Welcome back!

Welcome back for the 2024 school year.  I hope everyone had an enjoyable break and even managed squeeze in some reading!

Students who completed the Summer Reading Club reading challenge are reminded to bring their challenge cards along to receive their prize.  A very big congratulations to the students who have already brought their completed challenges to the Library.

World Read Aloud Day

Find a book and curl up with a friend, or a pet, and spend some time reading aloud on the 7^th of February. 

We would like to invite all students to bring along a photo of themselves reading aloud to make a display in the Library.  We love to see who students read to (family members, pets, etc)!  ? 

Please consider contributing to our display over the next two weeks.

Borrowing

Classes will begin visiting the Library to borrow books this week.  Students may borrow books during their class visiting time and during breaks.  All loans are set for a period of 2 weeks; parents will receive an automatically generated email advising when student loans are overdue.   All students are reminded that they must have a Library bag when borrowing books.  Students who do not have a Library bag of their own may come along to the Maker Space and make one using the materials we have available.

Book Fair

Our annual school Book Fair will take place in Term 1 this year.  In addition to promoting literacy and a love of reading, book fairs also provide a fun opportunity for children to see, touch and connect with books they want to read.  An added benefit for the school is that each purchase from Book Fair earns rewards for the school Library that can be used to purchase new reading books for our students.  Keep an eye out for information about Book Fair later in the term.

Maker Space

Maker Space activities will be available for students once again this year.  Students have the option of completing activities of their own choice, or they can choose work on set challenges and activities if they wish.  It is always wonderful to see students helping one another with various activities in the Maker Space as they learn new skills and explore their interests.

We would like to ask for some household recyclables to be donated for students to use in the Maker Space, in particular we are asking for cardboard boxes (e.g. cereal boxes, muesli bar boxes etc). Please do not send egg cartons along, we have a large supply at school already as we must use new cartons due to possible contamination risks for students with an egg allergy.

Have a great week,

Mrs Wilkinson.