March 31

Committee meeting – March minutes

Meeting held – Thursday 26th March 2009 (extracts)

 

Venue: Penrith Panthers

Meeting opened: 4.10pm

Present: Jenny Scheffers, Isabelle Cumberland, Lorraine Baxter, Lee Arundel, Colleen Blancato, Shelley Napper, Ian McLean, Belinda Doyle, Sharon Williamson and Michele Young.

Apologies: Fran Mead, Sue Pitt, Honor White, Sharon Laurence.

General Discussion

Jenny:

Ø      Term 4 full day meeting to be held at Katoomba H.S. Confirmed with Laureen Sheppard

School will organise the catering

Ø      New Patron needed – suggestions? Ask Colleen Foley for suggestions?

Greg Prior has replaced Lindsay Wasson

Lindsay overwhelmed with his gift and best wishes from PMBW group

Ø    Afternoon tea was cancelled due to DET changes in organisation of Professional Development advertising and registration

Reschedule for Term 3? Discuss with Honor and committee members at the next meeting – Colleen suggested using this event as a forum for addressing general questions/answers

Ø      Received an email from Ruth Buccanan (TL Colo H.S).  Borrowing rate has increased as a result of changes implemented after Kevin Hennah’s workshop. She suggests a follow up workshop, perhaps in Term 4

Ø      Jenny and Ian – Book Rap in Term 4 to follow up Term 2 meeting presentation by Lisa and Emma.

Michele:

Ø      Thanks to Jenny and Colleen for visiting Lindsay and presenting him with a gift on our behalf.

 Ian:

Ø      Presenting a workshop with Ruth Buchanan at ASLA meeting Saturday 31st October at Penrith P.S

Ø      Suggestion made to use PMBW funds to employ someone to set up an email database of schools, Principals and Teacher Librarians.

Lorraine:

Ø      Offered to collate email data base of TLs in our region – to be paid a casual day

Possible start date – Monday  6th April (Week 11).

Discussion of Term 2 Professional Learning Day

Jenny:

Ø      Term 2 full day meeting to be held at Jamisontown P.S Week 6 Wednesday 3rd June

Confirmed with Teacher Librarian – Tracey Jones

Cost – $30

Sue has organised sponsors – Edufun and Elizabeth Richards. Sponsors and Children’s Book shop will be donating prizes

Colleen Foley has been invited (attendee)

Parramatta district TLs will be invited

Responsibilities

Committee members:

§         Please arrive at Jamisontown P.S at 7.45am.

Colleen:

§         Email Lorraine – school list word document

§         Email Lorraine introductory letter to be sent to TLs – introduce PMBW Professional Learning Group, instructions for registering for TL Professional Learning Days etc.

Honor:

§         Print certificates for participants

§         Pass on new PMBW logo to Jenny.

Jenny:

§         Email Agenda to committee members

§         Send Agenda to Parramatta group, explain new registration arrangements

§         Inform non DET TLs of Term 2 meeting – Promote Agenda on TL list serves

§         Jenny, Sue and Michele to visit Jamisontown P.S early next term to check venue for the meeting

§         Check with Lizzie to see what she needs for her workshop presentation

§         Inform Tracey that Ian will need data projector, laptop & internet access for his presentation

§         Ask Laureen to contact Tracey to let her know what technology is needed for her presentation

§         Near closing date for registration – look at the numbers to see if more needs to be done to spread the word about the meeting.

Lee:

§         Find out how to pay Lorraine for a casual day (or two, if necessary) using PMBW funds.

Sharon:

§         Help Lee at sign-on desk.

Lorraine:

§         Stickers to be placed on name badges to indicate workshop preferences – may not be possible to organise before the day – lists to be written up on the day

§         Create email data base of TLs in the region

§         Liaise with Lee regarding payment for casual day.

Michele:

§         Prepare and print copies of the Evaluation Form

§         Bring laptop to the meeting (back up)

§         Ask Cate to organise gifts for presenters.

Cate:

§         Organise gifts for presenters – Tracey, Laureen, Ian, Lizzie, Paul, Lisa & Emma

Next Committee Meeting: 3:45pm Wednesday 17th June at Blacktown Sports Club.

Meeting closed: 5.00pm.

 

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March 30

Online registrations

Hi all,

Registration for our T-L professional development days is now done online, as are all NSW DET professional development courses from this year. The information and registration details for our Term 2 Professional Learning day is now available at the Western Sydney Professional Learning Events Registration link (found at the School Administration tab on the NSW DET intranet). Or, go to https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/inservice/w_sydney/.

