Name that tune!

Professor De Bones is celebrating his debut 

video and blog launch 

with a competition!

The first 5 people to message Mrs Jarvis 

with the name of the tune in his video 

and where it is from 

will receive a special prize pack!

Winners announced here soon... the race is on!

Hint: Think early Hollywood...

Borrowing in the Discovery Centre

The Discovery Centre has been transformed  to be able to open to students whilst maintaining social distance rules, as well as implementing quarantine and stricter cleaning procedures. 

Please note that you must book a timeslot
to return library books/readers
and to borrow new ones.

Arrangements are below. These will be reviewed and updated as needed.

• Opening Days: Monday/Wednesday/Thursday between 3.15pm and 5pm
• Times: 15-minute time slots – book via this link www.schoolinterviews.com.au Code: 4kzuj  Go to Make a Booking and complete the details.

•  Notes on booking time slots
• Maximum five visitors permitted at a time
• Please only book children in
• If three children are attending – book three slots 
• Silblings or supervising staff will assist younger students
• Parents please wait outside
• Borrowing procedure/limits - please view the professors video below prior to attending
• Entry will be via the Heart Space door only
• Please ensure you social distance in the Heart Space while waiting to enter

We encourage all families to refresh their reading material - and have extended limits and dates so you can borrow two weeks worth of materials at a time.

Bookweek 2020 Update

We absolutely love this year's artwork

created by the talented Gywn Perkins

Book Week 2020 and the announcement of the winners

of Book of the Year is being held 

between 17th - 23rd October.

This gives us even more time to enjoy

Notables and Short-Listed titles.

ANZAC SONS - feature title

With ANZAC day just around the corner, 

this post from Redgum reads is timely,

featuring one of the magnificent ANZAC day 

titles we have in our collection, as read by the Author.

Redgum Reads is a new initiative from our bookclub partner 

to promote reading in our community

If you've never been to the 

Australian War Memorial in Canberra,

this weekend is a perfect opportunity to check it out

Virtual tours are now available.

You can also bake ANZAC cookies, 

make poppies and more 

to commemorate this special day on the calendar.

Birthday's - Yours, The Hubble ST & The ISS

Celebrate your birthday a little differently this year!

You can view images from the Hubble telescope 

from your birthday using this link.

Above is the NASA image for the Professor's Birthday

The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 

30th birthday this year!  

Find out more about Hubble here

And, the big birthday's keep rolling on, 

did you know the International Space Station (ISS) 

is twenty years old this year too?  

You can view some pretty amazing pictures from the ISS and 

learn heaps about space 

 from the official NASA website 

What is this a picture of???  

Soon we will have Dash's new birthday dance for 2020

for you to enjoy on your special day!

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards 2020

Calling all poets, be inspired by this years theme...

"We Used To Live There"

If you would like to submit an entry

check out requirements here and

speak with Mrs Jarvis

*We can submit up to 3 poems per child

poems no more than 80 lines each*

Calling all writers

Terms & Conditions can be found at

Alexriderstory.com

Prizes include A Scooter

An Ebook of your story

A signed letter from Anthony Horowitz

Books for you and your school!

Discuss your entry with your parents/guardians

Share your entry with Mrs Jarvis too! 

CBCA Book of the Year - Shortlist

Earlier this week CBCA released the shortlist for the 

annual book of the year awards. 

You can find the shortlist here

Most of these titles are already in the Discovery Centre.

How many have you read?

Will you accept the challenge to

try every book on the notables list?

(NB:  please remember books in the older reader category 

are generally unsuitable for primary age readers)

Latest from CSIRO - Double Helix

Enjoy the latest update from CSIRO Double Helix here

The Professor is a big supporter of CSIRO - you can be too...

Enjoy SCOPE on 10 Play

Back issues of Double Helix available in the library

Here is the DoubleHelix bloig site for holiday fun