Library
LIBRARY NEWS
Library Staff: Lynne Marks, Anita Little, Wai Peng Heath
Email: library@standrews.vic.edu.au.
OPENING HOURS
Middle/Senior Library:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: Open from 8.15am (for students in Years 4-12 only).
Monday to Friday: Recess and Lunch
After school:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays until 4pm.
Wednesdays until 3.45pm.
Junior Library:
Students may borrow books after school if they bring a book bag and return the books they have finished reading. Please see staff in the Senior Library for access and loans.
New furniture in the Senior Library
Last week the Senior Library received two tall tables and some study dividers. These arrived just in time for the students to make use of them to prepare for the Semester 1 exams.
The tall tables have proved especially popular.
CBCA SHORTLIST 2019
The shortlist for the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year award is now available and can be viewed at https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2019
We have the following titles from the list in our collection
Picture Book of the Year
The All new must have Orange 430 (Michael Speechley) Cicada (Shaun Tan)
(Year 5 up collection) (Year 5 up collection)
Book of the Year: Younger readers Book of the Year: Older readers
The Peacock detectives (Carly Nugent) Lenny’s book of everything (Karen Foxlee)
Eve Pownall award for information books
The Happiness Box: A wartime book of hope Sorry Day
(Mark Greenwood ; Andrew McLean) (Coral Vass; Deb Leffler)
This month in history
May, 1939
The first book in Enid Blyton’s the series The Faraway Tree, The Enchanted Wood, was published 80 years ago in May, 1939. You can see an early cover and read more about Enid Blyton at http://bit.ly/2U6vKaE
2nd May, 1519
This marks 500 years since the death of Leonardo da Vinci, famous for painting the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. He was also an inventor of note.
https://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/biography.html
6th May, 1919
L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz, died on the 6th May, 1919
http://www.online-literature.com/baum/
Now that’s a hat! competition
Scholastic is running a hat design competition. The competition closes on 30th June, 2019.
For more details and the entry form, go to