The Book Fair Here!! 

The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived and it has been wonderful to see the turnout so far! If you haven’t had the chance to drop in yet, the book fair will be open up until Friday.

This year’s theme is ‘Catch the Reading Wave’ and we are hoping this book fair will be another way we can promote a love of reading for our students and within our community. The students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair with their classes and during library lessons. At this time they can browse through the books and make a ‘wish list’ of books they are interested in.       

The Book Fair will be open Tuesday – Friday (26/2-1/3)

Times: 8:20-8:50am and 3-4pm.
Location: Library

Volunteering

If you are interested in volunteering in the library I’d love to hear from you. It is a great way for parents, grandparents and carers to get involved in school life and your time makes a valuable contribution to the running of our library for staff and students. We are always looking for people willing to help out with covering new library books. It is an easy job that can even be done at home. If are able to volunteer with this task please get in touch.

Student Borrowing 

Library lessons for each class will be on Wednesday's. Each Wednesday students can return books and borrow new ones for the week. If you wish to return books at other times, they can be placed in the returns slot on the front of the library desk. I look forward to working with all the students to develop their love of reading and literature throughout 2019.

Visiting our Library 

We hope that the library is an inviting space for our students and families too. If you wish to come in and spend a few minutes reading to your child/ren either before or after school, please know that you are welcome to do so. We ask that you return the book to the returns slot (on the front of the library desk) and it will be re-shelved for you.

Parent Library

A new initiative to the library this year is the parent borrowing bookshelf. It is located just inside the library, opposite the library desk. The system is based on a book swap approach. Please feel free to take a book and return when you are finished or bring in a book to swap. We are hoping to include literature that is for enjoyment and also related to parenting and educational information. If you have any books to donate to our parent library, they would be gratefully accepted.

We would like the library space to be 'the heart' of St Michael's. A space to gather and enjoy. So, if you have any ideas, feedback or questions, please flick me an email erin.hardwicke@cg.catholic.edu.au