100 Years of Anzacs

NEVER FORGET

We’re getting busier

The past month has only allowed us a smidgen over 2 weeks of school time, during which we had 8,299 visitors and circulated 533 loans. Our Textbook Room circulated 2,032 textbooks during the same period.

CGBF Grant Work Complete

Over the holiday break, all of our fans and lights were replaced, halving our energy footprint into the future. Thank you to Paul Stevens, our local Electrician from TWT Electrics, for working many lonely days to minimize disruption to teaching and learning.

100 Years of Anzac

Australia-wide there is heightened interest in Anzac Day because of the 100th anniversary. Our multimedia display includes digital images,  primary resources, posters, books and the educational Courier-Mail Anzac Coin Collection. Students may use the lectern to scan personal accounts of diggers or quietly reflect on the lounges.

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Reader’s Cup

Our small team vying for a place in Smithfield’s district readers’ cup team started reading prior to the holidays and are making good progress. They are meeting once a week, to swap and discuss books and of course, quiz each other in the hope of blitzing this literary quiz competition. The six titles selected for 2015 are: The Rat Catcher’s Daughter by Paula Rushby  (Historical), Night Vision by Ella West (Mystery and suspense), Two Wolves by Tristan Bancks (Adventure) , A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin (Fantasy), The Last 13 – Book 1 by James Phelan (Action), One Minute’s Silence by David Metzenthen (Picture Book).

Cairns Public Library

Research is a large part of secondary school. Locating quality resources is crucial to becoming an expert in your topic -able to formulate a thesis and argue it effectively. The wealth of online resources and databases available through an ordinary membership of the local pubic library, appears to be a well-kept secret.  All our students would benefit from membership and we  would like to urge families to join the  local library, even if you don’t intend to visit the building or borrow print resources.  Without leaving home, students can access dozens of useful databases each brimming with useful information. The same login will enable you to read the world’s newspapers for free every morning and obtain homework help most evenings  between 3pm & 10pm with a qualified tutor.

Search our Information Portal  to scan our printed collection and various databases, which give you the edge. Struggling to complete your assignment?  Brush up on the ISP (Information Search Process)  and affirm that you are mean to feel anxious and vague. That’s the first stage of the Combined ISP.

 

Cairns Anzac Day Services

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