Remembrance Day

Date: 7/11/11- 11/11/11

Completed by: Donna

Resources:

Books: Weary Dunlop, World War 2, The Vietnam War, Commemorative Days, The Iraq War, Women at War, Hiroshima, Gallipoli & The Middle East, The D Day Landing.

DVD's: Gallipoli, Kokoda, Not Forgotten.

Halloween

Date: 31st October - 4th November

Created by: Cindy

Resources:

Books: Hauntings, Wicked, Bats, Supernatural, Twilight Zone, Traditional Celebrations, Witches, Pumpkins and Grinning Ghosts, Ghosts, Beasts, and Things that go Bump in the Night, Ghosts Caught on Film, Ghosts the Illustrated Story, Nigthmares- Halloween.

Periodicals: Australian Geographic.

Comments: Love the props you used Cindy, your display looks great!!

2011 Presentation Night

Date: 24/10/11 - 28/10/11

Created by: Donna

Resources:

Books:Acing an Interview, Choosing the Right Career, Scientific and Analytical Careers, Accounting Careers, School to work, Studying in Australia, The Job Winners Guide to Resume's, Journalism, The Lonely Planet- Melbourne, Borneo, Bali.

Exam Time

Date: 7/10/11- 21/10/11

Created by: Tamsyn and Donna

Resources:

Books: Balancing Work and Play, Essay Writing for Students, Good Answers Stage 2 and Stage 3 English 2011, Beat Stress, Survive Exams, Exam Skills Handbook, Sail through Exams, Thriving Under Pressure, Master Exams.

Supplements:

WACE Exam Extra (from West Australian August 2011)

Date: 26/9/11

Created by: Donna

Resources:

Books: Rhubarb, The World According to Warren, Rolling into the World, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music, My Place, Jasper Jones, Adventure With a Glass Eye, A Fortunate Life, The Merry -Go-Round in the Sea, The Girl Green as Elderflower, The Arrival, The Legend of Moondyne Joe.

Australian Citizenship Day

Date: 19th September - 23rd September

Completed by : Sharon
Resources:
Books: Signposts and Milestones, A Citizen of Australia, Australian Citizenship, What is an Australian Citizen?, Exploring Australian Citizenship, Australia, Australians All, Defining Australian Citizenship.

DVD's: Australian Citizenship-AV Montage, Australian Citizenship- Our Common Bond.

Organisations Contacted: Department of Immigration & Citizenship.

Comment: Fantastic display, the balloons really attracted attention and both students and staff loved taking the badges and bookmarks.

International Day of Democracy

Display Created by Donna, 12th Sept-16th Sept, 2011

Resources Used:

Books- Voting and Elections, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Australia's Democratic History, Australia: The State of Democracy, Discovering Democracy,

National Threatened Species Day

Date:5/9/11-9/9/11

Ceated by: Cindy

Resources:

Books: Endangered and Introduced Species, Marine and Coastal Animals and Plants, Protecting Threatened Species, Endangered, Reptiles, Endangered Australian Animals, Fish, Arthropods.

National Literacy & Numeracy Week

Date: 29/8/11-2/9/11

Completed by: Sharon

Resources:

Books: Writing and Responding, Information Skills-Finding and Using the Right Resources, Cyber Literacy, Assignment and Thesis Writing, English A-Z, Accessing Information, Understanding Importance of Information, Searching Online for Images, Audio & Video Files, Unit 3C Mathematics, Mathematics 3AB, Everyday Australian Dictionary, Words Fail Me.

Comments: Very eye catching with the colourful posters and great to have competitions included in the display.

Hearing Awareness Week

22/8/11 - 26/8/11
Completed by: Donna

Resources:

Books- Active Listening Skills, Sound, Hearing Loss and Tinnitus, Understanding the Human Body, The Senses, Children of a Lesser God, Sound and Hearing, Light and Sound, Alexander Graham Bell, Seeing Voices, Making Waves: Sound, Hearing, The Human Body, Beethoven.
Audio- Ludwig Van Beethoven.

National Science Week

Date: 15/8/11 - 19/8/11

Completed by: Donna

Resources:

Books: Encyclopaedia of Inventions, Jobs in Health, Biology Dictionary, Prehistoric Life, Biometric Technology, Einstein, Double Helix, Atlas of the Human Body, Changing Ecosystems, Chemistry Dictionary.

Periodicals: Australasian Science, Scientific American, Cosmos.

DVD's: Coral Reefs, Body atlas.

International Youth Day

Date: 8th August - 12th August

Completed by: Sharon and Tamsyn

Resources:Books: Feeding the World, Graphing Health and Diseases, Aids, Global Citizenship, Our Earth, World Hunger, Health and You, Teen Depression, Mine & Yours, Poverty, Anna's Story, Very Wellness.

Jeans for Genes Day

Date: 1st-5th August

Completed by: Claire

Resources:
Books:

Who discovered DNA?, Genes and DNA, Cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Clones, genetics and immortality, Inheritance and selection; Stem cell research, Hemophilia, Huntington's disease, The art of genes, Whose view of life?

DVD :

Fix me.

Organisations contacted: Jeans for Genes website

Comments: The jeans were a nice touch :)

Welcome Back to Term 3

Date: 18/07/11 - 29/07/11

Created by: Casuals

Rescources:

Books: Discover Western Australia, Chemistry 2A & 2B, The Study Skills Hanbook, The Van Allen Legacy,Year 11 Biology, Mathematics Specialist 3CD.

