NSS 2019 "Alpacas With Maracas"
2019 BOOK WEEK
"READING IS MY SECRET POWER"
Reading for enjoyment.
Reading for pleasure.
OVERDUES
Notices will go out tomorrow. All students with no overdues will be able to borrow extra books for the holidays.
LIBRARY BAGS MATTER
Not just some of the time ... but all of the time.
A huge thank you to all of the students who remember to bring their library bag. Without a bag, books cannot be borrowed.
PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE
BEST BORROWERS
100% Participation = 100% Completion.
A Reminder that the Premier's Reading Challenge continues until 30th August, 2019. It is wonderful to see so many children's "Secret Power" flourishing!
Please ensure that Reading Logs are updated with each book read, and Infants Logs are kept in Library Bags. Thank you Primary for recording your books on the site. Congratulations to the children who have already completed their log - Well Done!
REMEMBER - LOGS LIVE IN LIBRARY BAGS - Thankyou!
Reading before you sleep - Megan DaleyCHALLENGE
In the holidays turn off all screens an hour before sleep, spend at leaset 30 minutes reading before bed and feel the benefits for yourself and your family.
Megan Daley author of "Raising Readers", a text which I would highly recommend for parents and teachers alike.
Here is an excerpt from contributor Georgina Manning, director of Wellbeing for Kids. "Reading before we sleep has also become a lost art. The increase in screen time before bed is becoming and epidemic that is having catastrophic effects on the brain. As children's brains are growing , they particularly need time each day to rest and just play. They also need wind-down activities every night to help them to drift off into a deep and nourishing sleep. Reading is one of the most powerful activities we can do for our brains before sleep."
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN - 5 days left
The Woolworths' "Earn and Learn" Promotion continues until 25 June, 2019. Boxes have been placed at both East and West Woolworths Supermarkets. Stickers are issued with purchases from the supermarkets and you can either deposit your stickers in the box or send them to school. You are encouraged to enlist the aid of family, friends and neighbours in the collection of stickers.
In 2017 our total was 45 000 stickers so far this year we are up to 31 000 stickers. Every few days I visit the stores and take large bunches of stickers out of the boxes and bring them to school to be stuck on by the students. When I go back the boxes are full again.
Thankyou all for the marvellous support shown to our school and please extend the thanks to anyone you know who is contributing stickers.
Once again...
The response to this initiative so far has been AMAZING. A huge "thank you" to all who have sent in their stickers or placed them in the boxes at the two Woolworths stores. Please keep up the amazing work. Thank you to all of the helpers who come into the Library and "stick" the stickers onto our sheets.
ACCESS ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL LIBRARY
AT HOME
This is a how-to guide to access the St Nicholas School Library site - OLIVER at home.
This site offers information regarding the resources in the library and the products St Nicholas School Library subscribes to.
St Nicholas School Website link:
https://stnicholastamworth.catholic.edu.au/
Open Curriculum → drop down menu to LIBRARY → scroll down to click on OLIVER.
What can I do?
Borrow an ebook or audio book from the Armidale Library.
*Read it on your computer browser OR download the SORA app from the App Store and remember to click on the Catholic Schools Office Armidale Diocese.
2. Open the WorldBook online link, research, open an ebook and
read it in your computer browser or download the WorldBook
Ebook app online. If you are interested in home access ask your child to come into the library for a bookmark with login information.
3. Read from PK mag, browse previous editions and the latest edition.
4. Play games.
5. Check out books to borrow next term.
PARENT LENDING LIBRARY
We have a number of books in this library which may be of interest to you. Just ask at the office.
WHAT'S ON IN 2019?
Book Week, Book Fair, loads and loads of new books and so much more.