The book is not Dead

Computer Monitors For Sale

Add a second monitor to your computer. Stretch your desktop for extra space and visibility. We are selling used computer monitors (pictured near Mr Lever below) for only $20 for 45cm  and $10 for 38cm.  Most come with power cord and VGA cable. Try before you buy? At these prices they make very cheap stand-by monitor or desktop extension. All proceeds go back into school IT facilities.  Call us to learn more or call in to the library to select a monitor.  Ph 40584349

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Inspirational Messages

Our library is looking very inspirational with the addition of some vinyl signs – reminders of our school-wide habits of mind, explicit teaching and thinking strategies. Mr Lever and Ms Cowell  were each caught in the frame.

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Featured Article

The book is not dead.  Not while researchers are proving more and more that we comprehend printed text better than digital text. Not while Time magazine is writing interesting reports like: Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer”.  Sub-titled, “Deep reading is vigorous exercise from the brain and increases our real-life capacity for empathy” the article by Annie Murphy Paul begins:-

Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, and Keith Oatley, a professor emeritus of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto, reported in studies published in 2006 and 2009 that individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and view the world from their perspective. This link persisted even after the researchers factored in the possibility that more empathetic individuals might choose to read more novels. A 2010 study by Mar found a similar result in young children: the more stories they had read to them, the keener their “theory of mind,” or mental model of other people’s intentions.”   Read more…

NB Students can click on the Time Magazine link during a subject search of our online catalogue to read Time Magazine online via the school subscription.

Featured Book

What better way to develop empathy than through reading literature that focuses on little known historical facts. Works of ‘faction’ can provide alternate or complementary views of history.  Read a review of one of our latest novel purchases suitable for all year levels, “Making Bombs for Hitler” by Marsha Skrypuch.

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