{"id":19606,"date":"2025-02-20T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/?post_type=article&#038;p=19606"},"modified":"2025-02-20T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:00:48","slug":"library-lovers-day","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/sceggs\/article\/library-lovers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Lovers&#8217; Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 14 February, we celebrated Library Lovers\u2019 Day in the Primary Library, with the festivities and activities set to continue for the next month, culminating in March with the annual Book Caf\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>Library Lovers\u2019 Day is an international event that acknowledges the valuable role libraries play in our lives. It is a day for students and teachers to promote a love of reading and foster a passion for learning.<\/p>\n<p>The Primary School students have been engaged in a wide range of activities to celebrate Library Lovers\u2019 Day, including the creation of a huge display where students wrote what the library means to them inside individual red hearts. Some of these words include <em>peaceful, calm, happy, magical,<\/em> and <em>books<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During their library lesson, the Year 6 students participated in \u201cLove at First Line,\u201d an activity where the first line of a fiction book is read, and the students guessed which book the line was from. Many students borrowed these books, as the first lines were so enticing!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-19606 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/02\/LLD-Photo-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/02\/LLD-Photo-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/02\/LLD-Photo-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2025\/02\/LLD-Photo-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>By joining in the \u201cLibrary Lovers\u2019 Day Book Scavenger Hunt\u201d, the students were encouraged to search for specific books in the library within a limited time frame. Examples of clues provided include: a book with a futuristic storyline, a book first published before 1999, and a book that teaches about technology.<\/p>\n<p>A final highlight has been the reading of library-related texts during lessons. These include <em>Midnight at the Library<\/em> by SCEGGS Old Girl Ursula Dubosarsky (Class of 1978), <em>The Library Lion<\/em> by Michelle Knudsen, <em>Escape from Mr. Lemoncello\u2019s Library<\/em> by Chris Grabenstein, <em>Ban This Book<\/em> by Alan Gratz, and <em>The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore<\/em> by William Joyce.<\/p>\n<p>The girls&#8217; love for the Primary Library is evident both in their daily interactions and their enthusiastic participation in these activities, fostering a vibrant and engaging reading culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen McBride<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Primary Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 14 February, we celebrated Library Lovers\u2019 Day in the Primary Library, with the festivities and activities set to continue for the next month, culminating in March with the annual Book Caf\u00e9! 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