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ISSUE NO 3
RENAISSANCE COLLEGE LIBRARY LIBRARY & INFORMATION RESOURCE CENTRE, ISSUE 3, NO. 1
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to providing and promoting access to an extensive range of print and electronic resources, tools and technologies to: N Support the academic, artistic and recreational needs of the school
students to become
lifelong learners N Stimulate a love of reading,
learning and inquiry
BOOK WEEK A ‘Marvelous hat’ as part of the Book theme, Champions Read.
and activity in and outside the Library. We hope you enjoy this
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snapshot of the diverse roles and activities we have enjoyed and the range of students we have had the pleasure of working with.
READING CAVE Chilling with a good book in the reading cave.
SUSAN EADDY Oh what fun to meet such an inspiring international author!
INDEX
Book Week - Champions Read! BookWeek @ RCHK
P.1:Mission Statement P.2: Book Week P. 3-4: Achievements P.5:Battle of the Books P.5: Secondary Library Developments. P.6: Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry & Learning P.7-8: Library Staff PD and contribution. P. 9: Volunteers
THE 2013 BOOK WEEK THEME WAS CHAMPIONS READ
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Ms Chan was inspired by a book titled Millie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura, Together with with years 1-3 she made Champion Hats. Years 1-3 then showed off their marvellous hats at the culminating Reading Wave activity. Years 4 & 5 designed their own Champion Reader avatars and Year 6’s created book trailers of their favourite picture books. Years 1 and 2 then brought their IPads to the library and scanned QR codes to view the book trailers. The trailer books became very popular! Other Book Week activities included Book Quiz competitions, Author visits and Read Across the College where secondary students were paired with primary students to read together. The culminating activity saw the whole primary school out on the basketball court, dancing to “Gotta Keep Reading”. Year 12 students, organized by Jacklyn Chan, choreographed and led the wave.
Author Visits Sarah Brennan visited on 11th April 2013 to read her latest book "The tale of Sybil Snake". Yr 2-6 participated in 4 sessions. Sarah also met with one of the Year 2 classes and performed a little drama with the students.
Susan Eaddy, a clay artist and illustrator visited on 15th April 2013. She also conducted a mini clay art workshop with our Year 1 students in studio time which was a direct connection with their Unit of Inquiry.
Ronny Mintjens, author of More Than Just a Game, shared his love of professional sports and exotic cultures by presenting his experiences playing and coaching professional football in Africa during a March visit to RCHK.
An Author for Young adults, Michael Pryor spoke to Years 9 & 10 about his FG84@CHA> 94AG4FL 4A7 F6<8A68 R6G<BA series which are popular in Australia. The steampunk genre mixes historical setting with magic for something new.
Achievements
AROUND THE LIBRARY
by Shirley, Heather & Andrea
Teacher Librarians # # #
What a comfy spot to curl up with a good book
Online Resource Access Thanks to Azadi Saryev @azawaza, and Dianne McKenzie, previously from Discovery College for sharing their online library resources management application with us. We have been able to place all our paid online resources in one location, along with the best of those freely available. Resources are organised into 3 categories,
Year 2 students love searching for favourite book titles via the iPad
PYP, MYP/DP and Staff. Usernames, passwords and
with two distinct purposes.
Year 1 and 2 students were
With the addition of
introduced to iPads and
Dawsonera we hope to satisfy
taught how to search the Olly
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library catalogue. E-Books
needs of our DP students,
were downloaded to provide
resources.
while Wheelers e-books target
another reading experience
The Library is beginning to
of our younger and middle
descriptions of each resource are available after logging into the site. We are thrilled with how easy this has made access to our online
Wheelers/Dawson e-books the more recreational needs
develop an e-book collection
for students.
year students.
iPads
RESEARCH MODEL: TO SUPPORT INQUIRY hear more about this in 2013-14.
Initiative
Our Teacher Librarians are working towards creating a research model that can be HF87 J<G; @B7<R64G<BA 9EB@
Years 1-13. This is a work in progress and needs discussion and agreement between the Primary and Secondary faculties. Expect to
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Professional resources relocation
SENIOR STUDENTS
The teacher professional collection was moved to the
Making good use of their space and staying “connected”.
