P.L. Duffy Resource Centre Library
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he school library is the hub of the school, supporting and enhancing its educational goals. It offers opportunities for experiences in creating and using information for knowledge, understanding, imagination and enjoyment. It also supports all students in Mrs Rosemary Horton learning and practising skills Teacher Librarian for evaluating and using information, regardless of form, format or medium. The library continues to be a favourite place to gather before school and at lunch time. Typically over a hundred students read, play chess, complete homework, explore the internet and chat. The busy hum in the library is a far cry from the silence of earlier times, but the welcoming ambience means students have a positive feeling about the place of the library in their lives. The growing collection of graphic novels enthrals many, and the changing array of displays excites much attention. Models of Australian History, paintings from art students and Math Quest competitions were just some of the more recent attractions. The extra shelving under the windows has enabled us to spread out our fiction books, and provide better access. This improvement, the expanding fiction and graphic novel collections and the continuation of the Pagers (the Mercedes Trinity Book Club) helps to
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develop and sustain in our students the habit and enjoyment of reading. An innovation this year has been the Study Skills Sessions on Thursday afternoon. This voluntary session assists those boys who wish to develop their ability in this area. A weekly “Study Skills Spot” in the Trinity Weekly Newsletter also reinforces some ideas to improve this area. The library is no longer confined to one place with a limited supply of material. To augment the other resources we provide access to local, regional, national and global resources that expose learners to diverse ideas, experiences and opinions with the provision of the school library website (http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc). This continues to be used extensively by students, teachers, parents and community members (as well as those from many other schools locally and overseas). The website has links relating to the boys’ assignments, so is specifically supportive of our curriculum. It and the library catalogue, (http://students.trinity.wa.edu.au/webopac/), are accessible from any computer connected to the internet and therefore facilities are available at any time. I would like to thank my resourceful and untiring library officers, Jenni Properjohn and Catherine Hamilton. Thank you also to IT staff and the administration who always supply willing support. Rosemary Horton Teacher Librarian
