Karen McAndrew – Teacher/Librarian

Library services

The Maria Tirabosco Library offers a number of services and facilities to accommodate the learning and leisure needs of High School students and all staff. We have a broad selection of fiction, non-fiction and magazines in print and digital form, and friendly staff are always keen to help. If your child is new to the High School you might like to visit the Maria Tirabosco Library website http://libguides.emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au/hsl. This site offers access to digital databases, encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines, reading suggestions for Years 7-12, research tips and more.

Opening hours:

Monday: 8.00 am – 4.00pm

Tuesday to Thursday: 8.00 am – 5.00 pm

Friday: 8.00 am – 4.00pm

CBCA Book Week challenge

As part of the Wide Reading Program all Year 7-10 students are invited to participate in the following Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week challenge and competition. Since 1945, the CBCA has fostered and promoted quality Australian literature to young audiences up to 16 years old. The students’ challenge is to read, critique and advocate for one of the 2019 CBCA: Older Readers short listed novels.

Key information …

• Read a selection of the 2019 CBCA: Older Readers short listed novels by the end of Term 2
• Write a 200 word review on their favourite 2019 CBCA: Older Readers short listed novel using the writing scaffold provided
• Submit their review to seniorlibrary@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au before Monday 5 August 2019 (Week 3 in Term 3)
• The winner from each Year Group will be presented with a book voucher at the Book Week Assembly.

Details of listed books and writing scaffold can be found on their LibGuides iRead page.