Library News

The library may be in the throes of exciting renovations but our library program stops for nothing! In the past few weeks our dedicated crafters have decorated sugar skull treat boxes for Dia de los Muertes (Day of the Dead) and are getting into the...

Well done to Middle College student, Bridgette Cooper, who has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Telling Stories competition, which is organised by Mooloolaba Rotary in partnership with the Creative Writing Program, USC and Voices on the Coast...

Students and parents are advised that the library will be closed for the rest of the year while building works are underway. Shelves have been set up in the library foyer so that students may still borrow books, but the main body of the library will...

The United Nations has declared 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table. This is to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the creation of the periodic table of the chemical elements by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Check out the display in...

This week, the Children’s Book Council of Australia announced the winners of the Children’s Book of the Year. The winning titles in each of the categories are: Older readers Winner – Between Us (Clare Atkins) Honour books – Small Spaces (Sarah...

Next week is Book Week, which is celebrated Australia-wide to promote the importance of books and reading in our lives. This weekend, the winners of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards will be announced. Prep – Year 5...

In the lead up to our Book Week celebrations, this week students across Prep – Year 8 were fortunate to hear from visiting authors and illustrators. On Monday, our Prep – Year 2 classes met Emma Middleton, who is extremely creative. Emma has been a...

Libguides have been added for the following assignments this week (password in plc): Year 11 Psychology Unit 2 http://libguides.pacluth.qld.edu.au/home/psychology Year 8 Physics http://libguides.pacluth.qld.edu.au/home/8physics Telling Stories...

Last week, 55 students attended the Voices on the Coast Literature Festival. Students heard from a range of authors, saw performances, listened to poets and learnt how illustrators create their art. During their free time students enjoyed meeting...

Pizza and movie tickets are on offer in this year’s Book Week competitions for Middle and Senior College students. Book Week is in Week 6 of this term and the theme is ‘Reading is my Secret Power’. Each week from now, we will be posting a new...