Parent Workshop for the Library

This week I will be running a Parent Workshop in the library to inform parents about using our library computer system from home.

I will run the same workshop twice:

Wednesday 18th September   9:00am - 9:30am

Thursday    19th September   8:15am - 8:45am


If you are unable to attend either of these sessions, you can access the presentation (which contains explanations, screen shots and links) by clicking on the image below.

Book Week - Read Across the Universe

And the winners are......

Each year the Children's Book Council of Australia, chooses the best books that have been published during that year. There are 4 categories of books for preschool/primary school aged students. Several books are chosen to be on the shortlist in each category. One of these is chosen as Book of the Year, in that category and there are 2 honour books. Click on the links below to see the lists.

Children's Book of the Year Short List 2013

2013 Children's Book of the Year Award Winners


Leading up to Book Week, each class has chosen a book from the Short List to focus upon. They have produced an enlarged version of the book cover and have created an item to make others want to read the book. They will present this at our Book Week assembly.

Today in the library I read The Terrible Suitcase to several classes. This book was the winner in the Early Childhood category.

"Ronin" by Lucille Violet Molineux

This week in the library we have been sharing the picture 

book titled "Ronin" written and illustrated by Lucille Violet 

Molineux. This book is dedicated to Ronin Kelly. 

It is now available in St Brigid's Library for you to reserve on 

Oliver. Just log in with your CENet details.

Or you can purchase your own copy 

online by clicking on the link below. 

Proceeds from the sale of this book go to 

the Asthma Foundation. 

Buy the "Ronin" Book

National Literacy and Numeracy Week

This week is National Literacy and Numeracy Week. In the library we will be sharing a special book, Herman and Rosie, which was written and illustrated by Gus Gordon.

Gus Gordon is an illustrator and author. He grew up on a farm in northern NSW and, after leaving school, worked on cattle stations all over Australia before deciding to pursue a career in drawing.

Gus illustrated his first children's book in 1996 and has now illustrated and written over 70 books for children.

Gus's illustrations are known for their loose and energetic line work, mixed media and humour. His writing is always anthropomorphic—where animals take the place of humans in the narrative. He attributes this to his love of Wind in The Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Gus's first picture book, Wendy, is about a motorcycle-riding stunt chicken and was selected as a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book in the 2010 Book of the Year Awards.

Gus lives with his wife and three children on the Northern beaches of Sydney.

Discover more about Gus Gordon, his writing and his illustrating on his exciting website.

Read reviews on Herman and Rosie and get a sneak peak at the book.

Watch the Auslan translation of Herman and Rosie. Use this fantastic translation simultaneous mass read during NLNW 2013.

Information and images taken from the NLNW website http://www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au/national-celebration-literacy/read-australia

Welcome Back to Term 3!

Can you believe how fast this year is whizzing by? We are over half way through the year now with only 2 terms of 2013 to go. Term 3 is always a really productive term.

CC image by Philip Martin

Term 3 is also a great term in the library because we celebrate Children's Book Week. 

Source: joondalup.wa.gov.au

This year it is in Week 6, from Saturday August 17 until Friday August 23.

The theme is "Read Across the Universe". Each class will focus on one of this year's shortlisted books and will make a presentation at a special Book Week assembly. More information on this later.

Marrickville Library School Holiday Activities

Polar Diorama

Create your own Antarctic 3-D world complete with polar animals and icebergs. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Tuesday 2 July 11am - 12pm: St Peters Library
• Monday 8 July 3pm - 4pm: Stanmore Library

Sparrow Sports workshop

Shake out the winter cobwebs in this fun, physical session, including games of Stuck in the mid, slingshots, tug of war, sack races, team games and more. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Tuesday 2 July 2pm - 3.30pm: Marrickville Town Hall

Egyptian Pharaoh craft

Transform into an Egyptian pharaoh complete with jewelled head-dress and collar. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Wednesday 3 July 11am - 12pm: Stanmore Library
• Friday 12 July 2pm - 3pm: Marrickville Library

Pterodactyl Mobile

Be transported to a prehistoric forest when you create a mobile of flying dinosaurs. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Thursday 4 July 2pm - 3pm: Dulwich Hill
  Tuesday 9 July 2pm - 3pm: St Peters

Tropical Bird Collage

Create a tropical jungle collage where birds of paradise and toucans flash their fine feathers. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Friday 5 July 3pm - 4pm: Marrickville
• Wednesday 10 July 2pm - 3pm: Dulwich Hill

Circus skills workshop

An exciting workshop run by Circus Unique, offering training in unicycle, stilts, pois twirling, juggling and more. Please note this event is for 8-12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Monday 8 July 10.30am - 12pm: Marrickville Town Hall

NAIDOC Dreamtime stories and craft

Celebrate NAIDOC Week by listening to Dreamtime Stories and making Australian animals to decorate your bedroom. For 5 - 12 year olds. Bookings for events are essential and will be taken from Tuesday 18 June 2013 onwards. Phone 9335 2173 so you don’t miss out!

• Tuesday 9 July 11am - 12pm: Marrickville Library

Learning to Search the Internet for Information

In library lessons we are learning about searching the internet for information. 

Last week we learned about website evaluation. It is important to make sure a website has been created by someone you can trust and who knows about the topic. Also, the information must be up to date and easy for you to understand.

We viewed a hoax website about octopuses that live in trees. It was designed to teach us about website evaluation. 

Nearly everyone was tricked, but we learnt a valuable lesson - not everything on the internet is true! Click on the link below to visit the site.

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Kathy Schrock has developed the 5Ws of Website Evaluation. Click on the link to find out what the 5Ws are.

This week we are going to try searching for information with a kid-friendly search engine called KidRex. Let's see how  much good information we can find.

             Searching for Information? 

                         Try KidRex.