By Mrs Mary-Anne Driver, Library Aide

We are slowly starting to get sorted in the library. Approximately 1,500 textbooks have been issued to students.  Please encourage your students to look after these books, we need each book to last 5 – 7 years!

Our activities are now set for this term.

On Mondays, Miss Ryan is going to be holding two competitions – a drawing competition and a Doomsday Prep competition.  The sign on sheet is in the library.  Stand by for some fun Monday breaks! 

Wednesdays is our device free day – we will be having board games and Mrs Gillespie will be popping in for craft and chats. 

Fridays is chess day. Mr. Rank and Mr. Hedge will be coming in to challenge and help anyone interested.

The Year 7 cohort have been visiting the library for orientation.  During this time, we have made sure they can access their digital textbooks and we have introduced them to how to print here at ACW. We have also been speaking about Wheelers Ebooks and audio books and teaching them our new method of shelving our fiction books – by genre.  In our collection, Fiction books (F) can be borrowed by all students; however, Senior Fiction (SF) is only available for students in Years 10-12. The decision to place books in SF is based on reviews stating age appropriateness, and many in the SF are shelved there due to the books containing more mature themes.  If your younger child wishes to borrow from this section, we will send home a note advising the book they wish to borrow and why it is in SF. We would then recommend you discuss the title with your child and do your own research, to make an informed decision. If you are happy for them to borrow from SF, we ask you sign and return the form. Please remember, we will support your decision and if you would prefer your child to wait until they are older to access the title, that is ok!