The Library Resource Centre at St Augustine's is the school's educational heart and as such is open and available to children at all times except recess. Students may use the centre to read, borrow resources, study, access the internet or research at any time and are encouraged to do so.
Library Mission Statement
"St Augustine's Library Resource Centre, in partnership with the wider school community, is dedicated to creating a stimulating, literature rich and well resourced Library environment which also fosters the development of information literacy through promotion of the principles of resource based teaching and lifelong learning".
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St Augustine's Library Resource Centre Policy has been adopted to aid in the appropriate selection and withdrawal of library materials. Contained in this policy are also guidelines for challenged materials.
Library Resource Centre Hours
Open Monday to Friday from 8.15am - 3.30pm.
Library Staff
Teacher Librarian: Mrs Lonnie Rutland
Library Assistants: Mrs Lucy Tokely/Mrs Chris Beitey
Technology Assistant: Mr Martin Sanders
What do we offer?
Our collection comprises over 20000 items in the form of Fiction, Junior Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reference, Teacher Resources, Reading Schemes, charts, posters, DVDs, computer software. New resources are being added regularly to the collection.
Co-operative planning and teaching form the basis of the teacher librarian's role, as well as instruction in ICT skills to all staff and students.
Scholastic Book Club is offered twice a term and is organised through the Library.
Lunch time activities, competitions, games and general supervision is provided 5 days per week: Monday - Friday. Mrs Rutland is also available before and after school on these days to assist with borrowing, research guidance and questions from parents regarding literature choices for their child.
Students from Year 7 form the Library Care Group. Students volunteer one lunch period each week to work in the library. Their duties include: scanning of resources at the circulation desk, shelving books, supervising games, answering any queries from other students and general tidying of the library after lunchtime activities
Each year, Mrs Rutland coordinates the St Augustine's Readers' Cup. This is a reading competition and is open to Years 6 and 7. Students form teams of four readers and each team reads the same four books. The teams come together for a competition to answer questions on each book. The team that answers the most correct answers wins the St A's cup and then goes on to represent our school at the annual Gold Coast Catholic Primary Schools' Readers' Cup held in November.
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