Sandy 7-10 Book Club students have decided on two books for the Readers’ Cup. They are
The young elites by Marie Lu 
and The book of lies by James Moloney 
Students are now busy reading the books. During term two they will form teams to compete, by answering questions on each book, and presenting a creative piece on one book. The creative piece could be a poster, a video clip anything that portrays the book.
Book Club takes place once a week during reading.
Sandy 7-10 Book Club held its first meeting for 2015 last week. Students meet every week to discuss books, compete in Sandy Readers’ Cup and participate in fun activities based around YA fiction. Students were lucky enough to meet Jack, an original member of book club run by Mrs Holmquest. Jack completed Year 12 at Sandringham College last year and will continue his studies at Deakin University, he was an avid reader during his time at the college.
During the first meeting students discussed World War I fiction, new books are being released regularly to coincide with the 100 year commemoration of the landing at Gallipoli. Popular titles amoung students are
2015 book club members are in the process of deciding which two books to read for the Sandy Readers’ Cup. Students have so far recommended
Over the past week students at Sandy 7-10 have been borrowing books for their holiday reading. Students have been allowed to borrow as many books as they feel they can read over the break.
The Sandy 7-10 Book Club have also put together a suggested list of books to buy for Christmas they are…
* Shiver series by Maggie Stiefvater
*Zac & Mia by A.J Betts
*We were liars by E. Lockhart
*Any book by John Green
*Drama by Raina Telgemeir
*The sky so heavy By Claire Zorn
*Divergent series by Veronica Roth
*Michael Vey:the prisoner of cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
*Agent 21 series by Chris Ryan
* The incredible here and now by Felicity Castagna
*Messenger of fear by Michael grant
*Writing Clementine by Kate Gordon
*Run by Gregg Olsen
*Why we took the car by Wolfgang Herrndorf
*All the truth that’s in me By Julie Berry
A group of Year 7 students from the Sandy 7-10 Campus were treated to an hour of entertainment when they attended a talk given by well known YA author Derek Landy. Landy is the author of the popular Skulduggery Pleasant series. A big thank-you to ULYSSES BOOKSTORE in Sandringham for organising the event and the tickets.
Thursday is ‘Electronic Games Day’, in the Sandringham 7-10 Library. Students may use their devices or the desktops to play computer games. Some students still prefer to read a book.
Year 7 students are currently taking part in Library Orientation classes. Armed with an iPad, the students are encouraged to look for the QR codes placed around the library and then scan them. Once scanned, the QR code will give the students information about the library. For example, students will learn the opening hours of the library, they will learn about homework club, different genres available in fiction, reference books and encyclopedias. They will also learn that the library offers a warm and welcoming environment.
Books are a great gift for Christmas, here are a few suggestions…
*The sky so heavy by Claire Zorn
*Slated by Teri Terry
*The fault in our stars by John Green
*Cry blue murder by Kim Kane & Marion Roberts
*Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer
*See you at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
*This is not a test by Courtney Summers
*The whole of my world by Nicole Hayes
*The way of the warrior by Andrew Matthews
*How I live nowby Meg Rostoff
*Divergent by Veronica Roth
and the old favourites
*Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
*Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowlings
*Specky Magee Series by Felice Arena
Have a wonderful Christmas and New year, and see you in 2014.
Beaui Book Club and students on Beaumaris Campus are being encouraged to read the shortlisted books for the Inky Awards.
The Inky Awards are run by the State Library of Victoria.
These awards are international awards for teen literature, voted online by teens.
The panel shortlisting the books is made up of six teenagers and two authors.
*GOLD INKY is for a book written by an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.
SILVER INKY is for a book written by a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than Australia.
Previous winners include
*’The Fault in our Stars’ by John Green (2012)
*’Clockwork Angel’ by Cassandra Clare (2011)
*’Stolen’ by Lucy Christopher (2010)
*’Shiver’ by Maggie Stiefvater (2010)
*’The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins (2009)
*’Looking for Alaska’ by John Green (2007)
*’Notes from a teenage undergound’ by Simmone Howell (2007)
This years books are all highly entertaining, with a few that have been stand out favourites with students…
‘Cry Blue murder’ by Kim Kane & Marion Roberts seems to be the favorite in the Gold Inky category (Be prepared for a heart stopping twist in this novel set in Melbourne)
and
‘See you at Harry’s’ by Jo Knowles is the favorite in the Silver category (make sure you have your tissues ready if you read this one)
I would encourage you all to read these books they are truly enjoyable reads.
To vote go to
http://www.insideadog.com.au/vote
Not only did Beaumaris Campus students get to dress up in footy gear or as their hero today, but members of the Beaui Campus Book Club had a an amazing morning tea to celebrate the completion of the Readers Cup. Students have read two books, Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan and Legend by Marie Lu. They have completed a quiz on each book and have created a jigsaw puzzle.
For their reward they feasted on party pies, sausage rolls, cakes and watermelon while listening to each member discuss their favorite book.
Well done on a fantastic term!!!
Book club is well and truly underway on the Beaumaris Campus. Students are working on The Readers Cup. They have been given two books to read: Legend by Marie Lu and The saga of Larten Crepsley: Birth of a killer by Darren Shan. Once they have read these books they will form teams to compete in the cup. The first part will be answering trivial pursuit type questions based on both books. The Year 10 students in the club will be making these up. They will then be asked to create a piece of work based on one of the books, it could be a poster, a book trailer a picture book, it is up to their creative and imaginative minds. We will then celebrate with a literary lunch.
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