Library classes at Holy Trinity are back. To borrow a book all children must have a library bag and have returned all books.

Below is a list of library class times. All classes go for an hour.

Redgum Book Club:

The Term 2 Redgum online catalogue is open and ready for borrowing from now until the 25^th May (Monday, Week 5).

https://www.redgumbookclub.com.au/redgum

Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge 2020- CMRC

2020 sees the return of the Chief Minster’s Reading Challenge to Holy Trinity. It is an optional extra this year as we thought it would be a great way to encourage reading while the world remains so crazy.

Each child from the ELC to Year 6 are ‘challenged’ to read 30 age appropriate books over a 15-week time frame. (The challenge does go for longer but I try to wrap it up at the start of term 3)

30 books is a lot of reading so the organisers have decided that if the children read a book and then complete a short book review this counts as another book. Two for One. J
Please keep book reviews in a separate book to show myself or Mr B, alternatively attached them to your CMRC list when you hand it in.

The 30 books can be from class reading and individual reading. Fiction or non-fiction, poetry, EBooks, audio books, books on SORA, graphic books, home books and of course library books. As long as the books are age appropriate.

Generally, the ELC, Kinder and Year 1 complete the challenge in class but extra home reading and is always welcomed. All children can record books read in class - individually or with the teacher.

There will be a display outside the library that keeps track of which child finishes the 30 books and a tally of how many books they have read.

There is also a raffle that runs throughout the challenge. Once a child reads 30 books they get a raffle a ticket. Prizes are given to each grade level from Redgum book club funds.

Please contact me at kate.mertz@cg.catholic.edu.au for any further information.

Forms needed to complete the challenge will be located in a basket outside the library entrance. You can also go to the CMRC website and download them yourself.

https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/additional-programs/chief_ministers_reading_challenge/how-to-meet-the-challenge

National Simultaneous Story Time 2020 – (NSS)

Holy Trinity will once again participate in the National Simultaneous Storytime on Wednesday, 27^th May at 11am (or there about).
This year the NSS will be a virtual event celebrated in classrooms. Each class will view the book online with over 1 000 000 other children from across Australia and New Zealand.
The classes will then complete a little activity that relates to the book.

Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford is the book we will be viewing. It is hysterical.

https://www.alia.org.au/nss

SORA:

Sora is an on line reading app used at Holy Trinity and 57 other schools across our Archdiocese. It is paid for by the Catholic Education office. Once downloaded your child is able to access up to 30 000 age appropriate online and audio books. You can login to Sora with your child’s normal CENet login – used at school to login to our CE network.

Below is an easy 'How to Guide' to download SORA – (perfect for those with limited IT skills).

Over the last month Holy Trinity students have recorded the 4^th highest borrowing numbers (within the Archdiocese) on Sora. Impressive stuff

Borrowing SORA

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Last but not least Book Week 2020 has been postponed until October 17^th – 23^rd 2020.

 

If you are still reading this – thank you. There is a lot going on.

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