By Mrs Kirstie Andrews

Year 9 Stimulus Writing

Mrs Porter’s year 9 skills classes spent some time on a stimulus writing task.  The students were given a picture and asked to write about it. The focus was about writing creatively, for pleasure and interest, having a good idea and following it to the end, rather than punctuation and spelling.  She was so impressed with their writing that they are currently on display in the library.  Check out the photos!

Remote Learning Assistance

Mrs Andrews is in the process of creating a special CANVAS course for students to access a range of tutorials on how to use our digital resources (including the Library Webpage and our online research tools: EBSCO, Britannica and GALE). She will also be adding a list of free resources that students can use for ‘brain breaks’ and additional learning sources, during this time of remote learning.  The course will go live at the end of this week, so students are encouraged to keep an eye out for an invitation to join in their email inbox/CANVAS notifications.

Also, in Term 2, Ms Bastion and Mrs Driver will continue to build on this page for students and also email out some information to parents in regard to the resources available in the CANVAS course.

We will still be open for borrowing next term, for enjoyment and reference materials.  Students can either emails us a list of books they would like or let us know what they are looking for.  We will organise a day and time for the resources to be collected  from the library steps.  We are also planning some keep-in-touch activities, stay tuned for more details.

Farewell

Given that I will be leaving Assumption College at the completion of the term, I wanted to take the opportunity to say farewell to our wonderful community. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at ACW, especially this year working in the Information and Learning Centre with all students and teachers across the College. Hearing about the wonderful books that students are reading; watching them play intense games of chess and uno; being in awe of our resident anime artists and Rubiks Cube geniuses; hearing them laugh as they socialise; and observing as they engaged with a range of activities during skills rotations and subject lessons; made my days in the ILC complete.

The thriving and dynamic environment that is the ACW Information and Learning Centre is what a Teacher Librarian’s dreams are made of and in our context, it is due to the amazing work that Mrs Driver does on a daily basis and on the work that Mrs Wooding has done during her time as our TL. I want to sincerely thank these amazing staff members on behalf of our College community.

Though I am sad to be leaving our College, I know that the ILC is in the very best of hands with Mrs Driver and Miss Bastion, who has recently accepted the role as Acting Teacher Librarian until the end of 2020, when Mrs Wooding will return.  

As a parting thought I leave you with a quote from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” The library staff aim to enlarge each child’s world by helping them to find a love of reading. If you would like some ideas to help continue this at home, feel free to contact the staff for ideas, tips and resources.