Book Review By: 'A Senior Student' What is the book about? An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after a storm removed him from the main group. He had to overcome many struggle’s such as supplying food form himself. NASA had to find a way t get him back to earth. Eventually, they got the main … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
Book Review By: "A Senior Student" Title: The Messenger Author: Markus Zusak What is the book about? The protagonist ED Kennedy is a regular guy who gets chosen to care about other people. He gets messages to complete tasks to make the world a better place. This book is very interesting & mysterious. Who would … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW THE MESSENGER by Marcus Zusak
A recent study carried out by the Australian OECD showed that Australia has one of the lowest percentages of young people who read for pleasure with only 52% of boys and 73% of girls aged fifteen read because they want to. Motivated to ‘get students excited about reading,’ Librarian, Miss Mileto, took the initiative … Continue reading THE BOARDING HOUSE BOOK CLUB
At lunchtime on Thursday we were joined by a group Mandarin-speaking students from the Junior school, and it was 太棒了! (tài bàng le) - awesome! Senior students Ben Lui and Joseph Wang read "The Story Behind Chinese New Year's Eve", or "Nian chu xi de gu shi". Accompanied by our amazing Mandarin Teacher Miss … Continue reading Mandarin Storytime @ AHL
We enter this novel in the world of the silo. For as long as everyone has been alive, and for many generations before, humans have lived in the silo, inhabiting and working on levels such as the up-top, the mids, and the down-deep. This last portion of the silo, buried deep under the earth, … Continue reading Book Review: WOOL by Hugh Howey
The librarycook loves it when the new issue of Delicious arrives. The May issue could have provided a three-course feast, but the librarycook has a sense of restraint, however, so these were three different cook-events. First up, King prawns with coriander and chilli butter. Fast, easy, and, like it says on the cover, delicious! … Continue reading Delicious In The Library
This morning we hosted our second books@breakfast event in the Arthur Holt Library, and it was crime, drug busts and guns...all before breakfast! We were joined by the author of 'The Squad', investigative journalist Yoni Bashan, as well as two former police officers, Andrew Mitchell and Dave Roberts. 'The Squad' is a gritty account … Continue reading books@breakfast : crime & croissants
This week's workshop was all about academic database searching. We subscribe to a stack of excellent databases in the library, so it's super easy for you to find great sources and information for assignments with just the click of a button. What About Google? When you use google, you are accessing only 1% of the content on … Continue reading Academic Database Searching
In 'Walking Free', author Munjed al Muderis, retells his amazing life story as a surgeon, and privileged son of wealthy Iraqis, who became an illegal immigrant in an Australian detention centre, and then went on to become a world leading orthopaedic surgeon. Munjed’s life was altered in a single moment when his surgical team … Continue reading ‘Walking Free’ by Munjed al Muderis
At our Study+ workshop this week, we learnt how to Google like a PRO! Here's a quick breakdown of the session so you too can be a higher-order Googler. Keyword searching on Google: A keyword is a particular type of word or phrase that describes the contents of a web page. They act as … Continue reading Google Like A Pro
