Young Writers Award

It was wonderful to hear many enthusiastic young writers eager to send in their pieces of writing for the Young Writers Award at the end of May.

Congratulations to Isla B. who received notification that her entry into the Young Writers Award has been shortlisted to the final 10 for her Years 2/3 category. She will be notified if she has made the final 3 by mid-August. We wish her all the very best of luck and look forward to hearing how it goes.

If anyone else has been notified, it would be great to hear from you so we can acknowledge your achievements too.

Local Bookshops

 The Resource Centre is continually endeavouring to stock up to date resources and increase our library supplies with current trending books that the children request. Recently, I went to our local book shop in Blackwood. I was greeted by friendly and helpful staff and I bought a few books that are more difficult to source to add to our collection. If you need a book for your child or yourself, you might like to head on into Blackwood and visit the Shakespeare’s Bookshop. http://www.shakespearesbooks.com.au/

Old Books

We have been having a thorough sort through of our current collection and have found some resources that no longer meet our needs. Thank you to those who supported our book sale and came in and purchased some of our books. I know there were some very excited children who were happy with their bargains.

The left-over resources were sent down to South Pacific School Aid where they were very well received. These books will be sorted through and sent off to schools in the South Pacific. You can find them on Facebook to learn more about all the fantastic things that this organisation does. https://www.facebook.com/SouthPacificSchoolAid/

Premiers Reading Challenges

It is wonderful to have many children that have been busy reading and bringing in their challenge sheets early. The closing date for this is 4th of September

We have had a keen interest in the STEM challenge and have quite a few entries already. We will be sending these off to be judged and all entries need to be received by us no later than Wednesday 1st of July.

All entries for the Indonesian challenge need to be in by Wednesday 19th of August.

Donations

Thank you to those families who have donated books to the resource centre this year. We are always looking for resources that are in good condition for the children. If you have any Lego, construction blocks or books that are no longer require and are in good condition we would greatly appreciate them.

Michelle O'Connell

Teacher Librarian