St Michael's Primary School - Kaleen
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Tyrrell Circuit
Kaleen ACT 2617
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Email: office.stmichaelsps@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6241 4022

Library Tales - Erin Hardwicke

Book Fair!! 

Thank you to everyone for supporting our Book Fair.  Your support of this event means that the library will see many new titles up on the shelves in the coming weeks.  Our reward for sales over $2000 across the four days means we can purchase $500 in new books for our library.  Well done everyone.

Overdue Books

The student loans have been cleared of any overdue books prior to the commencment of this year.  We ask your assistance in ensuring that books are returned to the library within the loan period of two weeks.  There are now a number of overdue books that are outstanding from loans this year.  We would appreciate your assistance in returning these books as soon as possible.

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