February | 2018 | The PULSE...

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Feb 18
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Library Lover’s Day

Move over St Valentine’s because 14 February is also Library Lovers’ Day! This day celebrates our libraries in which workshops are taught, new skills are learnt, study groups meet, games can be played, technology can be used to create, and you can even just sit and read a good book!

Students in Year 5 took time out of their English lesson to celebrate our library. Each boy wrote a haiku about libraries. These were written on post-it notes and placed on a special window display. Upon departure, each child received a special chocolate heart (in the BGS colours of course!). Some boys also created 3D hearts out of books!

Staff members were matched with a book to read based on their preferences. Matchboxes labelled “Your Perfect Match” were distributed alongside the books. These were presented at morning tea where they were also able to enjoy red velvet cupcakes decorated with hearts.

Library Lovers Day was celebrated in the Centenary Library with an opportunity for students to share their favourite books with their peers in order to receive a chocolate heart. This activity proved very popular with the book recommendation table constantly full of students filling out forms which included the title of their favourite book, a blurb and why they liked it. These forms have been placed into a ‘Peer Book Recommendation’ jar which is located on the circulation desk for students who are stuck for a new book idea. Special displays were set up in the Senior Library with stories about love showcasing the diverse nature of the collection.

The Centenary Library has also recognised Random Acts of Kindness week with quotes about kindness from popular books displayed around the library under the title ‘Throw Kindness around like Confetti’. Later in the week students will be invited to contribute their own favourite quotes to this display.

: Random Acts of Kindness

: Ms Whitcher and her “perfect match”

: Ms Fitzgerald handing out hearts

: A heart-shaped pile of books!

: Students add their haiku to the window

: Teachers, cupcakes and books – a perfect match indeed!

Haiku:

With so many books

It is a place of marvels

I must read them all

By Mac

Talking with your friends

Reading like you just don’t care

Libraries are the best

By Nicholas

Books are piled so high

This is where I go to read

The school library

By Salvatore

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Feb 18
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Make Your Own Antique Writing Journal

Over the past week, it has been quite exciting to watch some beautiful antique journals taking shape in the eXchange. The boys making them are part of Aficionados, our book club for Years 9 and 10, and this was our first activity to start off the year. The boys will now be able to use their journals in Book Club as a wish-list for new titles, series and authors, or to write their short stories for English.

If you would like to make your own antique journal, this is what you’ll need:

1 x small Art sketch book (from OfficeWorks)
1 x A3 sheet of paper, dipped in tea water and then dried
PVA glue and Mod Podge
Brown and gold paint
Steampunk decorations (from Spotlight)

How to do it:

Scrunch the dried sheet of A3 into a tight ball (this gives the creases in the cover).
Unfold the paper, then glue it to the front and back of the sketch book.
Cut out the corners, then fold the edges to the inside of the cover and glue them down.
Trim the paper from the top and bottom of the spine.
Very lightly sponge gold paint onto the outside edges of the pages (too thick and you won’t be able to open your book).
Paint the cover, beginning with brown, then sponging gold over the top.
When dry, paint the folded paper on the inside cover of the book. There should not be any white showing.
Paint the entire cover with Mod Podge to make it hard and durable.
Glue the first and last pages onto the inside of the front and back covers.
Decorate with cut-out balsa frames and antique brass decorations.