Our school library name means ‘Many Dreams’ in the Gadigal language, an apt name for the literary heart of our school.
All children come to the library regularly to browse, borrow and share time with their classroom teacher, reading and discussing literature. Generous contributions by the school community ensure that teachers and students have access to a dynamic and evolving range of fiction and nonfiction texts from diverse contemporary, historical and cultural contexts.
Literature for our students is a way of sharing experiences about and beyond readers’ lives while also creating empathy and opportunities for enjoyment. Selection of high-quality texts enables students to study features within and between texts. It can also enhance their knowledge, understanding and experience of others and of how texts represent the world. High-quality texts can support students to apply their language learning to new contexts for both reading and writing. Engaging with texts is central to the study of English.
Library time, D.E.A.R time (drop everything and read), encouragement to borrow and read a wide range of genre, and encouragement to participate in the annual Premier’s Reading Challenge, work together towards building children’s ‘reading stamina’.
Year 5 and 6 students have the opportunity to become Beaumont Road Library Monitors. When the library is open at lunchtime during the week, monitors are excited to assist with borrowing, shelving and reading to younger students.
Murri Nangamai houses 30 desktop computers that are used, particularly by younger years, to teach and learn research and computer skills. The computer section of the library also functions as a space for meetings, for coding and robotics sessions and for online conferences, including debating and connecting with other schools.
Care of Books
Children are encouraged to keep their library books in a school library bag. If a book is damaged please do not attempt to repair it at home. Send it back with a short note to alert us to the problem and we will repair it.
Lost Books
Usually lost books turn up fairly quickly. If you have exhausted all avenues, eg. home, classroom and after school care, don't panic! Just write a quick note or ring the school and tell us. The item will be removed from your child's record.