Author : Margaret Peterson Haddix

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Petah Fishburn

YouTube Preview ImageHave you read any of the books written by Margaret Peterson Haddix? I first read one of her books about 6 years ago when students at my school recommended the book “Among the Hidden”. This story is about a society where families are only allowed to have 2 children. What would you do if you accidentally had another child? Well this story begins by introducing us to the third child … a hidden child… This book leads into the series “The Shadow Children” … View the trailer.

 Haddix has another series … “The Missing” … In Book 1 : Found …. teenagers discover they are adopted … not so different … but the curcumstances of their past … leads them to a dramactic future as they are kiddnapped and sent into a Time Travellers adventure. This series is Science Fiction with a twist that will have you thinking … could this really happen? What choices would you make? Look for these titles on the Library shelves… and soon to arrive …

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Student Library Cards

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Petah Fishburn

Login to OLIVER Library Catalogue.

This week Year 7 & 8 students will be given their own Library Card. They may use their card whenever they wish to borrow a Library book.

Using the Barcode as their user name, students will be able to login to OLIVER to:

  • Search for books
  • Check loan details
  • Renew books on loan
  • Reserve books to borrow.

OLIVER is available on any computer at Oxley, after the student login to their Oxley account.

Home Access

OLIVER is also is accessible from home via Oxleylearning.org:   

 http://oxleylearning.org/library/

For more details on how to login in students may refer to the tutorial on

 http://oxleylearning.org/library/tutorials/oliver-your-library/

Library cards are available for ALL students and staff.

Please collect your card from the Library Desk.

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2011 Welcome

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Petah Fishburn

Welcome to new students and parents.

We have two part time Library Assistants: Mrs Penny Everingham and Ms Karen Bell. I am Mrs Petah Fishburn, Head of Library and Teacher Librarian. We are here to assist the Oxley learning community in accessing their information and recreational reading needs.

The Library is open in the morning before school at 8:00am each day. We are open Monday to Thursday until 6:00pm, giving students the opportunity to access Library resources to complete homework and research tasks. We also encourage students to borrow reading material for their own interests.

Junior students are allowed to borrow 3 fiction books and 3 non-fiction books for a period of two weeks. Senior students are able to borrow 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction books. Students are also able to borrow magazines, audio books and DVDs (relating to class work). Students may renew items if they need them for a longer period.

Students are able to access the OLIVER library catalogue (OPAC) via their student login to the Oxley intranet. Through this page they can also access the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online and eLibrary. Access at home is also available via oxleylearning.org. As year 7 visit the Library over the next 2 weeks for a Library orientation lesson, they will have these features explained to them.

We value the feedback from parents as we attempt to provide Library resources and services that will enable your child’s success and enjoyment of their school experience at Oxley.

Kind regards,

Mrs Petah Fishburn

Head of Library

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Search Resources

Posted on December 29, 2010 by admin

Access Britannica from home with your school ID
Search Oliver from Home or Oxley


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Summer Reading

Posted on November 30, 2010 by library

Australian Teen Titlessummer reading

‘Liar’ by Justine Larbalestier
‘Guardian of the Dead’ by Karen Healey
‘Merrow’ by Ananda Braxton-Smith
‘Raw Blue’ by Kirsty Eager
‘Swerve’ by Philip Gwynne
‘The Piper’s Son’ by Melina Marchetta
‘Confessions of a Liar, a Thief and a Failed Sex God’ by Bill Condon
‘Anonymity Jones’ by James Roy
‘Stolen’ by Lucy Christopher
‘Loving Richard Feynman’ by Penny Tangey

 

International Titles  summerreading2

‘The Poison Throne’ by Celine Kiernan
‘Going Bovine’ by Libba Bray
‘Heist Society‘ by Ally Carter
‘Leviathan’ by Scott Westerfeld
‘The Bride’s Farewell’ by Meg Rosoff
‘Shiver’ by Maggie Stiefvater
‘The Wrong Grave’ by Kelly Link
‘Will Grayson, Will Grayson’ by David Levithan & John Green
‘Shark Girl’ by Kelly Bingham
‘The Sky is Everywhere’ by Jandy Nelson

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2011 Textbook Lists

Posted on November 30, 2010 by library

Available online

Students should have received a copy of the Textbook and Stationery Lists for 2011. These are also available on the Oxley website.

Click HERE to go to Lists  textbooks

P & F Textbook Exchange

Drop Off Days for Textbooks – Monday December 6 and Tuesday December 7

Buying  Days for Textbooks – Thursday Decembrr 9 and Friday December 10

Please call reception for more information.

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Time to return ALL library books

Posted on November 30, 2010 by library

As our year is drawing to an end we are asking ALL students to return their Library books by FRIDAY, 26 November, 2010. Christmas book

We also ask that students take an extra look for any OXLEY COLLEGE books they may find. Unfortunately some books have left the Library without being “borrowed”. We would greatly appreciate the return of these books.

GOOD NEWS:  Students may borrow over the Christmas Holidays if they ask the Library Staff … these books will be due back the first week of term 1, 2011.

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Tomorrow, When the War Began

Posted on September 6, 2010 by library

By John Marsden.

9780330403801Tomorrow, When the War Began, follows the journey of eight high school friends in a coastal country town whose lives are suddenly and violently upended by an invasion that no one saw coming. Cut off from their families and their friends, these eight extraordinary teenagers must learn to escape, survive and fight back against a hostile military force.

The movie , released on 2 September, 2010 , was written and directed by Stuart Beatie who was also directed Australia, Pirates of the Carribean, The Curse of the Black Pearl. It was mostly filmed in The Hunter Region of NSW at Raymond Terrace.

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2010 Australian Book of the Year Winners

Posted on August 26, 2010 by library

 

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(Table images captured from CBCA website: http://cbca.org.au/cbca_winners_2010.htm )

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Jarvis 24

Posted on August 26, 2010 by library

9780143010043By David Metzenthen.

Awkward, funny and poignant, Jarvis 24 places the reader in the mind of 16-year-old Marc Jarvis, who tries to step outside the boundaries of his private school life in Melbourne by taking on work experience for two weeks in a car yard. As Marc immerses himself in new firendships and romance, he grapples with a world so much less simple than the world of school that he is used to.

 

 

Winner of 2010 Older Reader Book of the Year.

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