BACKTerm 4 is a busy time for us assisting students preparing for exams by providing a quiet, safe space to study, with areas catering for group or individual study. It’s been amazing to see so many students use this environment conscientiously.
We also farewelled our Year 13 student librarians this term as they go off into the big wide world, and took the opportunity to thank our other student librarians and team leaders for the hard work they have done this year. Delicious morning tea and an ice-cream sundae lunch were provided as a thank you for these students.
Research indicates a variety of barriers prevent students from reading over the summer holidays. These include:
- lack of access to books and libraries over the summer
- low choice and lack of appropriate high-interest material
- lack of reading skills and consequent low self-efficacy
- negative attitudes to reading (readers are boring, reading is boring)
- no opportunity to practice reading
- lack of reading role models and encouragement to read.
(National Library, Research on the summer slide.)
With this in mind, we have some amazing summer reads, not just in the library but also on our ebook platform, to ensure our students are ready for the start of 2025. Our no limit policy has our students taking out a #stackofbooks over summer.
