Celebrating Library Lovers’ Week in the Potter Library It’s no secret that we love our library at AHS, but did you know that February 14 is International Library Lovers’ Day? Here in the Potter Library, we celebrated all week long, with Blind Date Books for the students to borrow and a “guess how many gummy…
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Summer Staff Book Breakfast, 2022
AHS Staff read too! The end of the school year is a great opportunity to relax and recharge with some great books, so the library invited all staff to a casual breakfast and book chat around the Christmas tree. Over croissants and coffee, attendees were introduced to the newest titles in our collection and had…
Author Visit with Tristan Bancks
24th October, 2022 During Term Four the students from year 5 and 6 were treated with a visit from popular Young Adult and Middle Grade author, Tristan Bancks. Tristan gathered with the students in our new Potter Room, where he chatted animatedly about his books, the Tom Weekly series, The Fall, Two Wolves, Detention and…
Staff Book Breakfast
2021 Term 4 Relax, rejuvenate and reconnect with some great holiday reading. Browse our blog post to discover how to digitally access newspapers, magazines, eBooks and audioBooks. FOLLOW OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE FOR MORE LIBRARY UPDATES & BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS – CLICK HERE To access our fantastic new range of digital MAGAZINES click here to open the…
Virtual Author Visit Nova Weetman
7th October, 2021 During Term four the students from year 5 and 6 were very excited to have a Virtual Author visit from Nova Weetman. The students were lucky enough to gather in our school theatre and connect with Nova through skype on our huge screen in Claver theatre. Nova chatted with the students about…
Reading in the Library in Year 5 & 6
28th July, 2020 Suggested novels for reluctant readers: Graphic Novels: tell stories in both visual and written form Series: popular on Netflix and Stan, watch the series, read the books, hook the reader Humorous: generally, hook the reader in with funny and playful storylines Other recommended books/series:
Staff Holiday Reads Gift Pack
26th June 2020 At the end of every term, the library sends out information to teachers and staff at All Hallows’ School about new and interesting books that we have available in the library to read over the holidays. We are advocates for lifelong learning and our aim is to inspire everyone to keep reading…
The Bookchelor 2019
29th November, 2019 Back by popular demand! The Bookchelor is a reading promotion that the Potter Library hosts each year to encourage students to borrow as many books as they would like over the summer break. Based on the Bachelor T.V. series, the girls have a time limit to date a book. They can then…
The Premier’s Reading Challenge 2019
12th November, 2019 The Premier’s Reading Challenge is an annual statewide initiative for Queensland state and non-state schools and home-educated students from Prep to Year 9, as well as children (aged up to five years) enrolled in an early childhood centre. The Premier’s Reading Challenge aims to improve literacy and encourage children to read for…