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Dreaming

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Dream is the theme for June during The National Year of Reading. Our Reader’s Cup team dreamed of showing well in the field at the regionals on Friday June 8th and didn’t disappoint.  Kate Brunger, Charlotte Davey, Maddi Barclay and Lani Seaton (L-R) placed firmly in the middle of the field after reading 6 awesome novels all term. All the team read as many of the books as they could, with each person electing to be an expert in at least 2 books, which included: Wonderstruck, The Emerald Atlas, First Light, War Horse, The Apothecary and the crime novel, A Pocketful of Eyes.  All enjoyed  competing in this annual literary trivia competition hosted by Malanda State High – who this year, were the overall winners heading off to the State final. Our 2012 Reader’s Cup team braved the low temperatures and are pictured below waiting to do battle.

Today the 11th marks the day when 9 authors write a book together online over 24hours, ready for publishing online the next day. Visit the futureofthebook.com.au to download it and sample this innovative project.  Throughout 2011, if:book Australia commissioned essays from ten Australian writers on the future of writing and reading in a future tilted towards the digital.

If you’re into history and music, browse this youtube channel where music lovers have written songs and performed video clips about great moments or characters  in history.

If you haven’t checked out our 24/7 library catalogue yet, make sure you browse the Quick Links while you are at it. All SSHS students should be aware of the benefits of belonging to the Cairns Public Library. If you are a member and you are studying any grade up to and including TAFE, you are able to chat to a qualified tutor in any subject every weekday between 4-8pm. The Cairns Library website links to edatabases like Trove, where you can search for information from archives such as the Australian Women’s Weekly since 1933! Register for a QPL account, using your library card, and access full text journal articles for free – all from the public library website. You don’t have to physically go to the library after joining, if you don’t want to. It is free to join.

Bad news – Good news

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Early morning study

Exam time is nearly upon us. “I love the smell of seniors on a study period in the morning “ [pictured above] as opposed to napalm. The best part about the new Nescafe laptops is not that seniors have priority (well that too) but that they are very portable, especially since our wireless network was upgraded.  If you can’t log on check that your wireless switch is on and glowing a royal blue colour. Still can’t log on? Try plugging in the blue network cable for a few minutes until you launch your desktop. Don’t forget to have it scanned back in when you are done. Still stressed?  Why not check out this Study Fact Sheet at Beyond Blue Youth?  Read some of the other fact sheets online. Some of these helpful fact sheets are archived in a folder in the Senior Study Room for you to take.

So what’s the bad news for those wanting the outside “A” on their next assignment? The bad news is we no longer subscribe to the online database company. The good news is that we have explored at least two ways to access good online journal databases for free!  Click here to read two quick step-by-step tutorials for online database access. You’ll need to become a member of the Cairns City Library for the first one. Easy – just take a bill as proof of address, to the Smithfield branch and sign up. You’ll get heaps of extra privileges for your trouble – like access to a qualified tutor in an online chat room – yourtutor – most days after 4pm.

Rupert McCall, Australian poet, was in Cairns last week to MC a sportsperson’s luncheon for charity. What a pity we had to come to school. Don’t miss his recitation of The Firefighter’s Dream, a tribute to firemen (and women) who lost their lives on 9/11, 2001. He wrote a similar elegy for Steve Irwin.

For those who missed Mrs Anderson’s display of “100 best first lines from novels” (below) follow the link to the list of books and while you’re enjoying this Word Press blog check out the other interesting “lists” in the LH sidebar. Lastly, this one’s for true library lovers …(drum roll)… check out this beautiful wedding venue .

100 Best First Lines from Novels