Library
Welcome to the Dalkeith Primary School Library. Our library was beautifully renovated in 2014 with new décor and fantastic shelving to make reading and learning more enjoyable.
It’s a bright, well resourced, busy space, staffed Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays, and used by students and staff for library time, Japanese lessons, small group work, STEM, Clubs, lunchtime games, research, reading, and meetings.
We have a fantastic range of fiction and non-fiction books, Lexile Collection, magazines, graphic novels, literary rich text, young adult section and historical fiction available for students to borrow. All children across the school, from Pre-primary to Year 6 can borrow books for a week at a time.
Students may borrow 2 to 3 books per week and can exchange them more frequently if desired. Please ensure your child has a sturdy library bag to protect their books – these are available from the Uniform Shop.
Lunchtime Fun in the Library
Our library is a lively place during Tuesday and Thursday lunchtimes, where students can read and borrow books, play chess, cards, play board games, participate in clubs, draw, colour, or simply relax with friends.
Book Week & Special Events
Book Week, held in Term 3, is a highlight each year. Past celebrations have included: Author talks and performances, whole-day activities, poetry sessions and dress-up parade.
Parent Involvement Welcome
Parents are always welcome in the library! Volunteers play a vital role in helping us shelve and cover books and keep everything running smoothly. If you’re interested in helping, please pop in for a visit – we’d love to have you on board.
Library Monitors
Our Year 6 students can volunteer as Library Monitors. These responsible students assist in a variety of ways including
- Helping others find interesting books
- Checking books in and out
- Shelving returned items
- Keeping the shelves tidy
- Running lunchtime clubs such as chess, knitting, or bracelet-making.
Borrowed Books
We encourage parents to monitor the books their children have borrowed from the library. Leavers are kindly asked to return all library books before their depature.
Please note that all borrowed books must be returned by Week 8 of Term 4. Please take a moment to check around your home – bookshelves, bedrooms, bags, and cars for any Dalkeith Primary School library books. We have quite a few books currently missing and would love to see them returned so other students can enjoy them too!
Our Program
Scholastic Book Club
Dalkeith Primary School participates in the Scholastic Book Club. Catalogues are distributed to the students about 8 times a year. This is a great way to purchase books for your child and earn points for our school, which are used to obtain books for the library. No cash payments or paper orders please. Please use LOOP on scholastic website.
Any orders placed after the closing date and time will be charged $4.99 for home delivery.
If you wish to order from an issue, please follow the listed procedures:
- Log-in to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or download the NEW iPhone and iPad app from the App Store!For a quick start, just click on ORDER in the top menu or REGISTER first to save your details for next time.
- Select your school and your child’s class.
- Add your child’s first name and last initial (so the school knows who the book is for) i.e. John S.
- Enter the item number from the Book Club brochure.
- You can order for multiple children at once if they attend the same school.
- All orders are linked directly to the school for submission to Scholastic. Books will still be delivered to your child’s classroom if you order by the close date.
Do not return paper order forms, cash or payment receipt details to your school! - No late orders will be accepted. If you order after the due date you will need to pay a delivery fee to have the order delivered to your home.
- For a quick how-to-order video, log-in to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP and click on HELP in the top menu.
Please feel free to come and see Jane in the Library if you have any queries.