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Self-checkout
Thanks to the support of RAPT we were able to purchase a self-checkout machine to allow for
Reading in all shapes and formats, what great roll models!
increased borrowing access for classes in Years 4 to 6. Students are excited about using the self-checkout machine. Its use helps
hand uniform sales. This year
with the help of parent and
we received over $20,000
eco-artist Teresa Guttensohn
which will be used for acrylic
and graphic designer Jason
students to development their display shelves, and self-management skills in the expansion of our e-book library and allows more classes to borrow. RAPT continues to support the LIRC by donating proceeds from its second-
collection.
Secondary Logo
Dufty. It was installed on acrylic and hangs in the entrance to the secondary library.
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SELF-CHECKOUT: I CAN DO IT MYSELF!
Students enjoy learning how to check-out their own books and being independent in the library.
Playing the Dewey game.
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 12 students in Year 5 & 6 participated in the Battle of the Books competition this year. In May, the team travelled to Kellett School and competed against Kellett School, International School Foundation and Kennedy School in G;8 F8@<TRA4? Although we did not win, every member enjoyed the experience, engaged in reading and
worked as a team.
Secondary Library Space
Thanks to advice from @Kevinnah_Hennah (Library consultant), we lowered the height of Library shelves and added full-length slatwall to Bayends for increased Display area. Signage was added to the external door and windows to highlight the Secondary Library presence from outside. As a backdrop to the circulation counter we hung a print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, taken from the woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. To complement the look we added two large photographs of a Hong Kong Banyan Tree, taken by Yr 12 student, Tia Guttensohn to the Library columns. Tables and chairs were updated with new ergonomically designed chairs that move with the user and provide a pressure free C?4G9BE@ 4F J8?? 4F S8K<5?8 G45?8 F<M8F 9BE creating large or small group spaces.
EasyBib
The LIRC introduced this new information literacy tool to support students in becoming more effective and organized researchers. With EasyBib students can take notes, create intext citations, build a bibliography and much more.
Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry, Learning Collaboration with year levels
strategies and viewing
MYP
has been really successful this FGE4G8:<8F 9BE ABATR6G<BA G8KG English classes in Years 7-10 year due to the highly valued
Year 4 - Building on Yr 3
visited the library regularly
and well utilised collaborative
foundation skills, students in
this year. Students practiced
planning time.
Year 4 extended their
public speaking by giving
practice of previous
Book Talks - sharing a plot
Year 1-2
knowledge and skills to
synopsis, relating the story to
become more advanced
an Area Of Interaction and
researchers. In addition, they
discussing which Learner
in the lower primary this
also learnt information
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year.
evaluation skills.
represent.
Year 1 & 2 learned to
Year 5 - learnt the concepts of Research skills were taught
search the Olly library
academic honesty, copyright
during humanities, science or
catalogue.
and referencing in How We
English classes. Students
Lower primary
Express Ourselves. These are
practiced evaluating web
students enjoyed
important essence for
sources for reliability and
reading e-books and
preparing their PYP
bias, using EasyBib for
accessing extra
exhibition in Year 6.
creating bibliographies and
PYP
iPads have been widely used
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resources.
Year 1 - students worked together to create a book about their class, they were proud to be authors and illustrators. The fun Dewey Game was widely played in the primary to familiarise with the Dewey ?4FF<R64G<BA -LFG8@
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way around our new database
reliable articles on Child
page and paraphrasing or
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summarising their research
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Year 7 and 9 classes
and note-taking and then
participated in Literature
moved into inquiry skills such <E6?8F J;8E8 :EBHCF B9 RI8 BE as quoting, paraphrasing and
6 students choose to read the
citing sources properly. We
same book and have
created puzzles using Year 1-3 enjoyed their library economic vocabulary, before visits as they experienced plunging into books, websites, different ways of storytelling and story reading.
Year 3 - Research skills & ICT lessons were integrated in classrooms to support the
newspapers and databases to RA7 <A9BE@4G<BA BA BHE
search, keyword search
discussions about the characters, plot, author’s motivation and the stories’ relevance to their own lives.
