Library News

Fantastic Author Visit

What a great day it was when we  welcomed author Fleur Ferris to our College last Wednesday 17 June!  Ms Ferris spoke about all aspects of her writing, including inspiration for her books drawn from life experiences while working as a police officer and paramedic, and answered questions from students during three class sessions with all Yr 8 students.  The author then worked with a group of students from Yr 7, 8 and 9 in a writing workshop that was a valuable source of inspiration and information for our young writers.   

Our Yr 8 students are studying Ms Ferris’ book, Risk, which was her debut novel published by Penguin Random House in 2015.  Risk was nominated and won numerous awards, was published internationally and became an Australian Top 10 Bestseller. Her books also include Nullaboo Hullabaloo, Wreck, Black, and Found (ref. http://www.fleurferris.com/home-1). 

Free Ebooks and E-audiobooks for holiday reading available from the Library Catalogue 

These school holidays are a great time to relax by reading for the whole family. Maybe you don’t have time to get to the local Library, and maybe books aren’t in your budget this month -  ebooks and e-audiobooks are the answer!   Ebooks are digital books you can read on your device.  E-audiobooks are books you can listen to on your device.  Our students have access to both through our College Library catalogue.   

To start reading or listening now, go to the Library homepage at https://au.accessit.online/STJ34/#!dashboardThere you’ll see myON and Wheelers tabs - follow the instructions to access the resources.  Enjoy!!

2020 Premiers’ Reading Challenge

Remember our College is participating in the annual Australia-wide 2020 Premiers’ Reading Challenge (PRC).  The PRC is all about recognising the importance of reading for literacy development. Each student who completes the Challenge wins a canteen voucher and special presentation. Let’s beat our 2019 record of 417 books finished, and 14 students who conquered the Challenge!  

Click on this link to meet Melina Marchetta, author of Looking for Alibrandi, for video clips about how to encourage your children to read at home https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/meet-our-author.aspx

To participate in the PRC:

1. Students get their personal username and password from Mrs Celine Bush, from the College Learning Enhancement Team (cbush@sje.vic.edu.au) or Library staff (library@sje.vic.edu.au).
2. Go to https://vprc.eduweb.vic.gov.au/home
3. Click on “School/Student”

Children’s Book Council of Australia shortlisted books available

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) shortlisted books for older readers have been announced and are displayed on our library homepage https://au.accessit.online/STJ34/#!dashboardThese books have been judged to be the best in their category by the CBCA and a winner will be announced in time for the 2020 CBCA Book Week. All the books are available for loan from the College Library.