The Ambrose Treacy College iCentres aim to provide students in Years 4-12 with the resources and skills to become independent learners and avid readers.
This is an actual dream come true. I’m so grateful, honoured and excited to win Book of the Year, Younger Readers. Big shout out to all the incredible authors and illustrators on the shortlist. I read and adored each of your beautifully crafted, creative and thoughtful books 📚
Once again, a huge congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators and publishers of the CBCA 2020 Book of the Year Awards. And thank you to our judges who had the supremely challenging task of choosing six winners from a stellar Shortlist!
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After a difficult start to the year, we finally got to have our first Senior Book Club (The Woolf Pack) get together - where it was all about Anna Karenina, Russian honey biscuits and caviar and blinis! #reading#tolstoy#bookclub#teacherlibrarianlife#caviar
The winners of the 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been announced.
An extra special congratulations to Australia's Shaun Tan, who has become the first person of colour to win the Kate Greenaway for his book, Tales from the Inner City:
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How and when to discuss cultural differences with children? Here's some Aussie gems for preschoolers-YA. Many are exceptional reads no matter your age! For more Aussie books of this type, visit our free Cultural Diversity Database https://t.co/nv6kuMh2yg
If you teach Black kids, it is your responsibility to spark conversations with them (and your colleagues) about race. If you don’t teach Black kids, it is your responsibility to spark conversations with your students (and your colleagues) about race. Discomfort is no excuse.
Come in to Westcourt to read and borrow some books that will open your eyes and hearts. Reading and listening to black voices is a way we can all help and acknowledge that #BlackLivesMattter#AboriginalLivesMatter
National Simultaneous Storytime at ATC. Our Year 5 boys absolutely loved listening to Justin O'Neill of the North Queensland Cowboys read 'Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas'! #NSS#Storytime#libraries#reading#librarylife
The Junior School will be participating in a virtual National Simultaneous Storytime at 11am tomorrow! Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford #NSS#Libraries#virtualreading#1millionkidsreading
Wahoo! Lets celebrate Library and Information Week! The theme is Create, celebrating all the ways that library and information professionals create through their work and support their patrons to create. #createconnections#LIW2020