Library Newsletter
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AIA Caroline Springs Campus
WELCOME BACK
Welcome back to all our students and parents. I also would like to welcome all new students and their parents. I wish you all an exciting and successful academic year. We are up to a good start in the library. Many students come to the library around lunch times to read, borrow and return books or just to browse the shelves. Keep up the good work, I am so proud of you.
Reading is an important part of everyone’s life. I encourage all students to read as much as you can in lots of different genres and book types to learn more about the world around you. Discuss the books you read with your friends and siblings . This can help you get a better understanding of them, and you’ll be able to recommend some more good books for each other to read. Remember that reading is the key to success!
Students at different levels have been learning this term about the Alphabetical and the Dewey Classification systems, how to locate a book using Dewey numbers and the differences between fiction and non-fiction books. Also the meaning of words such as, “author”, “editor”, “illustrator”, "publisher", “book spine” and many more.
FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS
AIA Caroline Springs Campus Library provides state-of-the-art computing facilities, and spaces for scheduled classes, group work and individual study.
LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
Scheduled classes
Classes from Prep to Year 5 are scheduled for library sessions every week where they participate in planned lessons and activities to teach them library skills, information literacy and research and author studies.
Teachers from all subject areas and year levels 6 to 12 have access to the library computers, reference books and all other library resources. Teachers can book the library for their students to do research projects and/or borrow books. All students are encouraged to use the library during lunchtime to study, read a book or simply engage in developing their learning.
Library club
On Wednesdays and Fridays, there is library club during lunch time. This keeps students intellectually motivated, promotes teamwork and problem solving skills. Activities on offer are chess, Lego, jigsaw puzzles or simply enjoying quite reading.
REMINDERS TO PARENTS
Take Home Readers
Dear parent please make sure that your child takes good care of their Take-Home Readers and return them to their classroom in good condition.
Library books
In the library I encourage the children to be organised. Children should take responsibility for putting their library books in their library bags and place the library bags inside their school bags before they go to bed the night before their scheduled library session. By doing that they will avoid overdue books.
Please note: Our library books have stickers with our school name, logo and phone number inside the books. Also the barcodes on the books have our school name. Please ensure that you always check the sticker and the barcode of the book before you return it to us or to the public library.
Dear parents please check when your child has library in the following schedule:
Library sessions time table
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Yr 4 Yr 2A Pr B Yr 2B
Pr A Yr 1A Yr 3B Yr 1B
Yr 3A
Yr 5
VICTORIAN PREMIER READING CHALLENGE
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and the Australian International Academy Caroline Springs Campus is excited to be participating. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. The aim of the Challenge is to promote a love of reading. It is not a competition, but a challenge to each student to read more widely a set number of books by 7 September 2018. Students may choose to read from the challenge booklists and/or books from their own choice.
Students from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. All students who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honor Roll.
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is not a competition, but a challenge to each student. The Challenge promotes the importance of reading among students in Victorian schools and encourages parents and families to support their children’s reading at all times.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
We are happy to let you know that the Scholastic Book Club catalogs are here and have been distributed to all classrooms. Orders and money are due on the 7th of May. We hope you take this opportunity to allow your child to purchase wonderful, educational and/or fun gifts from the Scholastic Book Club.
NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME
As part of Library and Information Week on the 24th of May. Our school will participate in the National Simultaneous Storytime event. This is an annual event, in which schools all over Australia participate with the aim of encouraging children to read and enjoy books. On the 24th of May, all participating schools will be reading The Hickory dickory DASH by Australian author Tony Wilson at 11 am. This will be a great opportunity for students from grades prep to 5 to engage with, and develop an appreciation for Australian children’s literature. This is the fifth year our school will be participating in this event and we are all looking forward to it!
RAMADAN BOOK FAIR
Ramadan Book Fair is coming to our School! from the 7th until the 10th of June.
There will be a great selection of Islamic and Arabic books. stationary , gifts and ornaments, Ramadan and Eid decorations and Eid cards. We hope you take this opportunity to allow your child to purchase wonderful, fun gifts from the Ramadan Book Fair.
Please ensure that your child brings money to school for the Book Fair, only on the day that they are scheduled to come.
Please note that the Book Fair will not be open during recess or lunch time. But it will be open for parents, at the end of the school day only.
AUTHOR VISIT
I have made a booking with the Australian author Michael Panckridge to visit our school. He has been a music teacher, sports teacher, primary teacher, secondary teacher, Choir and orchestra conductor. Michael was inspired by his passion for sport and desire to get reluctant readers engaged in books. He authored a series of engaging sporty books which are now some of Australia's most popular children's books.
Michael Panckridge will talk about his writing style and also give the students a head start to the Short Story Writing Competition coming up in August. Michael will assist students to get their entries written if they wish to enter the competition. Year 5/6/7 and a few students from Year 4 are invited to attend the event.
BOOK WEEK
SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION
Students from all year levels are encouraged to enter the competition. Entry will close on the 31st of August. Application forms are available from our library or you can enter online on the Caroline Springs local library website. You can access through the following link:
BOOK WEEK
AUTHOR WRITING WORKSHOP
This term our library is celebrating Book Week. We are inviting the author Michael Panckridge for the second time to our school to do a writing workshop for our students. The workshop will take place on Friday the 7th of September.
BOOK WEEK PERFORMANCE
School Incursion
In celebration of Children’s Book Week 2018, the library has invited Perform Educational Musicals to put on a show called “Treasure hunt”. The performance featured a selection of the Children’s Book Council 2018 Shortlisted books. The “Treasure hunt” show is packed with action and fun adventure that encourages children to consider that books are not only means of entertainment, but also a way of understanding the world around them. The show covers learning areas in the Australian Curriculum such as English, Arts, Health and Physical Education, Critical and Creative Thinking, Social Ability and Ethical Understanding.
Date: 7th of September
Year Levels: 1 to 5
CHARACTER PARADE
As part of the Children’s Book Week 2018 celebration, I organized a character parade on Friday the 19th of October, 2018. Students and staff came to school dressed up in their favourite characters from books and fairy tales. The event started with the teachers and the students performing two children songs. One of them was the Ram Sam Sam song. Ram Sam Sam is a folk song originally from Morocco. The phrase “a Ram Sam Sam” has no real meaning. “Guli” means “tell me” in Moroccan Arabic. “ A rafiq” means “travelling companion”. The purpose of the song is to have fun coordinating actions with singing.
The performance was then followed by reading a fiction story and a book about technology facts. Each class walked on the runway to display their costumes. The students’ and the staff custom looked amazing. I would like to thank the parents and the students for putting such a great effort towards their costumes. I also would like to thank all teachers for their lovely performance and remarkable costumes.