Periodicals: Lonely Planet, How it Works.

DVD's: The IT Crowd, Harrt Potter

Books Made into Movies

Date: 27th June -1st June

Completed by: Sophie

Resources:

Books: V for Vendetta, Watchmen, Oliver Twist, Memoirs of a Geisha, Rainman, Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord of the Rings, Kite Runner, Harry Potter, Never Let Me Go, Lord of the Flies, Chocolat, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bridget Jones' Diary, Planet of the Apes, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Slumdog Millionare, Looking for Alibrandi, Pride and Prejudice, The Da Vinci Code, Silence of the Lambs, White Oliander, Twilight, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.

Comments: And the Gold Logie goes To Sophie for an amazing display. Well done!!!

Drug Action Week

Date: 20th-24th June.

Completed by: Sharon

Resources:

Books: Tobacco Smoking, Inhalant & Your Nasal Passage, Marijuana, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Crystal Meth, Alcohol, The Great Brain Robbery, Anna,s Story Designer Drugs.

DVD's: Candy

Men's Health Week

Date: 13th June - 17th June

Completed by: Donna

Resources:

Books: Men's Health and Wellbeing, Re. Life, Man Maintennce 2, Men Inside Out, Masculinity! Men and Boys, Alive and Kicking, Men And Stress, Healthy Bastards, Manhood, What Men don't Talk about.

Periodicals: Men's Health.

DVD's: Don't Die Young

World Environment Day

Date: 6th June -10th June

Completed by: Cindy

Resources:

Books:

Global Warming, 2 Degrees too high, Environment at Risk, Stopping Pollution, Climate Change, 50 Easy Things We Can Do to Save the Planet, An Inconvenient Truth, Impact of Climate Change.

Periodicals: Landscope, Habitat, Green Living, Greener Times.

DVD's: Global Warming, An Inconvenient Truth

Australian Library & Information Week

Date: 23rd May-27th May

Completed by: Claire

Resources:

Books: Helping and Advising Careers, Accessing Information, The Invisible Web, The Elements of Library Research, Uncanny, Reptiles And Frogs, Great Gourmet, Understanding the Importance of Information.

Periodicals: Masterchef, Good Reading.

World Information Society Day

Date: 16th May-20th May

Completed by: Tamsyn

Resources:

Books: The Digital Pandemic, Oxford Computer Dictionary, The Twitter Book, Office 2007 for Dummies, The Young & the Digital, Connected, Iphone 4, Information Technology.

Periodicals: Business Review Weekly, APC, Tech Living, Better Digital, PC & TECH

Comments: Well done Tamsyn on your first display.

National Volunteer Week

Date: 9th May - 13th May

Completed by: Sharon

Resources:

Books: It makes a difference to the Jellyfish, The Lifesaver, Emergency Services, Making Difference, Work Around Australia, Police Services, Australian Volunteers International, Australians All- Civics and Citizenship.

Comments: Very limited library resources for display as a TCR was using similar topic.

Welcome April Start Students

Date: 1st May - 6th May

Completed by: Donna

Resources:

Books: If the world were a Village, The Study Skills Handbook, 100 Things a Guy Needs to Know, Enerfy Revolution, Teen Talk, Stop Forgetting to Remember, Australia's Remarkable Trees, Letters & Numbers.

Periodicals: PC & Tech authority, Health Smart.

Talking Books: Mao's Last Dancer

DVDs: Watchmen, Shakespeare in Love.

CD: Glee

Catalpa Escape

Date: 18th April - 27th April

Completed by: Sophie Hoehn

Books:

Criminals or Victims?, Outlaws, The Brand on his Coat, The Convict Era, Sand and Stone, Bound for Botany Bay, Convict Australia 1788-1868, Convicts, Great Escapes by Convicts, WA's Tempestuous History, Convict Settlers of Australia, Australia Locked up, Fremantle Prison, Beyond the Sunset, Convict Fremantle, Convicts and Early Settlers, Devil's Eye, Joan Makes History, Notorious Australians, Jessica, A Promised Land?, The Valley, Australia in the 1900's, Territory, Secret River, Paperbark Shoe, the Drowner, Australia Street.

Audiobooks: Colonial Western Australia

DVDs: Van Diemens Land

Anzac Day

Date 11th April - 27th April Completed by: Donna Lewis

Books:

Anzac Experience, Australia at War, Gallipoli 1915, The Spirit of the Dagger, Anzacs - Australians at War, Gallipoli and the Middle East, We'll meet again, Anzac - Illustrated History, Forever yours, Not only a Hero, A Rose for the Anzac Boys.

DVDs: Gallipoli - The Dardenelles Campaign

Audiobooks: Ordinary Heroes

CD's: Anzac Day - Music that Won the War

National Youth Week

Date: 4th April - 8th April

Completed by: Claire Hill

Resources:

Books:

Life Smart, Bullying & Youth Violence, 100 Things Guys Need to Know, Teen Link, Respect, Making Laws for Clouds, Time Out, Fruit Basket, V for Vendetta, The Secret Life of Bees, Ferals.

DVD's: The Twelve Kingdoms, '6', Garage Days.

Periodicals: Dolly