Reading Awards
Makey Makey
Reading Hour: In Week 10 of Term 3 we celebrated reading hour from the comfort of our own homes, encouraging both students and staff to take a break and enjoy simply reading for pleasure. It was great to see the boys enjoying their books at home and to know that even though we were feeling the effects of being stuck at home we could always escape for a little while to other places through reading! Makey Makey: This year we started a new club in the library to encourage invention literacy. Using the Makey Makey tool we coded a game with which we could play with controllers using conductible objects like bananas, playdough, and graphite pencil drawings! To compliment the Solar System unit in science we also created an interactive diagram of the solar system and coded our drawings to provide recorded information when each planet was touched – they did a very impressive job! Student Clubs: This year we had interest from students who wanted to run their own clubs in the library. These included technology club, Dungeons and Dragons, and Star Wars Club and were run completely by the students for the students. While it was short lived due to home based learning, there was a great turn out every week and we are looking forward to seeing them resume in 2022. Oliver Pringle was one of the students who led a club, Oliver commented ‘I started a Dungeons and Dragons club to find like-minded players. We had a small group which met on Mondays. I taught the rules of Dungeons and Dragons, how combat works, and how to make characters. I hope to do this in 2022, and play a game with my good friends.’ Staff: In September we were very excited to welcome the arrival of Mrs McArthur’s third son Joey! Sadly for the library (and in particular the fantasy readers) this means that Mrs McArthur will be enjoying parental leave with her wonderful family. However, it gives us the opportunity to welcome Miss Lucy Cullis to the role and we hope she enjoys her time here with us at St Edward’s Library. We hope supernatural fans will be happy to share their favourite genre with her. A massive thank you to the library team: Miss Moon, Miss Cullis, Mrs Butters, Mrs McArthur, Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Murray for their tireless dedication to making the library a safe and welcome place for all students. We look forward to what 2022 has to offer.
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