Resource Centre
Welcome back to Term 3
Resource Centre Committee
The next Resource Centre Committee meeting will be held at Lunchtime Monday 10 August.
New Books in the Resource Centre
Book Week Reminder: Term 4 - Week 3
Change of Dates: This year Children’s Book Council of Australia will be holding our Book Week Celebration in Term 4 - Week 3 (19-23 October, 2020).
The Pop-up book fair will run on 20 and 21 October.
The Character Parade will be held 21 October.
Suggested Web Links
This section has been added to the newsletter for a number of reasons:
- To help develop/support students' love of reading for pleasure
- To support and encourage adults love for reading
- To introduce forums for adults and children alike to share their love for reading
- https://www.dymocks.com.au/events/chapter-one (Adult) This website has come around due to COVID-19, and enables the authors to discuss their new books as well as their writing process.
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/AuthorHangout/?source_id=273526716104906 On this Facebook page author Adrian Beck interviews Australian children’s authors and illustrators.
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/276634156006126/
This Facebook page allows parents a forum to ask for book recommendations for their children.
MAG’s Reading Challenge
Moama Anglican Grammar’s Reading Challenge has been designed to encourage students to select books they may not usually read and use different characteristics of books to make their choice.
Students can collect the checklists from the library staff.
The categories students can use to find reading materials from until the next newsletter are:
- Read a magazine
As students read books from five or ten different categories encourage them to come in to see the Library Staff to have it marked off.
Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) 2020
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is still in full swing, however it closes to student entries on August 28. If you have completed the challenge already, can you please let the Library staff know so that we can validate your completed record.
Keep Reading!!!
Ms Height, Mrs Price and Mrs Jepson
Resource Centre Team