Library News
Horror Genre
Last week, Ms Flanagan's and Ms Lewis’ Year 7 English classes were met at the Library by two rather unusual looking characters. Students enjoyed this lesson as an introduction to our horror unit and participated in a variety of activities to get them thinking about this unique literary genre. With some slithery snakes (lollies) as prizes, the classes brainstormed scary places, fiction, sounds and movies; listened to a short extract from a scary story; and participated in the ‘Thriller’ dance. A great time was had by all (including the witches)!
Library Spaces
The Library has a few different spaces within its ‘shell’, used for many different purposes. Mr Redfern uses one of the small seminar rooms to teach his small cohort of Year 12 Mathematics Extension 2 students.
Significant Literary dates
Mary Shelley wrote the classic Gothic tale “Frankenstein”, a novel still being studied in English syllabi today. She was born on August 30, 1797, and was to eventually marry the renowned poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was a forward thinker, a political radical, and a prolific writer. Happy birthday Mary Shelley.
Premier’s Reading Challenge 2020
The Challenge is drawing to a close with 28th August being the final date for students to add their books to their log to be verified and signed off on. Some of our participating students have completed the Challenge, while others are yet to do this. We will follow up on students again around mid-August to make sure they are on track to complete.
Raising Readers
Megan is a teacher-librarian at St Aidan's Anglican Girls School and was recently awarded the Queensland Teacher Librarian of the Year by the School Library Association of Queensland, as well as the national Dromkeen Librarians Award, presented by the State Library of Victoria. She is passionate about books and reading and growing a love for literature in young people.
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