Mission Statement

We are dedicated to providing and promoting access to an extensive range of print and electronic resources, tools and technologies to:

Support the academic, artistic and recreational needs of the school community

Encourage our staff and students to become competent users of information and independent lifelong learners

Stimulate a love of reading, learning and inquiry

This report provides a brief overview of the year’s work and activity in and outside the Library.

We hope you enjoy this snapshot of the diverse roles and activities we have enjoyed and the range of students we have had the pleasure of working with.

Annual Report 2012-13

BOOK WEEK A ‘Marvelous hat’ as part of the Book theme, Champions Read.

READING CAVE Chilling with a good book in the reading cave.

SUSAN EADDY Oh what fun to meet such an inspiring international author!

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INDEX

P.1:Mission Statement

P.2: Book Week

P. 3-4: Achievements

P.5:Battle of the Books

P.5: Secondary Library Developments.

P.6: Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry & Learning

P.7-8: Library Staff PD and contribution.

P. 9: Volunteers

P. 10 - ? : Statistics

THE 2013 BOOK WEEK THEME WAS CHAMPIONS READ Ms Chan was inspired by a book titled Millie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura, Together with with years 1-3 she made Champion Hats. Years 1-3 then showed off their marvellous hats at the culminating Reading Wave activity. Years 4 & 5 designed their own Champion Reader avatars and Year 6’s created book trailers of their

favourite picture books. Years 1 and 2 then brought their IPads to the library and scanned QR codes to view the book trailers. The trailer books became very popular!

Other Book Week activities included Book Quiz competitions, Author visits and Read Across the College where secondary students were paired with primary students to read together. The culminating activity saw the whole primary school out on the basketball court, dancing to “Gotta Keep Reading”. Year 12 students, organized by Jacklyn Chan, choreographed and led the wave.

Author Visits Sarah Brennan visited on 11th April 2013 to read her latest book "The tale of Sybil Snake". Yr 2-6 participated in 4 sessions. Sarah also met with one of the Year 2 classes and performed a little drama with the students.

Susan Eaddy, a clay artist and illustrator visited on 15th April 2013. She also conducted a mini clay art workshop with our Year 1 students in studio time which was a direct connection with their Unit of Inquiry.

Ronny Mintjens, author of More Than Just a Game, shared his love of professional sports and exotic cultures by presenting his experiences playing and coaching professional football in Africa during a March visit to RCHK.

An Author for Young adults, Michael Pryor spoke to Years 9 & 10 about his

series which are popular in Australia. The steampunk genre mixes historical setting with magic for something new.

Achievements

by Shirley, Heather & Andrea Teacher Librarians

Online Resource Access Thanks to Azadi Saryev @azawaza, and Dianne McKenzie, previously from Discovery College for sharing their online library resources management application with us. We have been able to place all our paid online resources in one location, along with the best of those freely available. Resources are organised into 3 categories, PYP, MYP/DP and Staff. Usernames, passwords and descriptions of each resource are available after logging into the site. We are thrilled with how easy this has made access to our online resources.   Wheelers/Dawson e-books The Library  is beginning to develop an e-book collection

with two distinct purposes. With the addition of Dawsonera we hope to satisfy

needs of our DP students, while Wheelers e-books target the more recreational needs of our younger and middle year students. iPads

Year 1 and 2 students were introduced to iPads and taught how to search the Olly library catalogue. E-Books were downloaded to provide another reading experience for students.

AROUND THE LIBRARY

Year 2 students love searching for favourite book titles via the iPad

What a comfy spot to curl up with a good book

RESEARCH MODEL: TO SUPPORT INQUIRY

Initiative Our Teacher Librarians are working towards creating a research model that can be

Years 1-13. This is a work in progress and needs discussion and agreement between the Primary and Secondary faculties. Expect to

hear more about this in 2013-14.

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Professional resources relocation

The teacher professional collection was moved to the

with catalogues for teacher planning. This has provided meeting and planning space for Teachers and more space for students in the Primary Library.

Self-checkout Thanks to the support of RAPT we were able to purchase a self-checkout machine to allow for increased borrowing access for classes in Years 4 to 6.  Students are excited about using the self-checkout machine. Its use helps students to development their self-management skills in the library and allows more classes to borrow. RAPT continues to support the LIRC by donating proceeds from its second-

hand uniform sales. This year we received over $20,000 which will be used for acrylic display shelves, and expansion of our e-book collection. Secondary Logo

audience and colour scheme

with the help of parent and eco-artist Teresa Guttensohn and graphic designer Jason Dufty. It was installed on acrylic and hangs in the entrance to the secondary library.

