Literacy Enrichment - Get Involved!
What is ‘Literacy Enrichment’ at SJRC?
It’s opportunities in and out of SJRC that enrich students’ understanding of and experience with media, film, reading, writing, and language in general. It’s excursions, festivals, writing, debating and public speaking competitions, and live performance.
Check us out at - SJRC Literacy Enrichment
If You Are Aged 16 and over, You Need to Read This:
Be the voice of regional Australia and send in a story to ABC’s Heywire in any format you like:
- It's about you
Heywire is about giving Australia a window on your life and/or your community. You are unique and the place where you live is unique, and that makes your story fascinating. Personal stories are the most compelling. - But not everything about you
We're not asking you to tell your WHOLE life story. Focus on one important or interesting aspect of your life. It could be one hobby that's important to you, or one issue that you are passionate about, or one challenge you've overcome, or an interesting thing that has happened to you, or one thing that irritates you about where you live, or what makes your town unique. - Then do this:
Visit the Heywire website for further details and inspiration.
https://www.abc.net.au/heywire/competition/
Competition closes Wednesday 16 September 2020 - And you’ll feel like this:
Pretty excited about an all-expenses paid trip to the Heywire Summit in Canberra, to develop ideas to make regional Australia a better place for young people! https://youtu.be/FXpDIbVLShM
Debating
SJRC v Mackillop Debating next Thursday, 27th August 2020. Good luck competitors!
In the SJRC Literacy Enrichment Spotlight
Books That Have Changed Me
This week we’re sharing stories about the stories that have changed us. These might be books from our childhood, our youth or simply last week! Enjoy the fifth and final part of our series from our very own librarian Mrs Karen Bale:
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Karen Bale  |
This book resonated with me when I first read it quite a few years ago. The story of the two families, both damaged in their own ways and victims of their own backgrounds made me consider differently people whom I had encountered along the way who were victims of chance too. I felt secure immersed in the Australian vernacular. And the little character Oriel Lamb - bossy and the wearer of sturdy button-up shoes - I felt that I knew her, and that I had seen women in those shoes when I was a child. I found it so relatable. "He believed deeply in luck, the old man, though he was careful never to say the word. He called it the shifty shadow of God." |
And over to you:
We welcome the whole SJRC community to be a part of conversations on books and reading in general. Have you read something that changed your perspective, or a story from your younger days that still resonates with you?
Please share with us the story about a story that may have impacted your story!