for international titles)

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan

Some also double up in the CBCA shortlist:

https://cbca.org.au/short-list-2017

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM: STORY CAMP