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It’s a good time to love reading!

We’re very excited about this upcoming event.  We’re looking forward to our community of readers congregating in Langley Hall @ 10.35 on Wednesday 23rd May to enjoy this fabulous book.

We’re also very excited about the arrival of our books  for the annual Book Fair.  Classes will be invited to preview the books and merchandise for sale on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th May.  Books will be on sale in the Library from 8.00am – 6.00pm Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th May.  You can order online and bring in a receipt, or pay with cash or EFTPOS on the day.

There is absolutely no pressure to purchase anything from the book fair, however, should you choose to do so, every dollar spent will benefit our library.

The Library will be closed for borrowing from Wednesday 23rd-Tuesday 29th May.  Our readers can borrow from our Pop-Up Libraries, R-2 can read on the Oxford Owl Platform and our 3-7 can access our Literacy Pro digital library 24/7.

In addition, each CLG reader has a subscription to our digital library, Wheelers eBooks.  (See infographic below.  Click on the image to enlarge).

 

Happy reading!

Simone

 

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed a fabulous break and managed to read for pleasure.  I know I certainly enjoyed savoring some lazy afternoons with some beautiful books.

Thank you to everyone who attended the first Book Club of the year on the last Friday of school.  We enjoyed sharing our reading experience and love of the book  Wonder.

Scholastic Book Club brochures will go home today, with orders due on Friday 11th May.  As always there is absolutely no pressure to purchase from the catalogue, but feel free to do so as every dollar spent supports our school library.

Our annual Book Fair is just around the corner, so keep May 28 and 29 free to support our major fundraiser.

It’s been fantastic to see so many children complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge already – keep up the great work everyone.

Happy reading!

Simone

Book Clubs x 2

Breakfast Book Club

Our first Breakfast Book Club for the year will be in Week 10, Friday 6th April @ 7.45am in the Library.

Our first book is a beautiful read

If you would like to join us, please comment below or email Simone.petherick915@schools.sa.edu.au

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB orders have been sent home today.  Thank you for your wonderful support, you have earned our school nearly $400 worth of scholastic rewards point that will be put toward both library and learning resources.

 

Welcome to a new school year

I trust that you enjoyed the festive season and some quality time with your family.  We were delighted to have new carpet laid over the holidays and we think the results are spectacular.  Make sure you pop in and have a look next time you’re passing the library.

Our new carpet looks fantastic!

OPENING HOURS 2018

8.30am – 3.30pm daily

Whole school borrowing times 8.50-9.20 and 1.50-2.20

Each class will also have a weekly browse and borrow session.

Don’t forget about our Pop-Up libraries scattered all over the school.  These are available for borrowing all day every day, so our kids can always find a book to read.

Dr Seuss was our inspiration for our Term 1 theme (see pictures below).

Remember “you’re never too wacky, too old, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

Happy Reading,

Simone

The Lorax and his Truffula trees!

The more that you read, the more you will know, the more that you know the more places you go!

Reading is the THING to do

NURTURING A COMMUNITY OF READERS @ CLG

Congratulations are once again in order to 99.7% of our students who completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge in 2017.  That’s another fantastic effort which demonstrates again the wonderful way our home and school community work together to achieve fantastic results for our kids.

I love this quote – but would like to add, with beautiful books and stories borrowed from their libraries.

Knowing that we are nurturing a love of reading at CLG it got me thinking and wondering, just who is reading what, and how much?  I thought you might be interested to know that…

Our library has loaned 28,878 items this school year.  Fiction books are our most popular item (10,929 loans as of Tuesday morning), followed by Picture Fiction (4,804) and Junior Fiction (4,556).  Non-Fiction books are popular also (4,348) loans.

So how many books are different aged children borrowing?

R/1 – 4,766 loans  (average 25 loans / student)

Year 2 – 2,481 loans  (average 40 loans / student)

Primary (3-5) -11,708 (average 42 books / student)

Year 6/7 – 3,683 (average 27 books / student)

It’s great to see our kids borrowing so many books and ensuring that our school library is truly the vibrant hub of our school.  How lucky are we?

If you were looking for ways to support the development of your child’s literacy, The Australian Literacy Educators Association have provided some fantastic resources that you may find useful at home.  If you’re interested follow the link below.

ALEA COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES

Happy Reading!

Simone

And the winner is…

Bob Graham does it again

For the full list of winners follow this link https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/08/18/94723/cbca-awards-2017-winners-announced/

If you’re stuck on costume ideas I’d recommend checking out Kool for Kats on Brighton Road. They have a huge range of costumes for hire and sale at really good prices (my daughter and I found ours there last weekend).

We’re very excited for what will be a great week of celebrating all things bookish.

Happy reading,

Simone

 

POTTERMORE HARRY POTTER BOOK CLUB COMING!

Some exciting news for Harry Potter fans!  I’m sharing this information directly from JK Rowling’s Pottermore official website

This June, Pottermore is launching the official Wizarding World Book Club with Bloomsbury and Scholastic.

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Pottermore invites fans old and new to join the Wizarding World Book Club – a free, online club to examine and debate every book in the Harry Potter series.

The Wizarding World Book Club kicks off in June, and to take part you just need to read (or re-read) a Harry Potter book each month – or more, as the books get longer. You can then join in a conversation about it on Twitter, or simply check Pottermore to learn more about each story.

Whether you’re a newcomer, or have read the books a thousand times over, the Wizarding World Book Club is the place for everyone to join the discussion on each of the seven Harry Potter stories.

There will be many ways to participate too. Each week, a new theme from the Harry Potter stories will be discussed over on Pottermore’s brand new Wizarding World Book Club Twitter account, @WWBookClub.

Register with Pottermore and you’ll soon be able to check out the Wizarding World Book Club dedicated section of the site, read new articles about each theme and even gather rewards for your reading progress.

More information about the Wizarding World Book Club, and how to participate, is on its way very soon. So whether you’re reading the books for the very first time, or fancy a nostalgic re-read, get ready to join in.

Hermione would most certainly approve.

Keep an eye out for the Wizarding World Book Club’s official Twitter account,@WWBookClub.