Once you register, please print of a copy of your registration and send it together with a cheque for $30 made out to Blacktown South Public School to:
Attention: Lee Arundel
Blacktown South Public School, 183 Flushcombe Rd, Blacktown, NSW, 2148.

Soon after the closing date you’ll receive a confirmation email. To nominate your chosen workshops, you will need to reply to the confirmation email. The day’s program is shown here.

Regards, Ian McLean & Colleen Blancato,
on behalf of the committee.

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March 24

World Book Day: April 23

Tara Moss, the successful Canadian Australian novelist, model and TV celebrity, has decided to get behind the concept of “World Book Day”, and is happy for me to pass on her recent Facebook posts about it, should you wish to mobilise and get something happening in Australian schools. She says:

“Let’s celebrate ‘World Book Day’ on April 23, and encourage it to become a recognized and significant day on the Australian calendar.

“The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain, as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day. This became a part of the celebrations of Saint George’s Day (also 23 April) in the region, where it has been traditional since the medieval era for men to give roses to their lovers and, since 1925, for the woman to give a book in exchange. Half the yearly sales of books in Catalonia take place around ‘World Book Day’, with over 400,000 sold (and about 4 million roses). In 1996, the United Nations (UNESCO) declared April 23 ‘World Book and Copyright Day’ and, in 1998, Tony Blair launched ‘World Book Day’ in the UK, where there have been strong programs each year since, involving booksellers, schools, publishers, parents, writers and readers.

“Can we be next?

“Books are key in my life, and I believe that an officially recognized and notable celebration of ‘World Book Day’ in Australia could go some way to ensuring a future where books continue to hold an important place in Australian lives.

‘If you share my interest in making this happen, please join this [“Facebook”] group, and give a book to someone you love on April 23. (The rose, I dare say, is optional.)

“… Let’s get the word out there so that ‘World Book Day’ becomes a notable date on the Australian calendar each year. ‘Book Day’ eclipses ‘Valentine’s Day’ in Spain, so I say, ‘Enough with the Hallmark greetings. Let’s get all of Australia to give their love a book on April 23 instead. Am I asking too much?’

“Happy reading, Tara Moss.”
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61720981519&ref=mf

So there you go! Now, of course, the “Facebook” group won’t be accessible through many educational institution firewalls, but if you celebrate in your school, post your ideas here and I’ll relay them back to Tara. Maybe all those great “Library Lovers” ideas from February 14 can be recycled more than once a year?

Regards, Ian McLean,
Penrith PS

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March 17

Agenda: professional development day

Our Term 2 Meeting is set for WED 3rd June at Jamisontown PS, Penrith South.
Teacher Librarian: Tracey Jones
Address: Thurwood Avenue, Penrith South
Parking: In-ground parking available at back of school
Phone: (02) 4733 2200

8.15 am   Registration & Coffee

9.00 am   Welcome by Principal: Mrs Lorraine Segula

Housekeeping

9.15 am   Guest Speaker: Paul MacDonald (The Children’s Bookshop): Review of the Shortlisted CBCA titles and What’s Hot

10.15 am Sponsors’ Presentations: Edufun and Elizabeth Richards

10.30 – 11.00 am MORNING TEA

11.00 – 12:00 pm  Concurrent Workshops 1

A: OASIS Beginners – Stocktake and Adding Websites Laureen Sheppard (Katoomba High School)

B: Integrating Blogs & Wikis Into the Library Teaching Program Ian McLean (Penrith PS)

C: Kress and van Leeuwen’s Visual Literacy Framework – A useful frame work for analysing images Lizzie Chase Review Coordinator, School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

12.10  – 1.00 pm Concurrent Workshops 2

A: Advanced OASIS –  Better Library  Reports or how to make them do what you want them to do Laureen Sheppard (Katoomba High School)

B: Integrating Blogs & Wikis Into the Library’s Teaching Program – Ian McLean (Penrith PS)

C: Kress and van Leeuwen’s Visual Literacy Framework – A useful frame work for analysing images – Lizzie Chase Review Coordinator, School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit

1.00 – 2.00 pm  LUNCH and Sponsors’ Displays

2.00 – 3.00 pm Looking Forward, Looking Back: the art of picture book collaboration – Lisa Shanahan (author) and Emma Quay (illustrator)

3.00 – 3.30 pm Concluding Evaluation / Lucky Door Prize Draws.

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