LIBRARY NEWS
It has been a busy term, with students entering into many reading and writing competitions. How wonderful it has been to see so many students eager to take up these challenges!
We began the term with numerous students entering into the South Australian Young Writers Award. From these entries, we had Emer (year 7), Isla (year 2) and Alexandra (year 1) all reaching the top 10 in the state. A huge achievement! Later we found out Alexandra was named 3rd in the state for her piece of writing. Congratulations and well done to everyone who participated and took the time to write, edit and publish their work and especially those mentioned, and whose hard work was well recognised.
Our next milestone was when 131 students entered into the Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) reading challenge with the option of entering with a science focus. From these entries, all 131 students received a certificate. We found out a few weeks later, that out of around 1300 entries across the state, Lydia (rec) and Charlotte (year 1) received prizes for runners up. Wow, another amazing result!
We had 3 students enter into the brand-new Premier’s Indonesian challenge for this year. Well done to these students who undertook the opportunity to learn more about another country’s culture and community. We will wait to hear how they went.
Finally, the annual Premier’s Reading Challenge was entered by 394 students from our school. Each entrant is aiming for a certificate or medal, depending on how many years they have completed these challenges previously. The students will receive this next term.
It has been delightful to see so many students from our school participating in these challenges and being rewarded for their achievements. J
To celebrate Book Week and in conjunction with the Mitcham Library, 8 classes have been involved in an exciting opportunity to work with Shaun Tan. They have read some of his books and watched a short movie, along with video zooming with him. They have had the opportunity to create Curious Creatures and Shaun has personally replied to some of their designs! How cool is that!
Each class has collaborated their ideas to create one model of a curious creature. Above are photos of some of their original ideas. These models will be on display at the Mitcham Library from 1st October until the 5th November. You might like to take your family down for a look. J
Thank you to ...
A huge thank you to those families who have donated books this year to the library. We are always looking for good condition books that the children will enjoy for our library. If you have any to donate, please bring to the school office or the library. They will be greatly received!
Michelle O’Connell
Teacher Librarian