CGGS Library

A fabulous day celebrating #theCBCA Book Week 2020. So many CURIOUS CREATURES so many WILD MINDS! Thank you to my specialist team for their great efforts as “Dewey and the Decimals” - celebrating the Wild Mind behind our library catalogue systems! @CGGSJunior #librariesrock

And the 2020-2021 Australian Children's Laureate is... drum roll... Ursula Dubosarsky!!! #childrenslaureate #readforyourlife #ACLF

The 2020-2021 Australian Children's Laureate theme is #readforyourlife #childrenslaureate #ACLF

Morris Gleitzman presenting the 2019 Ray Matthew lecture at the National Library. Libraries are often mis-thought of as quiet places. But libraries are not quiet and a child with access to a good library will not grow up to be quiet. #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

Morris Gleitzman presenting the 2019 Ray Matthew lecture at the National Library. A rich diet of stories grows children who are rich and kind and true.

Morris Gleitzman presenting the 2019 Ray Matthew lecture at the National Library. We cannot measure the capacity for change that happens when a child steps into a story. Stories prepare our children for whatever future awaits them, the difficult times and challenges ahead.

A beautiful Rememberance Day Service today, with a thoughtful gift of 3 new books for our library, donated in honour of this day.

This term in Year 5 Library we are continuing to develop our research skills by designing an action plan for communities facing the threat of natural disasters. Where would you go for this kind of information? #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

In Year 4 Library this term we are continuing to build our skills at locating information from multiple sources to check credibility and reliability of facts. Do you check your information by going to more than one source? #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

In Year 3 Library lessons this term we are continuing our analysis of gender balance in picture books. Did you know that dog characters are usually male? Did you know that female animal characters are usually fluffy and cute not strong and powerful? #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

In Year 2 Library this week we began our digital citizenship lessons. Today we discussed how we balance our screen time with un-plugged activities. Great to hear lots of our families are having #devicefreedinners! #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

In Year 1 Library lessons we will be using @Flipgrid to help us share stories we wrote in our How We Express Ourselves unit. We will attach a flipgrid QR code to our specially made tiny doors. Watch out in the courtyard for our Tiny Door Stories! #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

In Prep Library this term we are reading Leigh Hobbs new book ‘Mr Chicken All Over Australia’ as we explore the concept of ‘place’ in their next unit of inquiry. I wonder what your favourite place is? #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries

Thank you @s1lverdragon for the puzzle donation. It’s being loved by students AND teachers! I wonder how long until it’s completed? @CGGSJunior

All the best days start with reading! Celebrating Australian Reading Hour with breakfast in the library! @CGGSJunior @_CGGS #StudentsNeedSchoolLibraries #readinghour #takethetime

We recently finished genre-fying our fiction collection and have been exploring the different categories with Yr 1 for their HWEO unit. It was DELIGHTFUL listening to this yr 1 student accurately explaining the categories to a new student today 😍 #hweo #readers

‘Dr Combes said a well-stocked, professionally staffed library could make a huge difference to the educational outcomes of a school, as proven by more than 50 years of research’ abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1… via @abcnews

@s1lverdragon Actually - it was an amazing reflection on their choices - which when I challenged them on it, turns out they actually do believe ALL the books are for everyone. It’s leading into a great inquiry into the influence of media, advertising and unconscious bias.

@CGGSLibrary Ouch! That makes me a bit sad - I wish you'd ended up with just one big pile!! After all, by year 3 ALLLLL the books are for the girls!!! 🤔🤦‍♀️😩 I try to combat gender stereotyping wherever I go, but feel like a lone voice crying into the wind.

Challenging stereotypes with Yr 3. Task was to choose a book for a boy and a book for a girl. The photos say it all! Lots of discussion about toys for girls and boys, publisher colour choice for books and department store aisle organisation. #visual_literacy #girlstalk