Library 

Have you started the Premiers' Reading Challenge? 

Please click HERE to Start  https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/default.aspx

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is a great opportunity for all students, especially during this time at home, to start reading from the 12,000 titles on the challenge reading list.

The challenge encourages students from Prep to Year 10 to read and record their efforts online, promoting the importance of reading for literacy development.  Students will receive a certificate of achievement upon completion of the Challenge. 

For more information and to log in, refer to the Premiers’ Reading Challenge web page. 

The Challenge closes on Friday 17 September.  

Refugee Week 20-26 June 2021 

2021 Theme – Unity - The Way Forward

Refugee Week is celebrated annually to inform and educate us about refugees and celebrates positive contributions made by refugees to Australian Society.  Refugee Week provides a platform where positive images of refugees can be promoted in order to create a culture of welcome throughout the country.  The ultimate aim of the celebration is to create a better understanding between different communities and to encourage integration enabling refugees to live in safety and to continue making a valuable contribution to Australia.  For more information, please click HERE https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/refugee-week-theme/

Our library has a variety of wonderful picture, fiction and non-fiction books for you to celebrate Refugee Week.  Please come and borrow them for the holidays!  

Click HERE https://www.refugeeweek.org.au/books/for some other great resources to  read and enjoy over the break. 

NAIDOC WEEK 4-11 July 2021

2021 Theme - Heal Country 

NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week is a wonderful week of celebration and opportunity for all Australians to commemorate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

The NAIDOC 2021 theme – Heal Country! – calls for all Australians to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.  

Please visit our library and click HERE for more information and resources  https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/naidoc-week 

Please find your overdue books over the holidays and return them next term.  Thank you! 

Best wishes for a wonderful and safe break and we look forward to seeing you soon. 

Happy Holidays!  Ms May