library borrowing Archives - Vanessa Ryan-Rendall

The lost magician by Piers Torday

Posted 19 October 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 562 0 0

If you can imagine it, it must exist. Somewhere. Four children sent to live with someone they don’t know very well. Four children who have experienced the terror of war in London. Four children who differ in so many ways yet come together...

Read, read and read by Elizabeth Grocery and Liv.

Posted 18 July 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 546 0 0

‘When I open a book, it opens a whole new world’ Last year we read and reviewed Liv on Life:Green is good and have been wondering what Liv and her dog Bowie have been up to. This time they are off to the library to explore new worlds...

Find your treasure #3: Book mark treasure

Posted 14 March 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 488 0 0

Treasure is the word in our library and this week we have created some book marks that will ignite thinking about the wondrous treasures books can bring. These book marks have been created by children of all ages and through this I can see the...

Treasure

Posted 8 March 2018 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 554 0 0

What type of treasure will you find in your library today? What will it look like? Will it be what you expected? Will it surprise you? horror you? confuse you? love you? worry you? engage you? Will it make you talk about it for weeks and week?...

Take a step inside

Posted 15 November 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 526 0 0

Have you ever wondered – why we still need books and why we still need a library? Perhaps you might think that the internet has everything we need so why use up the extra space and paper? Australian Children’s Laureate Leigh Hobbs has...

Our school library

Posted 9 November 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 478 0 0

Our library is a place to mingle with different types of books and pick up new books that you may never have thought you liked. Our library has a Non-Fiction section focus each week – a chance for children to learn about new topics and the...

Bunny’s book club by Annie Silvestro and Tatjaria Mai-Wyss

Posted 5 October 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 514 0 0

Bunny’s book club by Annie Silvestro and Tatjaria Mai-Wyss. Bunny loves reading books and listening to stories being read by the librarian during summer. But when the weather cools down storytime moves inside and bunny can no longer hear...

The value of reading

Posted 4 October 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 454 0 0

I recently read an article that highlighted the value of reading. New research has shown that not only does reading impact on all learning areas it also impacts our cognitive abilities, social and cultural functioning. Reading ignites...

Dear picture book section

Posted 25 August 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 500 0 0

Dear Picture book section, It was really lovely seeing you the other day. You were full of some new releases, some hidden gems and of course some old favourites. Whenever I come across your smiling face I am able to stop, relax and take stock of...

Beyond the first shelf….

Posted 25 July 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 460 0 0

You may not think of yourself as a creative writer or an avid reader but we need to encourage our children to be just that. Deep inside the library there are many books that have not been discovered and perhaps there is one hidden away on the...

Library borrowing time

Posted 10 July 2017 by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall 502 0 0

How often do you and your child visit the library? When you are there – how long do you spend looking for a book? As I have spoken about in previous posts – borrowing from the library is important. In many ways it is more important...

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