We are still processing all the books for our new library. A huge thank you to the devoted group of parents who continue to cover books each week. Thanks also to the students who carry the distinctive blue striped bags home and back to school so reliably.
We've begun to pack all the books that are ready for the new library shelves into colourful, indigenous print boxes.
Since we received so many generous book donations when our library was destroyed by fire, we wanted to pay the generosity forward. So we've packed boxes of some of our books to donate to the people of Papua New Guinea, through an initiative organised by De La Salle - Lasallian Mission Council in Bankstown. So great to think of others across the ocean joyfully opening these boxes!
The Teacher Librarian at Wyvern House (the preparatory school of Newington College, Stanmore) organised a Book Drive to support St Brigid's Library recovery. The whole Wyvern House school community came together and collected a huge number of quality books to donate to us for our new school library. Not only did the Newington community collect the books for us, they also delivered them to our school.
The Year 6 boys from Wyvern House and our Year 6 students worked together to unload all the boxes of books and carry them to our temporary Library Workroom.
We were so excited just opening the boxes, so I can only imagine the excitement on our students's faces when they're able to borrow the books from Newington. Our gratitude goes out to the staff, parents and students who contributed to this wonderful donation.
