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Children are timetabled for one visit per week. Please ensure that books are put into library book bags (available from office, have to be vinyl and big enough for big books) to keep them protected. They should be returned a week later.
Our library is staffed by librarian Tracey Kogut from Tuesday to Friday with each class having one timetabled lesson per week. It is mainly during this period that children return books and have new selections issued for a maximum time of a fortnight. They may also choose to visit the library at lunchtimes to browse, return and issue books and to watch DVDs or play games on wet days. All students use large protective book bags to keep our collection fresh.
We are fortunate to have a comprehensive selection of fiction and non-fiction, (‘imagination and information’) resources to promote literacy and encourage our students’ development as readers. Independent inquiry and discovery is supported by our information literacy programme.
Students are helped to become familiar with the use of our library software. Access to the search and book review facets of this is also available in classrooms.
Lunch begins at 12:50pm and children are required to sit outside under the big shade cloth. Teachers on duty, monitor children, and check that most of their lunch has been eaten. Children are dismissed when they have eaten an adequate portion of their lunch. If wet children will have lunch in class.
Robyn King is our office administrator and works in the office admin area from 8:30am – 3:30pm – conducting all office administration duties. If Robyn is absent we will have Mrs Leah Uhlenberg in the office.
Bell times are as follows;
BELL TIMES:
Bell times are as follows;
8:30 am Signals to the children that the classroom is open (Bell rung).
8:55 am Return to class for first session (Bell rung).
10:00 am Munch crunch break (5-10mins).
11:00 am Morning tea no bell teacher dismiss class (5mins eating time).
11:20 pm Morning tea ends (Bell rung).
12:50 pm Lunchtime no bell, teacher dismiss class
1:00pm Time for duty teachers to check that children have
finished lunch and dismiss children (Hand bell rung).
1:40 pm End of lunch (Bell rung).
3:00 pm End of the day no bell
Children modeling as much as possible punctuality and returning to class on time.