Gemma Wilson
@gemmalibrary
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Teacher, teacher-librarian, mother, wife, friend, reader, runner, skier, champagne lover ..... which hat would you like me to catch?
Joined September 2013
Time for Reading for Pleasure in winter holidays! Students have asked a significant adult to share a book with them. Thanks to @nat_amoore @ZanaFraillon @Remy_Lai @m_stanton Tim Winton & Kiah Thomas for writing quality novels.
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Having #pyp fun with Year 5 in How the World Works, exploring light & colour in illustrations. Exploring how @Jamesfoleybooks considered using colours in the illustrations for My Dead Bunny. So interesting!
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Young people recommend books in different ways to how we recommend. Booktok is a thing! #booktokmademereadit. @NatEduSummit
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Cool few days at work ... hanging out with @oliverwinfree. Students have laughed so much & been so motivated to create characters that break rules & push boundaries. Very successful author visit! @RadfordJS #radpln @rachael_hind
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Great article from an ACT colleague of mine, about what our job actually entails. Thanks #hollygodfree for your leadership & great article.
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During COVID-19, is your child’s school library all that it can (and should) be?
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Another holiday read ... all 631 pages of it! Not one to read in bed at night. When you think your family is complicated, this one is worse! Fans of Maeve Binchy & Monica McInerney will love this insight into family…
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Holiday read #5: road tripping around Western NSW has given us plenty of car time for audio books. This one is a great one for upper primary students with aspirations to head to space. Set when Challenger space…
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Holiday read #4: adult fiction this time. Gripping crime drama, told from 3 perspectives, about the perfect (in her father’s eyes) 18 year old daughter who is charged with murder. Loved it!
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Holiday read #3: great book, esp to demonstrate taking action. Very PYP appropriate & funny as well. Group of three kids who show that kids voices can make a difference. Great representation of characters too.…
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Holiday read#2: Newton and Me. New picture book find which will work beautifully to support Year 2 & their unit on forces. Can’t wait to see where they take it 📖 📚
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Holiday read #1: Remember Looking for Alibrandi? Author Mélina Marchetta has written a lovely, simple text for early readers after seeing her daughter struggle with reading. Love it when authors truly connect with their audience. And still got the Italian conne ton too!
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Changes happening in the Junior School library at Radford. Looking forward to a fresh look in Term 4!
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#bookweek2019 ... another great celebration with Radford JS. Love the energy & enthusiasm of this community. A perfect way to celebrate books, alongside a fabulous library team!
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Key takeaway from CBCA conference: representation is everything. Kids don't have the words to describe how they are feeling. They need books with characters experiencing the same things as them #cbca2019
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#cbca2019 @jankeato @MrNickMartin @Tara_Mitchell13 @beckgallaher @taryn_harris @joobrien77 @JulianneHay16 @MrsRoslynBarlow @ New book encouraging stus to consider Aust before Europeans arrived. Perfect 'wondering' in PYP. Gives indigenous a voice. https://t.co/lrqzVR73e3
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Great to see one of our ACT teacher librarians getting the national recognition that she deserves as National TL of the year. https://t.co/AdAJXUkr3Z
#50yearsofASLA @hollygodfree
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And she firmly believes tech-savvy kids are still finding delight in reading
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Challenges to collaboration: how vulnerable can I be to "not know" around colleagues? True collaboration is learning out loud. #50yearsofASLA @traceyezard
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IB #Role of the teacher librarian - what do we want our administrators/exec to know about our skill set? Challenging!
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Great night at Kids Lit Quiz @RadfordACT. Great competition for the bookworms amongst our students! Thanks to @j9hudz for huge effort in organising for the ACT
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