Scotch College

Resource Centre

Staff:

Ms. Jocelyn Pride
Mrs. Deborah Parkinson

Library

The Harbig Library is situated in the centre of the school over two floors and is always the hub of activity. Open for the entire school day (including before school, lunchtime and after school), the library provides opportunities for a range of experiences for the boys and staff.

Aimed at supporting and enhancing the classroom programs it comprises:

•    A collection of non fiction and fiction books
•    A class set of desk top Mac computers with a comprehensive selection of software and internet access (shared with the ICT department)
•    Support materials for classrooms e.g. charts, posters, teachers reference books
•    Relaxation areas to curl up with a book or a puppet
•    A selection of indoor games to challenge the mind
•    A state of the art cataloguing and retrieval system (linked with the Senior School Library)
•    A collection of DVD’s and videos
•    Two interactive whiteboards (one downstairs and one upstairs) for hands on learning

We are also very fortunate that the large dragon constructed by whole Junior School in 2008 found his home in our library and has become the focal point of the space. The dragon was named Zingora at the start of the year after a competition throughout the school saw a variety of interesting and unusual names. Zingora was voted by the school population and it means “The Protector.”

The teaching and learning practices in the library lessons encourage the boys to:

•    Foster a love and use of literature for a variety of purposes
•    Use literature to stimulate and motivate the desire to read a wider variety of material
•    Identify and study the various genres relating to literature
•    Identify the characteristics of specific authors and their contribution to literature
•    Participate in workshops with visiting authors and illustrators
•    Develop reading and writing skills to assist with their academic progress
•    Develop the information literacy process, i.e. defining, locating, selecting, processing, creating and evaluation strategies
•    Develop strategies to assist with assignments and homework
•    Use correct procedure with referenced material, e.g. bibliography
•    Develop a discerning attitude towards the use of the internet within education and society

Our Favourite Authors:

Andy Griffiths	Leigh Hobbs	Geoffrey McSkimming
Morris Gleitzman		Garth Nix
John Marsden		Gary Crew
Terry Denton		Jackie French
Paul Jennings		Justin D'ath
Duncan Ball		Emily Rodda
Anthony Horowitz		Charlie Higson - Young Bond
Michael Wagner		Shaun Tan
Pat Flynn		Gabrielle Wong

Sites of Interest:

YABBA Awards	Children's Book Council of Australia
Puffin Books	Atlapedia Online
Yahooligans Web Guide for Kids	Deltora Quest
ABC Online	Kidcyber

The World Book Online is another excellent site to help you in your research. www.worldbookonline.com

The Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc/

Inter-lace

Term Unit

Term Four in the Library

Term Four will be another busy term in the Library. We will be proudly be launching the ‘Adventures of Zingora Picture Storybook Series’ that the boys have been working hard on publishing. Each class has their own book that will be professionally published, as a wonderful keepsake for a collaborative project between, the Library and the Art Department. The school community will be able to purchase these special books via a pre publication ordering system. The launch of these books will coincide with Zingora’s 1st Birthday celebration on Thursday 26 November 3:00pm-4:00pm.

In addition to our book publishing, each class will continue with a program to enrich their love of literature and assist them with developing research skills.
A variety of authors will be studied in each class and the boys are always keen to discover new authors and titles.

The Year Six boys will be encouraged to leave a legacy to the rest of the Junior School population by creating a large wall of their ‘Best Reads of the Library’. This will be a valuable resource to all the boys in the school for 2010.

During Term Four, we have Year Five boys as Library Monitors. This has enabled the Year Five boys to step up to a leadership role prior to Year Six. The Year Five boys are extremely keen and it’s been wonderful to see the Year Six boys mentoring them in the role of Library Monitor.


 

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