News & Reviews
News & Reviews
Parent Breakfast Bookchat
What a wonderful morning we had to share great reads with our breakfast bookchatters! Meeting once a term, members from our parent community join us for tea, coffee, reading recommendations and lively discussions on what we’ve been reading, viewing and
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Read Like a Girl with your Dad
Attention Dads. We invite you to take a part in your daughter’s reading journey by coming along to our Read Like a Girl with your Dad event to be held in the iCentre on Tuesday 23 July. It’s guaranteed to
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Read it and Eat!
Students are invited to register for our Library Literary Lunch which will take place on Friday 21st June on the last day of term. This is guaranteed to be lots of fun as students Read it and Eat! by creating
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Book of the Week
“National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.” Reconciliation Australia To celebrate, our Book of
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Digital Citizenship Matters!
Recent events with politicians and sporting stars reinforce the fact that digital citizenship matters. It is important that students learn to look after their digital footprint and protect their digital reputation. The following video for students explains the concept of
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ClickView Resources
With most classes starting research assignments, it is important to remember ClickView as an information source to support and enhance your inquiry work. You can find ClickView under the Quicklinks tab on the iCentre website. It’s simple to use. Click
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Book of the Week
You Must Be Layla by writer and public-speaker Yassmin Abdel-Magied, is an engaging and heart-warming story for our younger readers. Dealing with the migrant experience in Australia, the story has a strong Muslim central character who is a literary role-model
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Finding Resources About Ancient Greece
This term, our Yr 7 students are researching what everyday life was like for people who lived in Ancient Greece. They will be learning how to access quality information to support their inquiry, and this is where the iCentre website
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YA Book of the Week
Winner of the 2018 Michael L. Printz Award, We Are Okay by Nina LaCour is an achingly beautiful YA novel about the power of friendship, loss, grief and family secrets. We recommended it for our older readers. Graphic Book Review
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New in the iCentre
Did you know you can go to our Pinterest board New in the iCentre to see the new books we have purchased recently and are available for you to borrow? We can’t think of a better way to get motivated
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