The School Library provides
extensive resources to support the teaching and learning
programs throughout the school. Regular library lessons are
timetables for each class.
Library Hours
The Library is
open to students at lunch time between 1:45 and 2:15pm on
Mondays and Tuesdays for borrowing and lunchtime activities.
The Library is closed in the last three weeks of Term 4 due to
the Library’s annual stock take.
Borrowing
Students may
borrow during their library lesson once a week or at lunch time
on Mondays and Tuesdays. All students need a library bag for
carrying their borrowed books. Library bags are available for
purchase from the office.
The borrowing
period is two weeks but it is preferable if students change
their books each week. Each student may only borrow books in
his/her name.
Students are
surveyed at the beginning of each year about what books they
like to borrow, and a request box is available for students to
include the titles of any books they would like bought during
the year.
Borrowing Limits
Kindergarten –
Year 2 2 fiction, 1 non fiction, books
Year 3
–6 2 fiction, 2 non fiction, books
Overdue / Damaged / Lost Books
Students will be reminded of any overdue books they have
out, once a term. Students with long-term overdues, which have
been kept for longer than a term, will be sent a reminder note,
which will include the cost of replacing the book.
If any book is
accidentally damaged by a student, or by anyone else while the
book is in their care, it is the responsibility of the student
to pay the School for the cost of the book. The student has the
responsibility to report any damage to the book that they notice
before borrowing the book.
Students must
pay for any library books that they lose. A student’s borrowing
privileges may be suspended if they have overdue, lost or
damaged books that haven’t been paid for. If a student returns
a book, but the computer systems indicates it is still on loan,
a search for the book will be made by the teacher-librarian with
the child present.
Teaching and Learning
Library lessons
will involve the teaching of the information skills process;
Defining, Locating, Selecting, Organising, Presenting, Assessing
and focusing on the H.S.I.E. and Science topics that the class
is currently studying. Lessons will also introduce students to
a variety of literature, and appropriate creative and language
activities.
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