Resource Centre

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country

 

We look forward to seeing our Kinder to Year 2 students in the Resource Centre at 11:25am on 24 May to participate in our annual National Simultaneous Storytime. We will be reading 'The Speedy Sloth' together, and we are looking forward to seeing so many little sloths visit the Resource Centre. 

Leading up to the event, students will also be able to visit us in the Resource Centre during lunchtimes to complete related activities.

Mother’s Day Craft

Ms O'Neill and students had loads of fun making Mother’s Day craft in the Resource Centre on Wednesday 10th May, making bookmarks for Mum to take home as a gift for Mother's Day! 48 students took home their fabulous bookmarks to gift to their Mums!

 

Premier's Reading Challenge

The Challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge to each student to read, to read more, and to read more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is open to all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 10.

 

It is exciting that we have already verified a number of students' records, and other students are actively entering the books they are reading. Reading is alive and well in our community!

 

The 2023 Booklist has recently been updated - click this link for more information: https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/home.html

Challenge level

Total number of books to be read 

Minimum number of PRC books

Maximum number of Personal Choice books 

Booklists included as PRC book choices 

K-2 

30 

20

10 

K-2, 3-4, 5-6 

3-4

20

10

10

3-4, 5-6, 7-9

5-6

20

10

10

5-6, 7-9

7-9

20

10

10

5-6, 7-9, 9plus

3-9

20

10

10

All booklists

Recommendations/Requests

We are very lucky to have such a wonderful space as our Resource Centre. Housed in this welcoming space is a wide variety of books and resources for our students that caters for Kinder right through to Year 12.

 

We would like to grow our library collection based specifically on student choice of what they would like to read. This includes requested resources from students to support them in their research and study in their specific subject areas, as well as developing their own interests. We have already purchased a number of books that have been requested by students and it has been great to see the excitement when students are notified that these books are ready on the shelves to be borrowed.

Secondary Book Club

The Secondary Book Club is made up of students who meet once a month to discuss the selected book we have read. Members of our Secondary Book Club are currently reading ‘Black’ by Fluer Ferris. We are looking forward to our discussion about the book when we catch-up.

 

The next selection is “The Dressmaker” by Roalie Ham.

 

To request books, students can either email library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au or mheight@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au. Or write them onto a sticky note and give them to the RC staff.

 

Keep reading everyone!

 

Ms Height, Mrs Jepson and Ms O’Neill

Resource Centre Team 


Important details

Opening Hours:

Monday-Thursday  8:30am to 4:30pm, Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm

 

Borrowing and Returns

Students may borrow and return books before school, recess, lunchtime and after school. Primary School students also have the chance to borrow books during their fortnightly Library lessons. 

 

Renewals

Students are able to re-borrow books for an additional two weeks by speaking to staff at the Library Circulation Desk. If further borrowing is required, students are to bring their book with them to allow the staff to sight the book. In addition, students can renew their book/s by emailing the Library.

 

Requests

If your child would like to borrow a specific book and the title is not included in our current catalogue, we will add this to our purchase wishlist.

 

Overdue notices

If you receive an overdue notice there is a chance that the books may been processed through our system after the email was sent, so we encourage all parents to follow up any issues by emailing the Resource Centre at library@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au

If you have any other enquiries,  do not hesitate to contact us.