LIBRARY NEWS

Welcome to Library News for the first time in 2022. I hope you all had a great holiday and are excited for another year at school. A special welcome to all our new families at Holy Trinity School, I look forward to meeting you and your child in the coming years.

The library is a special place at Holy Trinity as each week we get to share great stories with our students and encourage what will hopefully be, a life-long love of reading. Primary classes come for one library lesson each week, where we focus on literature appreciation (reading great books), information literacy (how to find and use information) and children have the opportunity to borrow books to take home. 

While secondary students no longer have a set library lesson, they’re welcome to borrow during break times and will come in during some English lessons. Secondary has a DEAR (drop everything and read) lesson on Thursday mornings and students are encouraged to borrow a book for this lesson.

A New Look for a New Year

I’m excited to announce that the library has had a furniture upgrade over the holidays and it looks great. We have bright new chairs, lounges, displays and circulation desk and will bring a fresh change to the way students read and learn in the library. It was a lot of fun to hear the oohs and aaahs as our students came in today and I look forward to sharing photos of our new space with you over the coming weeks.

General Information

Teacher Librarian: Mrs Toni Fraser (Monday - Friday)

Library Assistant:  Mrs Sharon Hollis (Monday - Thursday afternoons)

Class Library Days:

Monday - 3D, 3G, KD

Tuesday - 6T, 2S, 6S, 2M

Wednesday - 4G, 5G, 5B

Thursday - 4D, 1S, KW, 1M

Friday - 6L

Each child needs to bring a library bag on their library day with their name clearly marked. It’s important that all students (K-6) have a bag as they protect the books in their school bag from being damaged and any accidental spills. Alinta sells a Holy Trinity Library bag or you’re welcome to bring one from home. We love to see homemade bags, pillowcases or even a plastic bag, anything that protects the books is fine by us. 

Borrowing Limits

K-2 - two books per week, return after one week

Year 3-6 - up to five books, return after two weeks

If you have any specific requests regarding your child’s reading, please leave a message for me with their classroom teacher or email me on invlibrary@arm.catholic.edu.au

Scholastic Book Club

Once a term the school participates in Scholastic Book Club where families have the opportunity to purchase books at great prices and the school receives credit with Scholastic to purchase new books for our library. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO BUY so please don’t feel that we expect every family to place an order.  We strongly encourage families to use Scholastic’s cashless ordering system (called LOOP) and further information about this will be included before the first catalogue goes home later in the term. 

Help! We’ve lost or damaged a book

Firstly, if this happens, don’t worry! As a mum of four, I understand that accidents and damage can happen but we would appreciate it if you let us know so we can take the book off your child’s name. Please send me a message via the front office, a note with your child or email on invlibrary@arm.catholic.edu.au. 

We’re on Instagram - you can follow what we get up to in the library on Instagram. Our username is: htsinverelllibrary

The first library class for 2022 - 3D!

Happy reading,

Mrs Toni Fraser