Library

Looking for somewhere to go these holidays? The newly renovated local library in Kempsey is well worth a visit.

Staff from St Paul’s accepted an invitation in July to explore the new renovations and we were all very impressed with the new facilities. The library now boasts a fantastic new kid’s treehouse area, a teenage ‘Chillzone’ section and a new gaming area. If your child has a spare moment during the holidays we strongly recommend a visit to the library to make use of these great new services.

They may also find the library website worth a visit. Here students can access educational services such as Mango Languages, World Book encyclopaedia and HSC Resources. Best of all membership is free!

SORA NEWS

Always Available Collection

The Always Available collection in SORA is a unique collection of titles. As the title suggests, these e-books are available to borrow at any time. To view titles in this collection, log into SORA  (ACEN is our school) and select ‘Collections’, as shown below. There are over 508 titles in this collection so plenty to choose from.

Recommended ‘Always Available’ Reads

This week our ACEN (Australian Catholic Education Network) experts recommend the following from the Always Available Collection:

For an Easy Read - On Track by Kathryn Apel

For our Secondary Students - Island of Morovia by Sophie Anderson

For Adults - the Audiobook Canticle Creek by Adrian Hyland

For more information about these three novels click HERE

If you would like to install the SORA app or search for other titles in our library collection, please visit our website  for more information.

Year 12 Library Loans 

Year 12 students recently received an email listing their current library loans and by now parents would have received a copy as well. To help streamline the return process, please check with your child that they have these books in their possession, and, if they are not sitting an HSC exam, that they have already returned these loans. If not already returned, please encourage them (i.e. non ATAR students) to do so by dropping the books into the Front Office at the start of Term 4.

Year 12 students who are sitting the HSC exams will need to return their books on the day they sit that subject’s exam.

Just a bit of forewarning, any outstanding library loans will be invoiced to your account once exams are finalised. So please check the emailed list and contact the College if any issues.

Any queries can also be emailed to kmps-lib@lism.catholic.edu.au.

Enjoy the Spring break!

Kind Regards,

Mrs Patrice Martin & Mrs Cathy Whalen - Library Managers