SENIOR STUDENTS

Reading in all shapes and formats, what great roll models!

Making good use of their space and staying “connected”.

SELF-CHECKOUT: I CAN DO IT MYSELF!

Students enjoy learning how to check-out their own books and being independent in the library.

Playing the Dewey game.

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

12 students in Year 5 & 6 participated in the Battle of the Books competition this year. In May, the team travelled to Kellett School and competed against Kellett School, International School Foundation and Kennedy School in

Although we did not win, every member enjoyed the experience, engaged in reading and worked as a team.

Secondary Library Space Thanks to advice from @Kevinnah_Hennah (Library consultant),  we lowered the height of Library shelves and added full-length slatwall to Bayends for increased Display area. Signage was added to the external door and windows to highlight the Secondary Library presence from outside. As a backdrop to the circulation counter we hung a print of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, taken from the woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. To complement the look we added two large photographs of a Hong Kong Banyan Tree, taken by Yr 12 student, Tia Guttensohn to the Library columns. Tables and chairs were updated with new ergonomically designed chairs that move with the user and provide a pressure free

creating large or small group spaces.

EasyBib The LIRC introduced this new information literacy tool to support students in becoming more effective and organized researchers.  With EasyBib students can take notes, create in-text citations, build a bibliography and much more.  

Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry, Learning

Collaboration with year levels has been really successful this year due to the highly valued and well utilised collaborative planning time.

PYP Year 1-2 iPads have been widely used in the lower primary this year.

Year 1 & 2 learned to search the Olly library catalogue. Lower primary students enjoyed reading e-books and accessing extra resources.

Year 1 - students worked together to create a book about their class, they were proud to be authors and illustrators. The fun Dewey Game was widely played in the primary to familiarise with the Dewey

Year 1-3 enjoyed their library visits as they experienced different ways of storytelling and story reading. Year 3 - Research skills & ICT lessons were integrated in classrooms to support the unit of inquiry of Who We Are. Topics included using Britannica, Oliver advance search, keyword search

strategies and viewing

Year 4 - Building on Yr 3 foundation skills, students in Year 4 extended their practice of previous knowledge and skills to become more advanced researchers. In addition, they also learnt information evaluation skills. Year 5 - learnt the concepts of academic honesty, copyright and referencing in How We Express Ourselves. These are important essence for preparing their PYP exhibition in Year 6. Year 6 - were introduced to

reliable articles on Child Welfare.  We covered non-

and note-taking and then moved into inquiry skills such as quoting, paraphrasing and citing sources properly.  We created puzzles using economic vocabulary, before plunging into books, websites, newspapers and databases to

exhibition topics.  the year by writing a short Transition story - from our

old selves.   

MYP English classes in Years 7-10 visited the library regularly this year.   Students practiced public speaking by giving Book Talks - sharing a plot synopsis, relating the story to an Area Of Interaction and discussing which Learner

represent.   Research skills were taught during humanities, science or English classes.  Students practiced evaluating web sources for reliability and bias, using EasyBib for creating bibliographies and

way around our new database page and paraphrasing or summarising their research using their own words.   Year 7 and 9 classes participated in Literature

6 students choose to read the same book and have discussions about the characters, plot, author’s motivation and the stories’ relevance to their own lives.   Year 8 classes participated in Genre Literature Circles where groups read from the same Genre (e.g. historical

discuss similarities and differences.

Year 10 classes began the year with orientation, learning what the library has to offer, returned every few weeks to exchange books and also researched the Russian Revolution while reading Animal Farm.   Yr 11 classes accessed the Library during English classes when they could. Due to the curriculum demands of the MYP access was irregular. They used Goodreads to keep an online reading log and monitor current and future reads.

DP Yr 12 students received an introduction to the Extended Essay, learning how to access databases and citation tools such as EasyBib. The new online resources page was promoted at every opportunity. Many teachers used the Turnitin anti-plagiarism tool to monitor and teach students how to avoid plagiarism. The EasyBib note taking tool was also promoted to assist students in managing research, note taking and outlining of assignments.

Collaboration, Teaching, Inquiry, Learning cont.

Yr 13’s

consideration to

experience!

