Embrace the warmer weather and head outside with a great book these holidays 🌷 Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: Show us how you #AHStimes20 over the holidays! Snap a photo of yourself reading and email it to: library@ahs.qld.edu.au to be featured in an upcoming display.
Category: JUNIOR FICTION
Spring Holiday Reading: Years 7 & 8, 2023
Embrace the warmer weather and head outside with a great book these holidays 🌷 Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: Show us how you #AHStimes20 over the holidays! Snap a photo of yourself reading and email it to: library@ahs.qld.edu.au to be featured in an upcoming display.
Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club
Term 3, 2023 On the afternoon of Wednesday 23rd August, we welcomed a lovely mix of students, parents, grandparents and one very lucky aunt, to the library for our Term 3 Year 5/6 Book Club. After listening to a summary of our chosen book, Sea Glass by Rebecca Fraser, guests were treated to a relaxing…
Author Visit with Oliver Phommavanh
28th August, 2023 Oliver, a former primary school teacher and comedian, came and shared his writing secrets with Year 6. He encouraged them to write about what excites them – the things they love. Drawing a huge hand on the whiteboard, he asked the students to call out ideas, helping them to identify the things…
Author Visit with Kate Foster
28th August, 2023 Our Year 5 students recently had the pleasure of listening to middle-grade author Kate Foster speak about writing and how she came up with the ideas for her books. She has spent her life writing and only recently entered the publishing world. Kate’s focus is on writing books about diversity: especially autism…
Winter Holiday Reading: Years 5 & 6, 2023
There’s nothing more cosy during the Winter holidays than curling up with a good book! Drop into the library before the end of term and pick up some great reads to keep you entertained during the break. We have plenty of recommendations below ❄️ Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: We…
Winter Holiday Reading: Years 7 & 8, 2023
There’s nothing more cosy during the Winter holidays than curling up with a good book! Drop into the library before the end of term and pick up some great reads to keep you entertained during the break. We have plenty of recommendations below ❄️ Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: We…
Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club
Term 2, 2023 On the afternoon of Wednesday 17th May, we welcomed over 30 attendees to our first Years 5 and 6 Grandparent / Parent and Daughter Book Club for 2023 in the Potter Library. Our attendees met in small groups to share their thoughts on the fantastic book, How to be… the New Person…
What to read next?
Are you in a reading slump? Have you finished a great book and want to find another just like it? Looking for something new to read, but have no idea what? Check out our lists of Top 10 books by genre to inspire your next read!
Autumn Holiday Reading for Years 7 & 8, 2023
With the end of term almost upon us, there’s no better time to drop into the library and get your holiday reading sorted! Check out the latest Library Scoop for recommendations and more. Click the image below to head straight to the newsletter: