Two Competitions this Term in the Library

There are two competitions running this term in the Library. The first is being run through Scholastic. It is a colouring-in competition based on the book Pig the Pug. This competition is open to students in Years K-6 and closes 31st August. Students may win $50 worth of Books from Scholastic Book Club of their choice. The second is a 'Design a Poster' competition being run by The Children's Book Council of Australia. entries close 21st August, 2014. This competition is open to all students in Years K-10. There are four prizes for students in Years 3-10 comprising $50 worth of Staedtler products and $350 worth of Penguin Random House Books. For students in Years K-2, there is one pack to be won comprising a Staedtler Noris Club prize pack worth $50 and $350 worth of Penguin Random House books.

Scholastic Book Club 2014

Scholastic Book Club has been very successful so far this year and as a result we have been able to purchase many of the titles that are up for awards through the Children's Book Council of Australia. New Books purchased last week include the following titles:

Bethel Annual Book Parade and Book Fair 2014

Our Annual Book Parade and Book Fair will be held on Wednesday, 20th August, 2014 in the School Hall 9am-10.15am. This year's theme is Connect to Reading. Students may dress up as a Book Character or a book or as a Bookmark. ALL ARE WELCOME.

We have already begun our special Library Activities leading up to Book Week. Each Tuesday we have a special activity specifically related to a variety of books and reading and on Wednesdays we have a large variety of Board Games available.

Library News 19th November 2013

LIBRARY in Term 4 with Mrs Palmer (Teacher Librarian.) Dear Parents/Guardians, The Library is now closed for borrowing for the year. Please return all books to the library before the end of Week 8, ready for Stock-take. ***REMINDER: Scholastic Book Club orders are due in tomorrow. This is the last Book Club order for the year. This term, during Primary Library Lessons we have had great fun being introduced to new resources and technology to support our HSIE and Science units. Kindergarten have learned about Hot and Cold with a focus on the Weather using a variety of literature. I introduced them to a great new iPad App entitled Seasons. Stage One (Years 1 & 2) have looked at various celebrations and festivals. I introduced them to a new set of 4 books to our library entitled Celebrations and Festivals. Stage Two (Years 3 & 4) have investigated consumers, producers, marketing techniques and goods and services using a variety of Websites, an eBook and a WebQuest “Who will buy?” Stage Three (Years 5 & 6) have learned some Researching techniques using a WebQuest to support their HSIE unit on Bali to retrieve information. They have been guided to appropriate websites that have been carefully selected and evaluated for their use. Our lessons during the week of November 11th this term, for all Year groups, focussed on Remembrance Day. I would like to thank all families who have supported Scholastic Book Club and the Central Book Fair this year. The monies raised were used to purchase new books for our Library. I would also like to deeply thank all parents and family members who have assisted me in covering the new books for the library over the last few weeks. We had a very kind donation from one parent of covering materials for our new books and we are very grateful. The titles of the new resources to our library for 2013 will be posted here in the coming weeks and early next year. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Joyful 2014!

More new resources Terms 3 & 4 2013.

Here are some more of the new resources for our Library in 2013.

New books to our Library Terms 3 & 4, 2013

Look at some of our New books in the Library - Terms 3 & 4, 2013