Tuesday 19 March was International Day of Happiness. Girls were invited to add a link to the happiness chain, writing what happiness meant to them. This chain was then draped across the library windows and was very long indeed. The girls were also able to take a happiness diary, which they could fill for the week, and each girl was invited to add colour to the large mosaic print on the table. This mosaic is currently a ‘work in progress’, providing stress relief and down time to students and staff who would like to contribute

The Premier’s Reading Challenge was launched in the library on Thursday 22 March, with a good response from students in Years 7 to 9. They each received their ‘PRC pack’, with catch-ups scheduled for each Monday at lunchtime. There is still time to sign up with great incentives along the PRC journey.

Thursday lunchtimes is ‘Tech Thursday’, overseen by Dr Bourne, Library staff and IT team, and all are welcome; using technology such as Spheros and Minecraft. Using Minecraft, the St Pats library has been built, and now, brick-by-brick, they plan to build the entire college.

Plans are currently underway to launch The Indigenous Literacy Book Swap. The Swap is a great way to ‘celebrate reading locally, and raise much needed funds for remote communities’. The library will accept donations of pre-loved books from the College community. The ‘Swap Day’ will see customers ‘swap’ a gold coin for a book. Monetary donations can also be made via the Library’s Indigenous Literacy Book Swap events page at:

https://ilf.force.com/booknow/EventDetail/701A0000001JSU5IAO/st-patrick-s-college-great-book-swap

Sue Harradine - College Library