LIBRARY NEWS
Welcome to the Library
Welcome to Library News for the first time in 2019. I hope you all had a great holiday and are excited for another year at school. A special welcome to all our new families at Holy Trinity School, I look forward to meeting you and your child in the coming years.
The library is a special place at Holy Trinity as each week we get to share great stories with our students and encourage what will hopefully be, a life-long love of reading. Primary classes come for a 45-minute library lesson each week, where we focus on literature appreciation (reading good books), information literacy (how to find and use information) and children have the opportunity to borrow books to take home. While secondary students no longer have a set library lesson, they are welcome to borrow throughout the day, use the library for private study or to complete homework after hours. Both primary and secondary students are also welcome to use the library during snack and lunch breaks to read, play games, colour in or even to get out of the heat! Everyone is welcome.
Borrowing Limits
K-2 - two books per week, return after one week
Year 3-6 - up to five books, return after two weeks
If you have any specific requests regarding your child’s reading, please leave a message for me with their classroom teacher or email me on library@holytrinity.nsw.edu.au .
General Information
Teacher Librarians: Mrs Toni Fraser (Tuesday - Friday, Monday- Library Administration), Mrs Claudia Dolbel (Mondays).
Library Assistants - Mrs Rachelle House & Mrs Sharon Hollis
Class Library Days:
Monday - KS, 1/2W, 3/4M, 3/4GM
Tuesday - 5/6G, 5/6P, 5/6B, 5/6S
Wednesday - 3/4G, 3/4W, KG
Thursday - 1/2A, 3/4C
Friday - 1/2D, 1/2S, 1/2DM
Each child needs to bring a library bag on their library day with their name clearly marked. It is important that all students (K-6) have a bag as they protect the books in their school bag from being damaged and any accidental spills. Alinta sells a Holy Trinity School bag for $16.50 or you are welcome to purchase your own. We love to see homemade bags, pillowcases or even a plastic bag, anything that protects the books is fine by us. Today, Chloe was excited to show me her new library bag that her aunt made her for Christmas, we loved it and she looks pretty proud too.
Chloe's new library bag
Alinta's library bag
Chloe's new library bag
Alinta's library bag
Scholastic Book Club
Once a term the school participates in Scholastic Book Club where families have the opportunity to purchase books at great prices and the school receives a credit with Scholastic to purchase new books for our library. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO BUY so please don’t feel that we expect every family to place an order, it is a good opportunity for children to earn some pocket money so they can buy their own. This year we are going to trial Scholastic’s cashless ordering system (called LOOP) and further information about this will be included before the first catalogue goes home later in the term. If you have any queries about this, please let me know.
Help! We've lost or damaged a book
Firstly, if this happens, don’t worry! As a mum of four, I understand that accidents and damage can happen to us at all, but we would appreciate if you let us know so we can take the book off your child’s name. Please send me a message via the front office, a note with your child or email on library@holytrinity.nsw.edu.au . All will be well.
Follow us on Instagram
We are on Instagram - you can follow what we get up to in the library on Instagram. Our username is: htsinverelllibrary
If you have any questions about your child’s library time, borrowing procedures, choice of books or the Book Club, please let me know and I can get back to you. Again, welcome to our school library, I hope your child loves their time here as much as we do.
Happy reading,
Mrs Toni Fraser