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Libraries
Senior School Library
The Elizabeth
Woodyatt Library, in the Senior School, is a beautiful venue, rich in
resources with a warm and welcoming atmosphere. The Library staff are
committed to providing students with up-to-date and relevant resources,
access to information via all forms of technology, and a library service
that ensures research requirements can be met either from within the school
or through local library networks.
Approximately
30,000 items are housed in the Library, resulting in a wide range of material
being available to support each subject in the curriculum. Resources in
the library fall into the following broad categories - non-fiction books,
fiction books, reference material, electronic resources, audio-visual
resources, newspapers and periodicals.
The Library
has multimedia computers that access the intranet (which includes the
library catalogue and online indexes and databases), the Internet, e-mail
and the MasterFile Portal which delivers digital curriculum material.
The Library has both wireless and network points for student notebook access. The teaching area in the Library known as "CyberSpace" has enough power points for an entire class.
Students
may print material to the colour photocopier, which also doubles as a
network printer. On-line access to other libraries is possible via the
Internet, in addition to the many links to other information providers.
The Library has a wonderful print collection, including a very wide ranging fiction section. Students are encouraged to read widely and the teacher-librarians run a reading group for interested students.
The Library is open for Senior Students from 8am-5pm each school day.
Junior School Library
The St Margaret's School, Junior School library was officially opened on 14th September, 2006.
The Library has been purpose-built to cater for the growing school community. The inviting and innovative layout attracts users to a variety of areas. All the large windows look out onto the beautiful gum trees and garden area. The main feature at the entrance is the curved shelving which holds and displays the picture book collection. This shelving weaves around and leads to a red-carpeted reading pit. This is the central area where classes met at the start of lessons. This area is also extremely popular at lunchtime and students compete keenly to sit in the comfortable beanbags.
Further around another curved wall is the main teaching area, containing tables and chairs. A feature of this teaching area is the data projector, DVD and video player. This working area is well lit by natural light and comfortably seats each class. Around the walls are wide shelving bays that provide display space for student work and book displays. This area is also used for Junior School staff meetings.
Adjacent to this area are the fiction and non-fiction collections, both very accessible to users. New shelving has provided further outward displays of books, enabling students to easily locate books. The collection has also been expanded to cater for the Primary Years Program which the Junior School has implemented over the last 3 years.
Resources for staff are located in a resource room and has space allocated to allow for small meetings in this room. It is important for resources to be centralised and all catalogued. An archives room is also off this space.
