Grandparents’ Day – Book Stall

Thank you to all who were part of the Grandparents' and Grandfriends' Day celebrations recently. It was wonderful to chat with people who came along to enjoy the day. Thank you also to all those who donated a book from the library book stall. We will have 30 new books in our collection thanks to your generosity. Each book will include a special bookplate to mark the donation and children who had the book donated on their behalf, will have the first opportunity to borrow it. We love that kids are excited about borrowing these books and hope that they can share them with you at home.

National Simultaneous Storytime

On Tuesday 21 May, our students in Kindy to Year 4 joined over two million others across Australia for National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). The 25th anniversary event allowed children to explore the heartwarming Australian picture book, The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel. The children discussed what home meant to them and explored the idea of belonging. The cat theme was complimented by the special photos sent in by the CalCC community showing their feline friends. Thank you so much for getting involved. Special thanks must also go to Mrs Tucker who made our wonderful NSS Library display and to Mrs Joyce for all her help with the presentation of the cat photos and for helping the event run smoothly on the day. We hope that your children enjoyed reading the story as much as we did.

Premier’s Reading Challenge – It’s not too late to join!

This year CalCC invites students to join in the Premier’s Reading Challenge. Although the challenge opened on the 6th May, students have until the 22nd August to read and log books to achieve the challenge goals:

Prep–Year 2: Read or experience 20 books

Years 3–4: Read 20 books

Years 5–9: Read 15 books

The library has books from the suggested reading list on display, but students can also add any books, ebooks, graphic novels, audio and braille books, newspapers, magazines, recipe books and books in additional languages (other than English) to their reading record. Reading records are available from classroom teachers or directly from the library.

End of term – time to study

As we enter the busy assessment weeks of the school term, Secondary students are encouraged to come and study in the library before school, after school and at lunch times. Library staff are able to assist students with research, study tips, printing and more.

We hope that everyone is having a fruitful Term 2 so far. There’s more to look forward to as the term marches on.

Blessings

Mrs Sarah Porter