Term One 2020

Welcome to Cromer Public School library in 2020. This year the library will be open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings before school. It will open at second half lunch time on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have lots of wonderful new books in the library and are excited to see so many students borrowing and enjoying their reading.




Premier’s Reading Challenge

The Premier’s Reading Challenge opens on March 2^nd and we look forward to seeing an even larger number of Cromer students taking the challenge this year.

The Library Program for Term One

Kindergarten

The students in kindergarten will undertake an author study of the work of Bruce Whatley. Since 1992 Bruce has written and/or illustrated over 80 children’s picture books. Though based in Australia his work is published internationally. His biography states that he aims to entertain and surprise the reader with illustration styles that vary considerably depending on the text and the age group of his audience. The kindergarten students are really enjoying reading and responding to his picture books.

 Year One and Years K/1J and 1/2T

Visual Literacy involves the skill of interpreting still and moving images, graphs, tables, maps and other graphic representations. It incorporates the understanding and evaluation of the manner in which images and language work together to present ideas.

The library program, this term, will focus on the development of the skills of visual literacy focusing on the work of Colin McNaughton.

 

Years 2L, 2S and 2T

The year two classes will also undertake a study of visual literacy with a focus on the work of Stephen Michael King. He has written and illustrated over fifty books for children and is an award winning author and illustrator often shortlisted by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. His work is unique, entertaining and inspiring.

Stage 2

The students in stage 2 will embark on a study of persuasive writing with a focus on television advertising and billboards. The unit is designed to be undertaken over the next two terms. Central to the study is the following design task:

In groups of three design and create an edible product which includes insects.

Make clay models of the products.

Create a TV advertisement.

Using A3 paper, create a storyboard for your product.

Storyboard must include:

• target audience
• characters
• message of the product (sweet or savoury)
• setting
• music
• dialogue
• slogans and logos
• hyperbole

Once the advertisements have been written and rehearsed and the billboards made, the students will be filmed in front of a green screen and the billboards imported into the background.

Stage Three

In this unit of work the students will learn research skills using a number of approaches and using multiple sources of information. The activities are designed to be engaging whilst developing the skills of questioning, locating, evaluating, selecting, curating, note taking and presenting. A range of digital and print media will be used in the course of this study. The students will be encouraged to synthesise and present their research findings in a variety of ways eg reports, posters, timelines, mind maps, illustrated diagrams and crossword puzzles.

 

We are looking forward to many learning adventures in the library this term.