Library News

The annual Book Fair will run in the library next week from Monday until Thursday. It is open from 8.00am until 4.00pm each day. Ms Nell Keen, Teacher Librarian

Award-winning author and illustrator, Peter Carnavas, visited the College this week to host a workshop with our Year 8 students. As part of their English studies, Year 8 students are learning about picture books and for their assessment, will create...

In MakerSpace this week students performed some simple kitchen chemistry to create bouncy balls. Using a mixture of cornflour, water, glue, borax and food colouring, students followed a scientific procedure and had a lot of fun making a mess! Ms...

This year’s Book Week theme is ‘Australia: Story Country’. Over the holidays, the library has been transformed with displays on this theme, made by the very talented Ms Peta Peters. A Rainbow Serpent adorns the front doors of the building and a Book...

Book Club orders are due to the library or online by next Friday 22 nd July.

This week, students in Years 4 and 5 received an invitation to join our Code Club, which will be running on Wednesday afternoons from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. Students wishing to join must return their form to the library by Tuesday 19 th July. As part of...

Students may borrow up to 10 books over the holidays. This is a great time to catch up on some reading. Overdue notices will be emailed home this week. Books that were due back in May or earlier, which are not returned by the end of term, will be...

Students in Years 4, 5 and 6 are invited to enter the short story competition, Telling Stories, which is sponsored by Mooloolaba Rotary, the University of the Sunshine Coast and Voices on the Coast. What do I write? A short story with the title: “I...

This week, 47 students across Years 4-9 attended the Voices on the Coast Literature Festival. Students experienced the University of the Sunshine Coast campus and lecture theatres, met favourite authors and illustrators, had books signed and learned...

The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is an annual statewide initiative for students up to Year 9. Over the past 11 years, more than 10 million books have been read and, in 2015 alone, more than 138,500 students and children participated in the...