Chiara iCentreAnnual Report 2012

Loan statisticsLoan statistics

45 316 items were loaned during 2012

•41 245 Books•3134 Equipment•340 Journals/Magazines•102 Maps, posters•116 DVDs

31 847 loans in 2011

New ResourcesNew Resources

•10 063 new items were added to the collection during 2012

•105 serial subscriptions are currently held in Chiara

5 922 new items added in 201185 serial subscriptions in 2011

Digital booksDigital books

488 new digital titles have been added

51 audio-books 433 e-books 4 videos

848 digital loans during 2012 162 audio-books 679 e-books 7 videos

148 digital loans in 2011

Chiara bookingsChiara bookings

% utilised of available class time:

Prep-6 Area – 75.8% Readers Theatre – 57.5% Middle Years – 24.3% E-Zone – 25.4% Senior Years – 17.3% Chiara 2 - 42.5% Meeting Room – 10.8%

Laptop bookingsLaptop bookings Mac Trolley bookings 2012 - %

utilised Yellow 32.5% Blue 27.5% Red 11.0% Green 58.8%

National Year of National Year of ReadingReading

Launched at school assembly February 2012 with author James Moloney

Activities included:Author visitsBook week assemblyBook pack for every teacherDisplaysOlympic Reading ChallengePremier’s Reading ChallengeGood Reads ABC (Assisi Book Club) launchTalk like a pirate dayBook Fairs –Term 1 and 4Promotional VideoWine and Words Staff book clubBook Publishers displaysSimultaneous Story Time CompetitionsBook promotions - ‘Loo’ reviews; book trailers

Book WeekBook Week SRC Character dress-up day including EY/JY

and Family Team parades

The East Timor Great Book Swap

Author VisitsAuthor Visits

Catherine Bateson – 22 August for Years 7,8 and 9

Kerry Brown – 21 August for Prep, Years 1 and 2

John Heffernan – 31 August for Years 4,5 and 6

James Moloney – 17 Feb for Senior Years

Justin D’Ath – 7 June for Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

CompetitionsCompetitions Olympic Reading Challenge – MY/SY

Premier’s Reading Challenge – EY/JY

Reader’s Cup – Year 7 and Year 9

Hunger Games Trivia

Guess the Olympian

Guess the Fairytales & Classic Stories

MY Chess Competition

Displays and EventsDisplays and Events

National Year of Reading

Year 4 Poetry

History Display

Book Fairs

Talk like a pirateStorytelling

Olympic Games

ServicesServices Curriculum partnerships – curriculum planning,

resourcing and implementation Working collaboratively with teachers and students

Prep-6 library borrowing program Using Oliver Online databases with JY, MY and SY classes Internet search skills Research skills – location and selecting

information Bibliography writing with MY/ SY classes Web 2.0 tools such as bubbl.us; Vokis; Poetry Circles – Year 4 and 8 Literature Circles – Year 6 and 9 Reader’s Cup – Year 7 and 9

Services con’tServices con’t PD for staff – Techie Brekki and

Big Break Bytes Moodle; Scootle; Overdrive; apps;

iLife and iWork suites; LIFE introduction

Management and development of: Oliver database Textbooks and class sets of

resources Assisi LIFE College Web page Parent Portal Anno publication

Now Dora, about the

Chiara budget.…………….

Oh please bloss, not while I’m a

book….

Bring on 2013Bring on 2013 – back down the rabbit hole! – back down the rabbit hole!

Special thanks to all the wonderful staff who work in Chiara for their contributions in 2012