Library News

Inaugural Lit Week 2020

The Inaugural Lit Week 2020 19th-22nd October at St. Joseph’s College was a great success, with plenty of activities, enthusiasm, individual and class participation, and learning. A highlight was the Lit Week Lesson created by our English Teacher, Ms Oliver, and rolled out in our 18 Reading Room classes first period Wednesday morning. Another highlight was the daily Famous First Lines of Books put up on Daily Messages that classes and individual students discussed and responded to. 

Here is a pictorial summary of just some of the activities held through the Week:

Book Stack relay

Library displays, Free Books, Find the Lit Week Banner, Read Aloud Sessions and lots more!

Book Tower Challenge

Family Challenge  Winners: Lit Week 2020 - Lectio Vita Est

There were many entries in the Family Challenge for Lit Week 2020. 

First place and winner of the Collins Booksellers (Echuca) first prize of a $20 voucher, two 

Lectio Vita Est  T-shirts and a Book Garden went to Riley Murphy.  

Second prize of a $10 voucher, two  Lectio Vita Est  T-shirts and a Book Garden went to Luke Oellermann. 

Third prize of a T-shirt and Book Garden went to Issaac Bringold-Sharpe (pictured with Librarian Ms Gibson), fourth prize of a T-shirt went to Ethan Rose and fifth prize of a T-shirt to Jyah Hebbard (pictured).

Seven other prizewinners won Lucky Dip prizes. 

Award Winning Books for loan from College Library

The 2020 Children’s Book Council of Australia Shortlist books are some of the best Australian children's books published over the past year and are available from the College Library.  

For comments and videos from authors and illustrators and more, go to https://www.cbca.org.au/shortlist-2020 and CLICK ON THE BOOK COVER IMAGES.  

Displays in the Library

This week we had on display in the Library work by the Yr 8 3D Art class on their theme of Architecture.  Students selected an architectural building in their community and used design elements and principles to re-create the building with fun and joy, drawing inspiration from three artists studied in class. Also on display was work by Ms Gilmour’s Reading Room Class of their Lit Week activities.