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Library Life. Books, reading, learning & teaching.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined May 2016
Take a look at this Instagram post created with our Year 10 Social Science students. It is about the strategies they recommend for recognising and debunking misinformation. https://t.co/3ffs907yeb
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Absolutely! That's why we cherish our Middle School BookBites reading program @Barker_Library
@BarkerCollege #Reading
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Reading a Book a Week is Changing My Life https://t.co/GKn2fvbLTR via @YouTube Making time to consistently read can change your life for the better! There are sooo many unexpected benefits that come from reading on a regular basis. #reading #books
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Books offer a healing retreat for youngsters caught up in a pandemic. https://t.co/tCQC0sC1l4
theconversation.com
New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters and develop empathy.
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We always love discovering new and exciting voices in books. Here are six recent works of debut fiction from Australian writers: https://t.co/7BcfqRl0Zl
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These timely YA novels explore both the physical and mental toll of striving for excellence in sport as a young person. The stories are filled with losses and triumphs, as well as learning when to push forward and when to let go: https://t.co/GFw0f9yEFD
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In this week's "This is the book that..." @BarkerCollege Reverend (& professional magician), Peter Tong talks about 3 books that helped make him the man he is today. They are: The Royal Road to Card Magic Twelve Angry Men Pilgrim's Progress https://t.co/A5oZqp9pwd
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Please, if you can, take a #library5aday 5 minutes to yourself to read, relax, de-stress, etc. Like getting your '5 a day' fruit & veg but for #Wellbeing Read a book, comic, magazine, blog, whatever...take 5 for you. #librarylife #librarytwitter #Readingtakesyouplaces
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In this week's "This is the book that..." Eng teacher, Mr Cook shares his love of Tolkien's LOTR which his father read to him as a child of 5. Mr Cook identifies this as the moment he "stepped into the grown-up world of literature." https://t.co/HGPLBF9Fxb
@BarkerCollege #books
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4 strategies to scaffold complex, but essential, reading. https://t.co/BTLGrXoGDo
#reading #teaching #literacy #scaffolding @BarkerCollege
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In this week's "This is the book that..." Head of Languages @BarkerCollege, Matthew Ross, identifies "The Power of One" as the book that introduced him to reading & talks about the sense of learning, exploring, & awakening he discovered as he read it. https://t.co/tPNxw4Giz6
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Years 7&8 #BooksandBikkies recommenced yesterday! This term, we'll be reading each other's recommended books. Copies of the list are available at the library.
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In our latest, "This is the Book that...." Head of Geography @BarkerCollege @lloydiebloke talks about his passion for reading & shares some of his favourite books. The Hobbit and LOTR are his all-time favourites. https://t.co/X3MpI6FDFr
#reading #books
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Loving the variety of today's Books&Bikkies recommendations. There are lots more titles available to be borrowed.
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With term break approaching, it's never too early to be thinking about holiday reads. There's lots of ideas from our Library homepage or come and chat to one of our friendly teacher librarians.
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Great to welcome some new faces to Books&Bikkies. See this week's book recommendations.
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In our latest "This is the book that..." 1st year Barker College English teacher, Marissa Lombardo, talks about how "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" contributed to her and her partner meeting while at University. https://t.co/l4zx1tP76R
#reading #books
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Patrick Ness was a popular choice with our Years 9 & 10 Books&Bikkies today.
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