The Learning Centre

Ms Sharyn Vogels – Leader of Learning

Study

Opening at 7:30am each morning and closing at 5:00pm (Monday – Wednesday) or 4:00pm (Thursday and Friday), many students use The Learning Centre before school, during recess and lunch breaks and also after school for study. Students have the opportunity to study collaboratively, alone or to make use of the additional tutors and Learning Support Officers.

All students are welcome to attend before and after school study, however we ask that you support us, ensuring that your son has a safe way home at closing time as there is no supervision after these times.

Book Clubs

Stage 4 students have read ‘Saltwater Boy‘ by Bradley Christmas and Stage 5 have completed a number of books including ‘Rumble Fish‘ by S.E Hinton and ‘Tuesdays with Morrie‘ by Mitch Albom.

New Book Clubs are scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. See Compass for further details.

Loyalty Card

An incentive to reading is that students receive a Bronze Award for every 5 books read and an entry into the draw for a book voucher. Our Term 1 book voucher winner was Year 9 student Arijit C. Congratulations Arijit for consistent reading.

Reading Challenges

Premier’s Reading Challenge and Read, Choose, Explore  

Over the coming months students can choose to complete the PRC if they choose, electing to read 20 books from the Premier’s Reading Challenge list. 

Alternatively, they can participate in the College Challenge—Read, Choose, Explore, by reading five books of their own choosing.

See Library staff or Compass for further details.

New Books

Each term, we purchase new books and are especially keen to select novels that spark strong interest among our students. Please use the suggestion box in the Learning Centre to nominate titles that you would like purchased.

Reading with St Kevin’s Students

This year Mr McNamara’s Year 11 English Studies class read with the students at St Kevin’s as part of the Primary School celebration of National Simultaneous Story Time on 21 May. Students from both schools shared their enjoyment of reading picture books and learnt a lot from each other.

Games Room

The Games Room continues to be very busy this year, with students playing chess, card games and dominoes. This room, off the side of the quieter library area, is a hub of chatter and noise at recess and lunch time as students share their wins and the enjoyment of a shared passion. In this area, students regularly mix across year groups, developing friendships based on shared interests rather than chronological age.