Celebrating Senior School Library Week

With a bake sale, scavenger hunt, writing competition and quizzes a plenty, this year’s Senior Library Week was one to remember. Librarian Natalie Berry, tells us all about it.

“During Library Week, the student librarians and library team organised a wide range of fun library-related activities for students of all ages to enjoy. Our theme this year was ‘Books Around The World’, so we published book recommendations and put up displays promoting books by authors from around the world.

One of the most popular activities we organised was the ten-word horror story writing competition, which delighted and overwhelmed us with the number of endlessly creative and spinetingling responses.

The winning entries came from Amy Tang with: “Trapped like the flickering flame draws the unwary moth. Punishment.”

And Mikayla Sieu with: “She giggles at granny’s pretty doll. It giggles back. Red.”

Another highlight was a challenge to match teachers to the anonymous book reviews they’d written. We’d like to thank all the staff members who contributed by writing reviews of their favourite books. The scavenger hunt in the library led students to follow clues left in library books, and the tutor group quiz about books around the world, resulted in one knowledgeable (or lucky) tutor group winning a pizza lunch.

But what we’re all proudest of, by far, is how we raised several hundred dollars for Malala Fund through the Library Bake Sale. Every student librarian contributed some baked goods, and as a result of everyone’s efforts, we were able to help an amazing organisation which supports the education and literacy of girls and women around the world. The opportunity to give back to others is one of the most cherished and meaningful experiences of Library Week.”