SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ISSUE 4 NOW OPEN

At Holy Cross, we promote the Scholastic Book Club - Book Club is a great way for parents to provide their children with popular literature in a variety of genres which aids in encouraging children to read. And they also make great gifts!

Book Club Issue 4 catalogues have now been sent home. These orders are due by 20 June 2025.

How to order:

* jump online to order: https://bookclubs.scholastic.com.au/

* if your order is a gift, you can nominate it online as ‘gift’.

* once the orders arrive, all parents are given a courtesy call.

PLEASE NOTE: all orders are done online, the school does not collect cash or cheques.

BOOK ‘ADOPTIONS’ – WHAT ARE THEY?

You may have noticed that your child may have brought home a Library book that has an ‘Adoption Sticker’ on it, covering the barcode. These are books that I have had to cull.

From time to time, there is a need to ‘cull’ a library’s books. This is a necessary procedure and is fully endorsed by our CEO. Culling is done for a few reasons:

• To make room on over-stocked shelves for new books,
• To remove duplicate books,
• To remove damaged books,
• To remove any books that may have content that is now considered ‘inappropriate’ or out-dated, or
• To remove any under-utilised books – to obtain this information, I have to generate a report of books in Oliver (our Library system) that have not been borrowed for 5-10 years!

Rather than throw these books away (with the exception of inappropriate content and damaged books), I put these books ‘up for adoption’, where they may get a second life. It is important to know that this practice is fully approved by our CEO.

So if you see in your child’s Library Bag a book with one of these stickers covering the barcode, there is no need to return them – they are for your child to keep and enjoy.

LIBRARY WARRIORS

An Interview With…Hayden (Year 1)

Note from Mrs Murray: Hayden is one of our newest Library Warriors. Hayden has learnt where the books go in the Junior Fiction collection as well as assisting on Friday mornings with the returns. Hayden is very keen and has proven himself to be a valuable member of our Library team.

What section are you responsible for?

Junior Fiction

What is your favourite book?

I don’t have a favourite but I like encyclopedias and books on dinosaurs.

What do you love about being a Library Warrior?

Sorting out the books.

What is your favourite Library task?

Putting books away so you can see and pick which books you would like to read.

Happy reading everyone!

Sue Murray
Library Coordinator