Library News
Students are reminded to return their overdue books and invited to borrow new items for the school holidays. Please note that the library is closing at 4pm on Friday 23 June.
Book of the Week – Ask no Questions by Eva Collins
With a third of Australians born and around half with one parent born overseas, migration stories are a crucial part of our national experience. In her verse novel, Ask No Questions, Eva Collins writes spare affecting lines about her own experience as a teenager when her parents decided to emigrate from Poland to Australia. She captures the loss and gain, grief and celebration with great poignancy.
Simply written and at times surprisingly humorous, Ask No Questions is a verse novel that is particularly suited for young adult readers. Shortlisted for the CBCA YA book of the year 2023.
NAIDOC Week 2 – 9 July, Colouring Competition
Students are invited to enter the NAIDOC week colouring competition. Collect colouring sheets from the library and return them during the first week of term to be in the running for some fabulous prizes. We have NAIDOC week giveaways – scrunchies, lapel pins and wrist bands for the first 30 students who enter.
This year’s theme is ‘For our Elders’. You will notice that the artwork on this year’s NAIDOC week poster is intricately drawn, using vibrant pastel colours. Entry sheets can be found here on the NAIDOC week website and downloaded from the internet.
Book Club
The Term 2 Book Club meeting has been rescheduled to the last week of school on Thursday, 22 June. Term 2 Book Club titles are now available to borrow at the library desk - The Brink, Family of Liars and Gone.
Students are welcome to drop by the library or email library@mgsc.vic.edu.au to add their name to the Book Club mailing list.
Sun Project Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shadow Judging 2023
The Shadow Judges have met last week at lunchtime to discuss a group strategy for selecting the CBCA Young Adult book of the year.
This year’s awards brings together a diverse selection of books, including two graphic novels and a verse novel among the shortlisted titles. Students have begun reading from the six shortlisted titles and will meet again later in the term to record their thoughts and ideas against a judging criteria. Voting for the winner will take place later in the year in August.
The Library Team