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KRC opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from Wednesday January 18, 2017 from 9.00 -“ 4.00 every weekday. Holiday reading eBooks & eResources eBooks are available for all students through our eBook platform here We have a range of fiction and non-fiction books covering a variety of…

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge (VPRC) The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge has been running for over 15 years.- In order to complete the Challenge students need to have read 15 books, ten that are on the VPRC Challenge reading list and five that are the reader’s own choice, all by a set date. Students record their…

Book Week 2016 -“ Australia -“ Story country! Thank you to all students and staff who participated in the activities and competitions held in the KRC during Book Week.- We have had numerous competitions, a guest speaker, a celebration of stories for students, staff and SPC community members. The KRC staff have gone above and…

Book Week celebrates Australian authors, illustrators and the best books published for the year. Organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), this year’s theme is Australia! Story Country and we have lots of different activities in the KRC this week and next. You too can be involved as we would love our SPC…

VCE support -“ Units 3 /4 VCE subjects are supported by a range of resources suggested by teachers and VCAA. These are all accessible via VCE subject pages created by the KRC. These can be found at http://krccurriculumspc.weebly.com/index.html There are ample places to study before school, we open at 8.00, and after school, we close…

New Term Opening hours The KRC will be open from 8.00 am -“ 5.00 pm on Monday to Thursday and from 8.00 am -“ 4.00 pm on Fridays. KRC Team excursion On Monday June 20, the KRC Team went to Geelong to look at the newly refurbished Geelong Library. We had an extensive tour of…

KRC holiday opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from 9.00am -“ 4.00pm every weekday. Please note we will be closed on Monday 20, Tuesday 21 and Wednesday 23 June. New Term Opening hours The KRC will be open from 8.00 am -“ 5.00 pm on Monday to…

Issues in the Media – Using Language to Persuade The KRC has a range of resources that support students in their studies of issues in the media. These resources help students understand the context and background of an issue. There are also summaries of the arguments for and against and the implications of proposed solutions…

After several weeks of lunch time chess sessions in the KRC, eleven students were selected to represent St Pat’s at the Ballarat Regional Chess Championships on Thursday, April 28. Players were allocated 15 minutes for each game and encouraged to use the time shrewdly and not make hasty decisions. Students played 7 games each in…

It is with much pleasure that we inform the community that the Kelty Resource Centre has been nominated as a -Great School Library-. Last year the FAIR (Freedom of Access Information and Resources) a body of the Australian Library and Information Association sought to recognise the valuable work school libraries do. Our library was nominated…