Resource Centre
MAG Scholastic Book Fair
The MAG Scholastic book fair will run in conjunction with Parent Teacher Interviews on Wednesday 26 July and Thursday 27 July in the Dance Hall.
Information about the Book Fair can be found here.
Students will have an opportunity to visit the Book Fair with their class group, before we open on Wednesday at recess. We welcome families visiting the Book Fair before or after their booked Parent Teacher Interviews.
Book Fair opening hours:
Wednesday Recess, Lunchtime and after School from 3:05pm until 5:30pm
Thursday Recess, Lunchtime and after school from 3:05pm until 7:00pm
Payment options:
- Cash
- Voucher; these can be obtained through the Scholastic website and brought to the Book Fair www.scholastic.com.au/payments
Please note that we do NOT have eftpos or credit card facilities
** We will not run Book Club in Term 3 due to having the Book Fair onsite.
We are looking for registered volunteers to support this great fundraiser for the school. If you are interested, please contact the Primary Office to register.
We look forward to seeing you there!
New Arrivals
NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge
With the start of Term 3, the Challenge starts to wind up. The final date for entering books online is 18 August. We encourage students to continue to read books from the official list and when completed, to enter them online. Students are required to read a set number of books to complete the Challenge successfully, depending on which year level they are in. Please refer to the table below for more information. If you have any questions, please contact me via email mheight@moamagrammar.nsw.edu.au
| 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 |
Book week:
Since 1945, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has celebrated books created by Australian children’s authors and illustrators. The CBCA Books of the year awards aim to; promote quality literature for young Australians by Australians, support and encourage a wide range of Australian writers and illustrators of books for young people aged 0 through 18 and celebrate contributions to Australian children’s literature.
Book Week allows libraries across the country to bring children and books together in a variety of ways; author visits, competitions, Dress Up events, as well as many learning and art activities.
At MAG, the Resource Centre Team and Committee will present a number of large and small events throughout the week. Planning is underway for some great art and craft activities for students to engage in during lunchtimes.
Our annual book character dress up day will take place on Wednesday 23 August and parents are invited to come along to support this fun morning. More information to come.
This year we have also joined the Shadow Judging Program presented by CBCA, which allows the School to place a people's choice vote for specific categories. Students are encouraged to provide verbal feedback about different books and vote for their favourites.
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.