St John Paul II College Nicholls
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1021 Gungahlin Dr
Nicholls ACT 2913
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Email: office.jpc@cg.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 02 6163 4800

A message from the Library

Term 3 is proving to be a busy time for the JPC Library.

Students in Years 7 and 8 are continuing to develop their reading skills. This term they have focused on vocabulary acquisition, continued to build reading fluency, and begun reading more complex texts to extend their knowledge. I encourage you to ask your child what they are currently reading or have read this term. We want every student at St John Paul II to achieve academic success, so reading is a priority!

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Year 9 and 10 HASS students have engaged in research for their assessment task. As we are now in an age where information literacy is critical, students must also have their critical-thinking hats on — not everything on the internet is useful or even real. Students have been learning how to detect reliable information, prioritise what they may use in their assessment, and ensure they reference the work of others correctly using Harvard Australian 6th edition. All details of our referencing can be found in the Referencing Guide on the Canvas Library page.
Year 11 and 12 students have further developed their understanding of the information-literacy process, using strategies to be more selective when curating journal articles, websites and books to deepen their knowledge of a topic. It has been noted by students and their teachers that the more knowledgeable they are about a topic, the more confident they become in developing stronger arguments that demonstrate critical thinking and can be backed up with evidence.
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Book Week — say no more — it was a week to remember:
• Book readings
• Escape rooms
• Quizzes
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Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge - a huge congratulations to all students who participated. It is evident that students at JPC read!

Books out — 4,945 books have been loaned and read. Well done and thank you to all the students who are writing book reviews on our platform, Oliver! Want to see what is available? Click here: https://oliver7.cg.catholic.edu.au/oliver/home/news

Need a new book to read over the break?

We have books to adopt in the library, or better yet, there are many new titles available for you to borrow. See you in the library.

Jessica Stokman
Library Coordinator