Year 8 classes participated in
exhibition topics. 18 RA<F;87 Genre Literature Circles the year by writing a short
where groups read from the
Transition story - from our
same Genre (e.g. historical
unit of inquiry of Who We Are. RI8TL84ETB?7 GB BHE G8A L84ET Topics included using old selves. Britannica, Oliver advance
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Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry, Learning cont.
Year 10 classes began the
year with orientation, learning what the library has to offer, returned every few weeks to exchange books and also researched the Russian Revolution while reading Animal Farm. Â
Yr 11 classes accessed the Library during English classes when they could. Due to the curriculum demands of the MYP access was irregular. They used Goodreads to keep an online reading log and monitor current and future reads.
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Yr 12 students received an introduction to the Extended Essay, learning how to access databases and citation tools such as EasyBib. The new online resources page was promoted at every opportunity. Many teachers used the Turnitin antiplagiarism tool to monitor and teach students how to avoid plagiarism. The EasyBib note taking tool was also promoted to assist students in managing research, note taking and outlining of assignments.
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Wandy
Whole School Contribution NPrinter troubleshooting
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Library Contribution
Sun Me
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Whole School Contribution
Whole School Contribution NManage Library booking
Library Contribution
NPrinter troubleshooting
Library Contribution
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Primary circulation
N
Primary circulation
N
Supervising &
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Cataloguing
N
Cataloguing
managing jobs for C&S
N
Primary overdue
N
Manage orders/
students
N
Manage wishlist
Professional Development N
CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013
N
requisitions
N
Secondary circulation
Staff overdue notices
N
Cataloguing
N
Manage stationery
Professional Development N
Introduction of Inter
spaces
notices
Isabel
CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Introduction of Inter Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013
orders N
Secondary overdue notices
Professional Development N
Bachelor of Information Studies, Nov 2012 - Present
N
CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Introduction of Inter Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013
N
Seminar of Gobi and the Approval Plans of YBP, 5 June 2012
Shirley
School Contribution N N N
Heather
School Contribution N
RAPT co-secretary
N
HOD Member
competition coach
N
Cross-Country coach
N
ICT Steering
Library Monitor
N
Track & Field coach
programme coach
N
Battle of the Books
N
Vision 2014 Committee
competition coach
N
Yr 12 CAS Week Trip
Team Member
Professional Development N
N
N
Yr 12/13 Advisor
Professional Development
Aug, 2012
Rethink, reinvent,
Category 3 PYP, MYP,
rejuvenate workshop,
27 Aug 2012
& DP Continuum
27 Aug 2012
John Hatti - Visible
workshop, 10-12 Nov
Learning, 30 Sept,
2012
N
N
Andrea Darville -
N
N
Kevin Hennah -
Standard First Aid, 8, 10, 17 Oct
N
Category 3 PYP, MYP,
Category 3 PYP, MYP,
Storytelling workshop,
& DP Continuum
& DP Continuum
19 January, 2013
workshop, 10-12 Nov
21C Learning
2012
N
2012
Conference, 24 -26
Andrea Darville -
January, 2013
21C Learning Conference, 24 -26 January, 2013 Mapping with Google,
Nutriagent Member
Rethink, reinvent,
19 January, 2013
N
N
Rejuvenate Workshop,
Storytelling workshop, N
Kevin Hennah-
Leader/Laos
Kevin Hennah -
workshop, 10-12 Nov N
Yr. 10/11 Advisor
Rethink, Reinvent,
2012 N
Committee
Programme 2011-12
rejuvenate workshop, N
N
Professional Development
PGDE Primary
N
School Contribution
Battle of the Books
Primary Leadership
Andrea
10-24 June, 2013
N
21C Learning Conference, 24 -26 January, 2013
N
#beyondlaptops Conference, 23-24 April 2013
N
23mthings online course, April 2013 ongoing
N
Mapping with Google, 10-24 June, 2013
VOLUNTEERS
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Parent Volunteers, Library Monitors, Community & Service
Community and service is an integral part of studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and parentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives at RCHK. Students develop greater awareness and concern for the needs of their community while developing new and worthwhile skills. The library monitor programme was extended to Year 4 this year as requested by students. There were over 50 library monitors from Year 4 to 6 who frequently helped out in the library. They contributed 300 service hours. 31 students J8E8 4J4E787 G;8 8EG<R64G8 B9 K68??8AG Service. In addition, 26 Yr 10 & 11 students contributed over 200 Â hours of service in the Library. From processing books, to the creation of movies and book trailers to be run on the LCD
 LCD screens, Yr 10 & 11 contributed in many ways. Parent volunteers also contributed 150 hours in the library. This is a phenomenal effort and we really appreciate and value the volunteer hours that contribute to making our Library one of the best in Hong Kong.
