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KRC Update – March 17, 2016
KRC holiday opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from 9.00am -“ 4.00pm every weekday. Download a film or program! Students can download films and programs onto their devices using ClickView. This is especially useful for VCE students to supplement/support their study. For example, Year 12 English students…
KRC Update – March 3, 2016
Resources for VCE With all students studying VCE now in possession of an iPad it is timely to remind the community of the wonderful range of resources curated for VCE students by the KRC Team. These may be accessed through the VCE Curriculum Resources website. VCE subjects have pages of links and resources recommended by…
KRC Update – February 18, 2016
WIRED 2016 – The WIRED (Wide Interest Reading English Development) program for years 7 -“ 9 students at St Patrick’s College is in its eighth year. Best practice requires programs to be regularly reviewed to ensure they are meeting their stated goals and it is important to ensure that we measure outcomes of the program…
KRC Update – February 4, 2016
Opening hours for Term One: Please note the KRC opening hours. Boys have the opportunity to research, read or complete their homework until 5.30pm. With the regular acquisition of new books and magazines, games like Chess and Uno to play and computer access, the KRC offers a variety of things to do in a warm,…
KRC Update – December 3, 2015
KRC opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from Monday January 18, 2015 from 9.00 -“ 4.00 every weekday. Holiday reading -“ eBooks & eResources eBooks are available for all students through our eBook platform here We have a range of fiction and non-fiction books covering a variety…
KRC Update – November 19, 2015
KRC -“ Did you know? Currently we have 4,944 unique fiction titles with multiple copies of many of the popular titles and 7,949 unique non-fiction titles. In the last financial year we loaned 17,410 fiction books and 4,986 non-fiction titles. The KRC is constantly updating our print collection and adding new eResources. – Our eResources…
KRC update – November 6, 2015
The Power of Reading On Monday October 19, 2015 three KRC team members went to hear one of the world’s authorities on reading, Professor Stephen Krashen a linguist and educational researcher specialising in language acquisition. Throughout his entertaining and engaging presentation, Krashen made the case for one method of language acquisition and literacy development over…
KRC News – October 8, 2015
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge (VPRC) A record 83 students completed the VPRC this year which is a wonderful result. In order to complete the Challenge students need to have read 15 books, 10 that are on the VPRC Challenge reading lists and five that are the reader’s own choice, all by a set date. Students…
KRC News – September 10, 2015
KRC holiday opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from 9.00 -“ 4.00 every weekday. eBooks eBooks are available for all students through our eBook platform at http://krc.stpats.vic.edu.au/ebooks.html We have a range of fiction and non-fiction books covering a variety of genres. Just use your current SPC log…
Books light up students during Book Week
Book Week celebrates Australian authors, illustrators and the best books published for the year. Organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), this year’s theme is -Books light up our World- and various activities have been held in the KRC to celebrate the importance of stories and how they light up our lives. Students…