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by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken Business as usual in the KRC! It is very early days into Term 1 of 2021 and once again we have been COVID challenged.  No doubt we will work together to get through each challenge as it comes our way and in the KRC we…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken And there you have it, in the blink of an eye, we are at the end of another year! During the last weeks of term we put on our festive face and the library continued to be a busy hive of activity. This last week…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken What busy few weeks we have had in the KRC and how wonderful it is to support students and teachers as they near the end of their teaching and learning year.  Boys have benefited from being able to spread out in our flexible learning spaces,…

A place for Picture Story Books in our Collection: As we work towards supporting teaching and learning and College activities, this week saw us create visual displays highlighting Remembrance Day.  Boys were greeted in the library foyer with a visual display and a poignant poem, depicting the challenges of war from a soldier’s perspective. Another…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken Lots on in the KRC We have seen the KRC utilised by a variety of groups over the past fortnight.  As part of the ongoing WIRED (Wide Interest Reading English Development) and to coincide with Book Week, the KRC hosted a virtual author talk with…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken Fiction and Fun – Focus for Term 4 It was wonderful to see the student’s return to the College this week and once again fill the library with chatter and enthusiastic young men. Traditionally CBCA Children’s Book Week is programmed to be held next week….

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken Developing the collection Collection development is a continual part of the library’s focus and during remote learning we have continued to source, review and prepare new titles for the collection. We are looking forward to boys browsing the “new book” displays on their arrival back…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken Click and Collect Last Crest Article saw us launch our Click and Collect service, allowing boys to borrow books while engaged in remote learning. We did have some boys take up this opportunity and thought it an opportune time to consolidate the procedures for this…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken The KRC and Remote Learning Take 2: We continue to provide “all things resources” during the second round of the COVID-19 remote learning.  Boys in Years 7-9 were fortunate to have the opportunity to borrow fiction titles during their WIRED sessions before leaving for remote…

by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken The library continues to be a busy hub with many staff and students passing through our doors daily. A new initiative we have developed as part of our WIRED reading program is our “Reading Challenges”.  Each year level (Years 7, 8 & 9) is given…