Circulation - who is borrowing? The results below show individual loans, including renewals. Yr 1 has the lowest number as they can only borrow 2 books per visit. Yr 3 has the highest loan number with a loan limit of 3 per visit. From yr 4-6 students can borrow 4 books.
Lower Primary Borrowing 12,786 10,092
6,309
Upper Primary Borrowing
11,514 9,773 8,809
Lower Secondary Borrowing
1,884
2,048
836
900
Upper Secondary Borrowing 519 433 354
Secondary loans include English texts, literature circle titles and personal loans. There is a dramatic drop in borrowing from Yr 9 - 13. Perhaps as the demands of the IB curriculum <A6E84F8 FGH78AGF 7B ABG RA7 4F @H6; G<@8 GB E847 9BE C?84FHE8 #G <F ABG87 G;4G 6?4FF8F <A Yrs 7 & 8 who are bought to the Library by their English teachers to participate in Literature Circles, have much higher borrowing levels. This is something to be improved on next year, can we extend loan numbers for Yr 9?
Loans by Borrower Type
Student loans 66300 Curriculum support loans 6583 Staff 4778 Parent Loans 1109
Circulation - what is being borrowed? 124 287
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Secondary
Teacher Resource
Magazine
12,621 Picture Book
Secondary Graphic Novel
11,068 Primary Fiction
1,472 Secondary Non Fiction
78,770
10,058 Junior Fiction
total loans
1,914 Primary Chinese
7,959
Graphic Novel
Primary Chinese Fiction
2,269 Primary Magazine
7836 Junior Non Fiction
3,451 Primary Non-Fiction
4578
4,115
4,314
Secondary
Primary
Fiction
Graphic Novel
Primary Audio Visual
Databases and Magazines held Primary
Secondary
Professional
Adventure Box
Action Asia
Joperd
Daily 7
Asian Art News
Arts Activities
Daily 10
Biological Sciences Review
Education Leadership
Discovery Box
Business Review
English Journal
Little Red Apple = 小小紅蘋果
Chemistry Review
Journal of Research in International Education
Little Toy Car = 砵砵車
Geographical Review
Language Arts
National Geographic Kids
History Review
Magpies
Red Apple = 紅蘋果
History Today
Scan
Ranger Rick
IB World
Voices from the Middle
Story Box
Inside Sports
tBk Mag
Joperd
White Antelope = 白羚羊
Life & Reading Culture
小寶寶園地
Mac World
木棉樹兒童文學月刊
National Geographic New Internationalist New Scientist Physics Review Psychology Review Runners World South China Morning Post tBk Mag Databases
Atomic Learning
Gale - Student Resource in
Britannica - Primary
Context BrainPop
Gale - Global Issues in Context
Britannica - Middle
BrainPop Junior
Gale - Junior Reference
Britannica - Secondary
Collection Global Newsbank
Gale - Kids InfoBits
Tumble Books
Raz-Kids
BrainPop Spanish
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Looking back, looking forward
be sourced and ordered.
many achievements that have
We continue to develop our e-
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a super year with so
made student and staff access to resources even more easily accessible. We have carefully considered the redevelopment of the secondary library space to better meet the needs of our expanding school population. Red Door will be relocating to their own purpose built space by Christmas 2013. As the Library has been allocated their vacated space, planning has begun on how best to provide for Diploma and MYP students. We are looking forward to putting these plans into action next year. Furniture will need to
book resource collections and this will be an ongoing focus for development in the future.
We farewell Mrs Heather Norman who heads back to the US with her family and to another Library position. We look forward to welcoming Mrs Dianne McKenzie current Head of Library at Discovery College. Dianne brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise and we are excited at the prospect of her joining our dynamic team.