End of Term and what happened?

It started with Delany Reads Week and the Borders buying trip. We are STILL completing the cataloguing for this. You bought some really amazing books, many of which are not in any of the libraries in our union catalogue!
Then we had the Librarians visit. Since then, we have had regular contact with these librarians and now we have latest information on our noticeboard.
The Manga workshop has created a big interest and I am going buying again over the holidays!

Then we had a couple of weeks before we launched Delany Book of the Year.
We have the 3 sets of 6 books featured at Circulation and there are more students than usual reading. However the Younger Readers selection has a very wide range from Year 3 to Year 8 levels and already the L_TAG are wondering if we should be looking at a different way to select our short list.

George is busy working out how to organise the Book of the Year Awards morning tea with the L_TAG for his gold award and today held his first meeting with the group. It's looking good, George! Last year we entered the morning tea through the doors of Hogwarts Library; this year promised to be even more interesting.

The L_TAG also came up with the idea that the library is tatty and needs to be renovated. The staff Think Tank think that too and so do I.
I have bought a book called 'Rethink'. which is about renovating libraries. Right now the groups are looking at how we want to use the library and the future, because that will make a lot of difference to what we do.
If you see any great ideas at libraries you visit, please email the librarian on the delany library site, or let someone on the L_TAG or Think Tank know.

So what else?
While Mrs Meehan was on Long Service leave, we have had Miss V with us. She will be back soon though, when Mrs Radford goes on leave! Thank you for your help, Miss V.


We also had a visitor from San Diego in June. Mrs Xureb from San Diego came to visit. She was full of vitality and interest in what Aussie students are reading. I will get to visit her library in San Diego in October. Wait for the pics!

Have a fantastic 2 week break everyone, and don't forget to read a book when the weather is cold and rainy.

Mrs R

It's Tuesday, so the Staff are buying

What a busy day! Not only did the competitions start, but the staff had a book buying spree! They have chosen all sorts of things for the non fiction collection.
Wait until you see the Mohammed Ali book in rap, or the amazing picture book about a red book. I am still scratching my head about that one!
There are also some cook books by a teenage chef. Everyone should look at the chapter on food and exams. It is really excellent!

OK, tomorrow we catalogue ALL day! I wonder how many we will have ready for Friday? Maybe that should be another competition!

Delany Reads! Week 2008

The theme for 2008 is 'Community'. This year Delany Reads! Week involves students, staff, and local librarians. Today, Monday, students bought for students. 14 students went to our local Borders and bought up big for the fiction collection.
The TAG_L had told the whole school about it at assemby and then gathered suggestions from everyone at home room. We spent a session discussing how to buy for other people. We looked at the group to which each was assigned, and thought about the range of people, ages, gender, English speaking ability, those that loved reading, those that didnt.. those that are sport mad and ... more.
Then this morning we descended on Borders and set up our base in Gloria Jeans. We had a reserved corner, so we piled books and checked our catalogue on our laptop.
We only had 2 periods out of school and we were soon in a buying frenzy!

Towards the end, we checked our purchases and grabbed bags of books and fled for the bus. Next time, we need more time!
Expect photos when the photographer forwards some to us!

Delany has a new school website!

When I arrived at Delany some years ago, the school had an amazing website. It had been developed by students and was the gateway to all sorts of school and local information. It struggled after the students left, and the site dated.
We now have a great new website that includes staff blogs. This blog is available through that site too. The address of the new site: http://www.delany.parra.catholic.edu.au/ .
Students, bookmark it.

It is DELANY READS! WEEK - DAY 4

It is Monday morning. Just 2 more days.
So many great books are available. Come and buy your books today.
Remember, the more you buy here, the more free books we get for the library.

Make sure you get those competition entries in.

I have added an RSS feed today. If you want to get updates from this blog, consider subscribing.
Talk to me in the library if you find this hard to do.

Mrs R

We have THREE competitions

The first is for the observant...

We called it hide n seek, but we did the hiding and you do the seeking.
Snoop around the library for the answers to 10 questions.
HINT: You can see all the answers. There is no need to touch or move anything.

Pick up a form from the Library staff.

The second is from the Readers group
They have filled this VERY large box will the books they have read from the library.
Now all you have to do is Guess how many there are.
1 guess per person - Recorded by the library staff.

And finally...
The theme in the library this week is Reading matters (exclamation mark)*
How many words can you and your friends find in 'Reading matters'?
Up to 4 people per group. English words of 3 letters or more.
See the cabinet for an example of how to set your answer out.

And remember... Reading REALLY DOES matter

* This blogging program does not permit the use of the exclamation mark character

The countdown is on... err why?

'DELANY READS! WEEK ' starts on Wednesday...

Our Scholastic Book Fair arrives Wednesday.

Reading aloud sessions start on Wednesday at lunchtime - bring your lunch.
(Different readers and different books every day).

Now just HOW MANY books have the readers group read?
Check out the box in the library and record your guess. One guess each.
Mystery prize inside! Hint: You won't need a sugar fix for a long long time!

You think you are observant?
Answer 10 very simple questions correctly and be in the draw for a store voucher.
All the answers are VISIBLE in the library - that means you do not have to open a book or move anything. Just cast your eyes around the library. Simple!

Come and enjoy. In case you forget, there will be a million reminders around the school. Thank you readers, for organising this.


WHEN DOES IT FINISH?
On Tuesday 6 March - Library Open day.

Check out the next post for more details.