Library News

The following LibGuides have been added or updated recently: Year 12 Accounting http://libguides.pacluth.qld.edu.au/home/finance Year 12 Legal Studies http://libguides.pacluth.qld.edu.au/home/technologylaw Year 11 Legal Studies http://libguides...

The library home page contains a wealth of resources to assist your students with research and reading. From this page you can access eBooks, LibGuides, research skills, databases, online encyclopaedias and recommended reading lists. Please bookmark...

A big thank you to this year’s library monitors for all their hard work. We finished the year with a celebratory lunch this week. This year’s monitors were: Year 6 · Harry McLaughlin-Phillips · Ellie Dixon · Imogen Layfield · Matthew Timperley ·...

This week at assembly, we gave out prize packs to our champion readers. Champion readers are Junior College students who have borrowed more than 120 books this year and Middle and Senior College students who have borrowed more than 50 books. Our...

For our final MakerSpace activity this year, students made a Christmas elf ornament out of beads. The MakerSpace has been very popular this year and we look forward to developing lots of great crafty ideas next year.

The library has thousands of ebooks that you can access for free and read on your phone, iPad, laptop or e-reader. Just go to our site ( http://plc.lib.overdrive.com ) and sign in with your child’s six digit student number. From there, you can...

Last week in MakerSpace, we used science to make crystals. Students fashioned a shape out of pipe cleaners such as stars, snowflakes or their name and then, using fishing wire, hung it in a solution of water and borax. As the water cooled down, the...

Parents are welcome to borrow books, including eBooks, from the college library. Click here to view the titles added last week. Ms Nell Keen, Teacher Librarian

Applications for the position of library monitor are now open. Students who are currently in Years 5 and 6 are invited to apply. This is a leadership and service position, which requires a commitment to work a 20-minute timeslot in the library each...

Last week in MakerSpace, we sewed pouches for the RSPCA to keep orphaned native animals safe and warm. The RSPCA sent out a sewing guide, with measurements for pouches for both possums and joeys. Using donated material, students measured and cut out...