Learning Commons

The Learning Commons certainly lived up to its mission as an agile and flexible learning space for the community. An online presence became even more vital to build and maintain connections between students and teacherlibrarians.

An online Canvas course was created for students to access online materials, instructional video tutorials, tools for researching, links to reading resources and resources for research.

Year 7 DEAR Challenge

The Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Challenge for Year 7 students began in Term 3 to promote reading for pleasure and encouraged students to read for ten minutes each day. Even though the students were off-site they rose to the challenge and diligently entered their reading times every week.

Award Winners

Highest Achiever - Aaliyah Lacey

Most Consistent Reader with Improvement Indigo Thomson

"I realised how much time you can actually read without missing out on other things." Jessica Smith

Jennifer Cain Head of Learning Commons

Book Club

"Book Club has brought together some great people with the same brilliant interest: Books! Book Club has helped me to open up and not be so shy and has also helped me stay connected during isolation." Claire Pierce

Students created Book Club experiences mediated by the teacher-librarians. Every week saw each student choose one of her favourite novels to read to peers, facilitate discussions and experiment with different activities and technologies. Students have flourished and the support within the group allowed everyone to feel comfortable sharing and engaging with one another.

Rebecca Nettleton and Kaitlyn Woods Librarians