Library and Maker Space News
Maker space continues to be a hive of activity. We consistently have a large group of students who arrive each day to use the Sphero robots – we are very impressed with the level of coordination they are starting to develop in order to control the robots. Our most enthusiastic Lego builders have been designing and building an elaborate dragon lair.
This week we have started offering some Christmas crafts, beginning with Hama beads. The students have pieced out some truly awesome designs – students put their own designs together one bead at a time and this process can take a significant amount of time depending on the complexity of their design.
Australian Reading Hour
Australia Reads 2020 was a reading initiative held over the first two weeks of November with the goal of encouraging Australians of all ages and from all walks of life to share and celebrate the joys of reading. We hope that you were able to join in with Australian Reading Hour on the 12th of November by reading or listening to books for one hour on the day.
New Books
We have had the great privilege of being able to purchase books with the proceeds of book fair, ensuring we select titles that we know students will love or have requested. These books have started arriving at school and we are sure they will be amongst the first books borrowed in the new school year.
We have also been fortunate to receive a large donation of Goodbumps and Jedi Academy books from the family of a former Dayboro State School student – thank you so much for your generous donation, these books are sure to be a big hit with our students!
End of Year Book Returns
Last Friday was the final day of Library borrowing for students for this year. Over the coming weeks students will be given reminders about outstanding loans and parents may receive automatically generated emails with information about overdue books. If students report that they cannot find their books, can we please ask that they check book shelves at home and in their classroom, tidy trays, toy boxes, under car seats, and in school bags. It’s surprising how often these places are reported by students as being the place where they found the book they previously believed was lost.
Students are still welcome to come along to the Library to read books from the collection during lunch breaks until the end of the year.
Summer Reading Club
Keep an eye out for information coming soon about the Summer Reading Club, a reading initiative hosted by the State Library of Queensland. The Summer Reading Club is also supported by Moreton Bay Region council libraries and seeks to encourage children to continue reading throughout the summer holiday break.
Thank you for you continued support,
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.