Welcome to the Learning Commons
Our focus is to provide current and accurate resources to students, staff, and parents. Every class has a weekly Learning Commons block where they can visit, browse and borrow books for their reading pleasure.
Our Library Collection
As books are added to our school library we may not be able to read them from cover to cover immediately and therefore they are filed through recommendations. If you see content that you think is not suitable please bring it to our attention and we will check if the recommended filing for this book has changed. Our library is broken up into eight different sections - Kindergarten to Grade 2 are allowed to access three sections (plus two more with teacher permission - sports/games and fiction); Grades 3-5 gain access to three more sections and Grades 6+ get access to all of our sections.
Library Loan Information
The number of books and length of loan varies by grade level:
- Kindergarten - 1 book for 1 week.
- Grade 1 - 1 book for 3 weeks.
- Grade 2 - 2 books for 3 weeks.
- Grade 3 to Grade 8 - 3 books for 3 weeks plus 1 novel study.
Please note: the week before any of our book fairs, Kindergarten and Grade 1 students are allowed to take 2 books and Grade 2 students may take up to 3 books.
Automatic Due or Overdue notices
Our circulation system automatically sends due or overdue notices 1 week ahead of a book being due. Please do not respond to these messages. If the book/books are still outstanding at the end of the year a paper notice and an email from your child's teacher will be issued.
Grade 5 - Young Adult Early Access form
2024-2025 Battle of the Books
Elementary School: Virtual BATTLE of the BOOKS - April 11, 2025
The book titles that have been selected for this year’s battle are:
- The Dancing Trees by Masiana Kelly
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Clovis Keeps His Cool by Katelyn Aronson
- Spy School by Stuart Gibbs
- The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
- Odder by Katherine Applegate
- Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
- A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry and Mónica Armiño
- I’m Trying to Love Garbage by Bethany Barton
- Mac Undercover (Mac B Kid Spy series) by Mac Barnett
- Anne of Green Gables (graphic novel) adapted by Mariah Madsen
- I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis.
Middle School: May 7, 2025 at the Education Centre
The book titles that have been selected for this year’s battle are:
- Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
- Mastermind by Gordon Korman
- White Bird (graphic novel) by RJ Palacio
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
- Frizzy by Claribel Ortega
- Alone by Megan Freeman
- All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
- The War that Saved My Life by Kimberley Bubaker Bradley
- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
- King of Jam Sandwiches by Eric Walters
- Save me a Seat by Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
- Weird Rules to Follow by Kim Spencer