From the Library
The Mercy Library staff have all enjoyed meeting our new Year 7 students who have settled into life at McAuley and have become regular users of the library.
We encourage students to become independent readers and lifelong learners and offer several programs to encourage reading. They are:
- Premier’s Reading Challenge which opened this week. Students have the opportunity to read 20 books over the course of the year and earn certificates.
- Renaissance Reading is a program for all Year 7 and 8 students where students have to read books within their reading capabilities. The advantage of the program is that it creates high growth and reading engagement.
- The library also hosts various events over the year to promote student reading. We began the year with a Library Lover’s Day and students had to write a menu for their favourite character or genre. Our winning homeroom was CH2 who had a menu for those who travel “Beyond the Realm” and our winning individual team of Gabby, Dayla and Ari wrote a menu based on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. All the entries were a lot of fun and showed a great love of books. Please see the attached photo of our Year 7 students who “Love the Library” and all the fun activities we offer.
Students are welcome in the library before school, the second half of lunch and recess. They are welcome to be on their computers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and the other days are device-free days.
Junior students are welcome to borrow up to five books at any one time and they are encouraged to return them within three weeks. Emails will be sent to your child if the book is overdue and a further email will be sent home if students do not return their books after several prompts.
Senior students are reminded that there is a dedicated HSC section with subject-specific textbooks and previous HSC exam papers with sample responses.