Sadly no Gold Stars last week but congratulations to all the students who remembered to bring their Library Bags, we cannot borrow without them. Let’s try again this week – we still have over 300 outstanding loans from students. Only one or two more weeks for borrowing before we start to collect all books back for a stocktake of the collection. Please search your rooms, book shelves etc to see where any books are hiding! Please search too for the Library Loan Bags – our supplies are depleted because we have lent out so many!! Thank you.

Chess - Our Chess tournament is moving along, Years 5 and 6 underway and Year 4 hopefully to start next week for 2020. There have already been some outstanding matches, congratulations to all participants. 

Scholastic Book Club Issue 8 – The brochures have gone home this week for our final order for 2020. It will be a good opportunity for some Christmas shopping – books are a great gift. Just a reminder that all ordering is to be done ONLINE via the LOOP: Linked Ordering and Online Payment. No orders and money will be accepted at school. We thank you for your support of this program. Orders will close Thursday 26 November. Thank you. 

Poetry – Poems are meant to be read aloud and shared, they can be fun, so remember to have a look at home and see if you can find some poetry books to share, even though we have now finished our work on Poetry. Last term Year 3 have had a look at Limericks:

"There was a young schoolboy of Rye, 

Who was baked by mistake in a pie. 

To his mother’s disgust 

He emerged through the crust, 

And exclaimed, with a yawn, "Where am I?" 

Anonymous

Happy reading!