' The web link to this podcast is
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/mornings/known-unknowns/8472672
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No better time to discuss school libraries and the role of staff in these than 2017 Book Week - Featuring Rick Susman this 20 minute informative podcast from ABC Radio Melbourne is worth a listen. '
' The web link to this podcast is http://www.abc.net.au/radio/melbourne/programs/mornings/known-unknowns/8472672
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GREENING 2016 - Check your school library collection's green credentials (Primary - Elementary)21/1/2016 Sustainability is a cross-curricular priority within the Australian and NSW curriculums. Integrating learning opportunities, ideas and actions of sustainability within the Catholic school setting has long been an easy fit, since care and concern for God’s creation is ongoing in Catholic education. Now it is further encouraged and spurred on by the 2015 Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’.
Have you come across the blog article ‘100 of the Best Books for Children on Sustainability’ (Megan Daley - May 1, 2015)? Closing the main article is list of books focused on foundation and primary grades put together by Megan Daley, an Australian based blogger. Highlights are:
A quick perusal immediately identified four sustainability resources within the Centre’s lending collection, being: Eco warriors to the rescue / Tania McCartney. Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, 2013. Summary: Join eco warriors Ned, Matilda and Banjo as they battle the enemies that threaten our environment. (From back cover) The story of rosy dock an animated film [DVD] (10 min.) : sd., col. + Education Package Book***[18p.]./ by Jeannie Baker. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1995. Suitability: Middle Primary to Lower Secondary. An elderly woman who ventures into the Central Australian desert attempts to recreate the beauty of the home she has left, not realising the beauty already evident in the environment. Delivers a powerful message about how the earth's delicately balanced environment is continually threatened by human interference. ***The book was written with Upper Primary classes in mind. Where the forest meets the sea [DVD] (10 min.) / artwork and direction, Jeannie Baker. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 2006. Suitability: Kindergarten to Primary. "An animated film set in the Daintree."-Container. "Using relief collage animation, artist Jeannie Baker has created a beautiful short film depicting the wilderness area between the Daintree River and Bloomfield in North Queensland, as seen through the eyes of a child who wanders through coastal rainforest, marveling at its ancient magnificence and silently pondering the future of the area. An extraordinary visual journey through this special rainforest environment."-Container. Originally produced in 1987. Primary RE Curriculum resource 2.7RE, 4.6RE You and me Murrawee / written by Kerri Hashmi ; illustrated by Felicity Marshall. Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin, 1999. CLICK HERE to access ‘100 of the Best Books for Children on Sustainability' or use the URL below. http://childrensbooksdaily.com/100-of-the-best-books-for-children-on-sustainability/ NOTE: Any DVDs, Books & Media resources named in this post are available for loan to schools and other bona fide patrons of the Catholic Resource Centre, Bathurst, NSW (Australia). The Centre can provide supplier/distributor information to others in Australia
National Simultaneous Storytime takes place on Wednesday 21 May 2014 at 11am (AEST). The book for this year is 'Too Many Elephants in This House' by Ursula Dubosarsky. See how creatively the day, and the lead up to it, is being celebrated around Australia with ALIA Click Here ... or use the link https://storify.com/ALIANational/national-simultaneous-storytime-2014
It's not too late to use one of the activity ideas provided by ALIA HERE.. or use the link https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/NSS-2014-Activity-Ideas_test_0.pdf The beginning of the year and time to brush up on what schools can and can't do within 'fair dealing' and under the terms of copyright licences. Watch the slideshow for an extensive understanding of what is possible to copy, reproduce, communicate, and more. The National Copyright Unit (NCU) is leading a course on 'Copyright for Educators' in coming weeks. It's a short, 7-week course and you can register online for it right now.It will be relevant to all school staff, especially Teacher-Librarians, Music teachers, IT staff, executive staff... Register now, it's starting March 3rd, 2014. More information at P2PU Copyright 4 Educators (Australia)CLICK HERE or copy address below: https://p2pu.org/en/courses/1196/copyright-4-educators-aus/ Australia's Religious Communities CD-ROM from Christian Research Association ( CRA ) - on sale now13/12/2013 A valuable resource for Studies of Religion and secondary students 'on sale' right now from CRA until 31 December 2013 is 'Australia's Religious Communities CD-ROM'. An Australian resource with fully reliable statistics and information about religions and faiths, schools that buy do need to consider 'site licence' information if you want to load it to an intranet or more than one computer. Notice from the CRA web site is : "It runs in a web-browser and functions on PCs, Mac and Linux computers. Site licences are available from the CRA for schools, libraries and wherever multiple copies are needed."
For the CRA site, CLICK HERE. The Children's Book Council of Australia has announced the book of the year winners. The Picture Book of the Year is 'The Coat' by Julie Hunt and illustrated by Ron Brooks. Details: Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2012. 9781741146059 (hardback). Click here to see the complete list of winners. Every now and then adults get lost in a picture book for children. If that has happened to you, can you remember what drew you into that book. In some it is the searching, in others it is the colour and shapes, and in still others it is something happening on the page that touches a memory or acts as a catalyst to launch you off into a creative reverie. School libraries have terrific children's picture books in them and may be well used by the Kinders and up to Year 2, but their use need not stop when students progress to middle primary grades and above...yes even secondary. Teacher-librarians and teachers can rediscover the wondrous ways picture books can be used and gain new teaching ideas at Keith Schoch's blog Teach with Picture Books. Take an idea or topic and select from the labels on Keith's site that generally equates with something you plan to do with your class. You can read the relevant past posts for ideas, but also to cross-check with picture books held by your school. Mem Fox's book, Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge, is probably held in all systemic Catholic schools in this diocese. It is an evergreen resource. Schoch has a whole set of ideas for this one at http://teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com.au/2009/02/wilfrid-gordon-macdonald-partridge.html It is affirming to see that your library already has useful resources. The titles mentioned on his site that your school doesn't have may be worth considering. It is not an Australian site so our Australian books are not overly featured as they are on Australian sites. That's why the short list of this and previous years of the CBCA are great guides to selecting for school and public libraries or to guide a birthday present purchase for those favourite children in our lives. 'Digital Citizenship', a to the point article by Judith Way is published in Connections: a newsletter for school library staff, (Issue 85) includes '... best tips for social media use'. CLICK HERE for the article. The article extends its usefulness with a link to Judith Way's personal blog spot and the Kew High School digital citizenship blog 'IQ' CLICK HERE. I visited the site and found that the statistics and information are reliable, which is the best trait of a an internet source. Cheers to SCIS and to Judith Way for sharing the knowledge.
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