I don't plan to abandon Skerricks, but take a formal leave of absence (ie I'm telling you before, not after!!) till at least term 3. I hope it makes your hearts grow fonder (!).
There's a huge resource of content and ideas here now, so lots for you to refer to and review, and I look forward to adding more in the future.
As a farewell token/giftie, here's a glimpse of some work we did recently in the library:
We painted from the left hand edge of the word wall to the corner and on the wall around the seminar room windows, so this whole corner is now uniform purple (as opposed to purple, brown brick, cream weatherboard). With a fabulous fabric from Ikea and a curtain making book from the library (handy!) we (actually, one of my super school assistants took charge of this part of the project) made lined roman blinds, able to be raised by cords. Not only are they fabulous, they are fabulously more fabulous than either new commercial roller blinds (which would have most likely had to have been a bland plain colour) and certainly many times more fabulously fabulous than the ratty, torn 30+ year old beige roller blinds that were there before. Cost was a bit less than commercially made (bland) blinds, + our time.
Don't they look super? It's good to 'finish' this corner (those ratty blinds have been annoying me for quite some time). Most importantly, the kids like it. I like all the faces on the fabric, and how it works in nicely with the purple word wall. Libraries are about words and people, after all.
So things go on at the library here, and I will have more to share when I return in July/August.
All the best for a positive and happy autumn/winter in your library (if you're in this hemisphere) and yes, Skerricks will continue.
If you're attending the Cudgegong Learning Community conference in term 2 at Mudgee, or the south west Sydney region SASS conference in term 3, I look forward to seeing you at my presentation, Re-imagining your school library. Do say hello!
Cheers
Ruth
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