Library News
Mrs Gollan
SORA
Sora is an app. With Sora, you can get free ebooks and audiobooks from your school. The following information will help you to navigate to SORA at St Mary’s. This may be useful for holiday reading.
- Install the Sora app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or go to soraapp.com
- In Sora, Enter the school’s setup code, then sign in. Code – cenetau
- Browse the Explore tab and borrow a book. Your book will open so you can start reading right away.
- Close the book and go to shelf to see all your books. From there you can:
- Tap Open Book or Open Audiobook to read or listen to the book.
- Tap Options to renew or return the book and more.
The following link may also be of help when navigating SORA
https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/x1crca6t1n?videoFoam=true
You will need to use your school username and password to access this.
BRAIN OLYMPIA
Yesterday St Mary’s held a school based Brain Olympia competition as the Diocesan event was cancelled due to covid restrictions.
The day saw 7 teams compete comprising students from Years 4, 5, and 6. The day began with 5 rounds of 10 questions on topics which included English, Science, HSIE, Famous People and Places and Current News, 5 Math problems, Public Speaking and a Drama skit.
All had a great day and worked well in teams.
The public speaking topic “Our World” showed some very creative thoughts and well constructed and delivered speeches. Congratulations to the Pink team on winning the public speaking and to Rachael Ward for delivering it so well.
The teams were each given a location to dramatise eg. At the dentist, at the show, at the supermarket, at the music festival, at the grand final, at the hairdresser and at the restaurant. Congratulations to the green team for winning the drama with ‘At The Supermarket.’
Overall the winning team was Team Orange, with Team Green second and Team Purple third. Congratulations to all children involved, everyone contributed during the day worked well and were a pleasure to work with.
