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Diverse titles are finding their homes in libraries

By Crystal Corocher

Issue 127, Term 4 2023

r 5/6 curriculum, and can be used as a scaffolding text in secondary schools. Giovanni is also a text that can be used in the instruction of visual literacy at any year level. What does ‘seeing yourself on the page’ mean? With literacy rates and reading engagement rates declining, it is essent

40 years of SCIS

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

ovement highlighting the lack of library services in schools coincided with a change in the way education was approached. The concept of ‘information literacy’ emerged, focusing on teaching students to find, evaluate and use information critically. This resulted in an education shift in Australia fr

Barramundi and Chips at Christo's

By Kylie Hanson, Ashley Freeman, Ken Dillon

Issue 23, Term 4 1997

ical Darwin and the occasion was the first joint national conference of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE), the Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA) and the Australian School Library Association (ASLA). The theme of the conference was 'Unsettling Certainties:

The library, the child, the book creator: ELR and its role in the story cycle

By Tania McCartney

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

e desire to ditch our passion for better paid work might consume us if we weren’t sustained by what drives us.   And what drives us is children. Literacy. Art appreciation. Visual literacy. Self-awareness, compassion, growth, aesthetic development. Entertainment, education, enlightenment, encha

New and revised SCIS subject headings

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 128, Term 1 2024

lustrators Life events see Life change events Life changing events see Life change events Literature – Autobiography see Authors Media literacy see Information literacy Media literacy see Mass media Pictorial dictionaries see Picture dictionaries SEL (Social and emotional

Graphic novels: providing a different perspective

By Karen Gray

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

e world, Kunkle (2004) identifies similarities between reading a graphic novel, the interactivity contained in websites, and the importance of visual literacy skills in being able to navigate both. Graphic novels are considered multimodal texts that tap into the way students already learn. The Aus

It’s time: let’s improve schools' perceptions of teacher librarians

By Bev Novak

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

work colleague shared a link to Sally Dring’s fabulous article published in 2014, ‘Don’t overlook your school librarian, they’re the unsung heroes of literacy’. When I read this article a couple of years ago, I shared it on Twitter, and was delighted to read Sally’s reply: ‘It needs saying!’ Dring’

New and revised subject headings

By SCIS cataloguing team

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

h. Do not use for levelled readers that are for teaching reading in primary school. For example, PM readers, Oxford reading tree, and Flying start to literacy. Kayaking Kayaks Levelled readers Scope note: Use for books that are part of a collection and are used to teach primary school s

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

smart www.moneysmart.gov.au/teaching/teaching-resources The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has developed a range of financial literacy resources for primary, secondary and community educators. Subject matter is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and the resources feature di

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

of resources, information and guidelines relating to early childhood students. Content includes emotional wellbeing, health conditions, language and literacy development, hygiene, and physical activity. SCIS No. 5363629 FIRST LANGUAGES AUSTRALIA https://www.firstlanguages.org.au This

New, free websites and apps

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 135, Term 4, 2025

worksheets, and news clips that link curriculum content with current events. Science and nature subjects feature prominently, but resources also span literacy, numeracy and humanities. The Hub integrates with Google Classroom and allows teachers to create playlists of resources, making it flexible

School library spotlight: Glen Eira College

By Karys McEwen

Issue 102, Term 3 2017

ection development, encouraging a love of reading through library programs and astute readers’ advisory, working with teachers to provide information literacy sessions and curriculum support, and creating a warm, vibrant library space for the whole school community. I am lucky to have an incredibly

A Question of Technology?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 33, Term 2 2000

articles examines the advantages of learning and communication technologies to engage learners and improve their learning through skills of critical literacy and effective information management. The articles, presented in three sections -'The Primacy of Questioning', 'The Research Cycle' and ' R

What's New?

By Nigel Paull

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

rd. Teacher Librarians can correspond with each other and members of the NSW Department of Education and Training's (NSW DET) Library and Information Literacy team. Any suggestions that may be offered are checked to ensure that the answers provided are both manageable and workable. If you wish to

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 18, Term 3 1996

ve student learning. She suggests that all is reliant on what happens after the installation and highlights the value of teacher training in computer literacy in her article 'School networking: Where can it take us?'. Learning and Leading with Technology . Vol.23 No. 8 p :42 According to commun

New Zealand News

By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

in conference is Information at Work and Dale Spend er will be one of the plenary speakers. There will also be sessions on issues such as information literacy and the virtual library. Meanwhile Catherine Thomas, immediate past secretary of the School Library Network will be attending the Internation

The School Magazine

By The School Magazine team

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

for pleasure. It does more than instil a love of reading in children. Teachers appreciate the tailor-made texts that can form the basis of language, literacy and literature lessons. In 2016, The School Magazine ’s status as an iconic Australian institution was recognised during Education Week, w

School library spotlight: Galston High School

By Jade Arnold

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

, and research services, and I manage two school administrative and support staff who job-share one part-time role. Additionally, I teach information literacy classes to years 7 and 8, run ‘wide-reading’ lessons with every year 7–10 English class once a fortnight, and team-teach with teachers across

School library spotlight: Modbury High School

By Linda Guthrie

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

negotiate with teachers for the team-teaching of collaboratively planned units of inquiry, or literature circles. I provide just-in-time information literacy sessions, online learning packages, media production support, and regular literature promotion lessons. Individual attention for students and

School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg

By Anne Girolami

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

ng leaders to order resources on their behalf or to share the cost of particular resources has been a positive step. How do you promote reading and literacy in your school? Are there any challenges in doing so?  The fiction collection is an important aspect of our resourcing. A significant porti