BORROWING BEGINS BUT……..

It is intended that students from all classes will begin borrowing books from the library this term from Week 2.  Due to still needing to put in place extra precautions in our attempts to keep COVID safe the following will apply.

• Classes (3R, 3B, 1G, 1B, 2B, 4B, 4G, KB, Amaroo), who have library on Monday & Tuesday will borrow one book only.  They will return their books on Fridays between 8.50 - 9.50 am.  If a student is reading a novel or information book and they have not finished with the book and would like to, they will keep the book and return it on the Friday after they have finished reading it. They will then be able to borrow another book at their next library lesson.

• Classes, (5G, 5R, 3G, 5B, 6G, 6B, KG, 2G), who have library lessons on Wednesday or Thursday will borrow one book only. They will return their books on Mondays between 2 - 3pm.  If a student is reading a novel or information book and they have not finished with the book and would like to, they will keep the book and return it on the Friday after they have finished reading it.  They will then be able to borrow another book at their next library lesson.

• When books are returned to the library they will be ‘sitting’ in the returns box for a day or two.  Then each book will be wiped over with an antiseptic wipe and dried with a paper towel.  They will then be sprayed over with Glen 20 on the return trolley and at the end of each day, shelves are sprayed with Glen 20.

• While the books are being used at home we would ask that they are kept in a library bag and that each person who touches the book, washes/sanitises hands before reading. 

 BOOK WEEK POSTER, CREATE-A-CURIOUS-CREATURE AND COLOURING COMPETITIONS

Wow, wow, wow!  What can we say?  Mrs Medina and I were amazed at the enthusiasm and standard of the entries received for these competitions.  Years 1 and 2 Create-A-Curious-Creature was especially hard for judges to decide.  We certainly do have some creative students within our school community and even though not everyone can be a prizewinner, all of these competitions were extremely challenging for the judges.  Prizes will be awarded for the above listed competitions at this Friday’s first whole school Assembly. As parents are still not able to join us, we will be publishing photos of these winners via the school social media accounts and next week’s school newsletter.

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR WRITING COMPETITION - YEARS 5 & 6

During library lessons this term, Years 5 & 6 will be investigating authors whose purpose is to write for an early childhood audience. We will be exploring techniques such as rhyme, repetition, alliteration, onomatopoeia and how they add to the engagement of early childhood readers.  We will also be studying the illustrations and different media that are used in various texts. They will be given time during library and all students will be expected to complete planning and drafting of a complete story by Week 9 of this term. It will be optional to enter the competition and students  may need to commit some time at home to achieve their best possible book.

We will be beginning this week and the final published entries will be due in their library lesson, Term 4, Week 1. Prizes will be awarded during Book Week celebrations between the 19th - 23rd October, 2020 (Term 4, Week 2).

The final weeks of the Premier’s Reading Challenge are upon us.  Students who were successful using the online Reading Log via the Premier’s Reading Challenge site will have been notified that they had successfully completed it. If however, for any reason your child had challenges with log in details not working, or they lost their log in details and they have been keeping a written reading log, please ensure Mrs Medina receives these by Monday, 24 August. This will ensure that students are not late with their entries and eligible to receive their certificates.