Wandy

Whole School Contribution Printer troubleshooting Newspaper sub delivery

Library Contribution

Primary circulation Cataloguing Primary overdue notices Manage wishlist

Professional Development CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Introduction of Inter Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013

Sun Me

Whole School Contribution Newspaper sub delivery

Library Contribution

Primary circulation Cataloguing Manage orders/requisitions Staff overdue notices

Professional Development CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Introduction of Inter Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013

Isabel

Whole School Contribution Manage Library booking

spaces Printer troubleshooting

Library Contribution

Supervising & managing jobs for C&S students Secondary circulation Cataloguing Manage stationery orders Secondary overdue notices

Professional Development Bachelor of Information Studies, Nov 2012 - Present CPD (EasyBib, Diigo, Introduction of Inter Library Loan in Oliver),16 May 2013 Seminar of Gobi and the Approval Plans of YBP, 5 June 2012

the people behind the service

Shirley

School Contribution Battle of the Books competition coach Library Monitor programme coach Primary Leadership Team Member

Professional Development PGDE Primary Programme 2011-12 Kevin Hennah - Rethink, reinvent, rejuvenate workshop, 27 Aug 2012 John Hatti - Visible Learning, 30 Sept, 2012 Category 3 PYP, MYP, & DP Continuum workshop, 10-12 Nov 2012 Andrea Darville - Storytelling workshop, 19 January, 2013 21C Learning Conference, 24 -26 January, 2013 Mapping with Google, 10-24 June, 2013

Heather

School Contribution RAPT co-secretary Cross-Country coach Track & Field coach Battle of the Books competition coach Yr. 10/11 Advisor

Professional Development Kevin Hennah- Rethink, Reinvent, Rejuvenate Workshop, Aug, 2012 Category 3 PYP, MYP, & DP Continuum workshop, 10-12 Nov 2012 Andrea Darville - Storytelling workshop, 19 January, 2013 21C Learning Conference, 24 -26 January, 2013

Andrea

School Contribution HOD Member ICT Steering Committee Vision 2014 Committee Yr 12 CAS Week Trip Leader/Laos Nutriagent Member Yr 12/13 Advisor

Professional Development Kevin Hennah - Rethink, reinvent, rejuvenate workshop, 27 Aug 2012 Standard First Aid, 8, 10, 17 Oct Category 3 PYP, MYP, & DP Continuum workshop, 10-12 Nov 2012 21C Learning Conference, 24 -26 January, 2013 #beyondlaptops Conference, 23-24 April 2013 23mthings online course, April 2013 - ongoing Mapping with Google, 10-24 June, 2013

VOLUNTEERS

Parent Volunteers, Library Monitors, Community & Service

Community and service is an integral part of

student’s and parent’s lives at RCHK. Students

develop greater awareness and concern for the

needs of their community while developing new

and worthwhile skills. The library monitor

programme was extended to Year 4 this year

as requested by students. There were over 50

library monitors from Year 4 to 6 who

frequently helped out in the library. They

contributed 300 service hours. 31 students

Service. In addition, 26 Yr 10 & 11 students

contributed over 200  hours of service in the

Library. From processing books, to the creation

of movies and book trailers to be run on the

LCD

 LCD screens, Yr 10 & 11

contributed in many ways.

Parent volunteers also

contributed 150 hours in the

library. This is a

phenomenal effort and we

really appreciate and value

the volunteer hours that

contribute to making our

Library one of the best in

Hong Kong.

Circulation - who is borrowing?

Lower Primary Borrowing

Upper Primary Borrowing

6,309

10,092

12,786

11,514

8,8099,773

The results below show individual loans, including renewals. Yr 1 has the lowest number as they can only borrow 2 books per visit. Yr 3 has the highest loan number with a loan limit of 3 per visit. From yr 4-6 students can borrow 4 books.

Lower Secondary Borrowing

Upper Secondary Borrowing

1,8842,048

836 900

519

433

354

Secondary loans include English texts, literature circle titles and personal loans. There is a dramatic drop in borrowing from Yr 9 - 13. Perhaps as the demands of the IB curriculum

Yrs 7 & 8 who are bought to the Library by their English teachers to participate in Literature Circles, have much higher borrowing levels. This is something to be improved on next year, can we extend loan numbers for Yr 9?

Loans by Borrower Type

78,770 total loans

Student loans 66300 Curriculum support loans 6583 Staff 4778 Parent Loans 1109

12,621

Picture Book

11,068

Primary Fiction

10,058

Junior Fiction

7,959

Primary

Chinese Fiction

7836

Junior Non Fiction

4578

Primary

Audio Visual

2,269

Primary Magazine

1,914

Primary Chinese

Graphic Novel

1,472

Secondary Non

Fiction

46

Secondary

Magazine

4,314

Primary

Graphic

Novel

4,115

Secondary

Fiction

Circulation - what is being borrowed?

3,451

Primary

Non-Fiction

124

Large Primary 287

Teacher Resource765

Secondary Graphic

Novel

Primary Secondary Professional

Adventure Box Action Asia Joperd

Daily 7 Asian Art News Arts Activities

Daily 10 Biological Sciences Review Education Leadership

Discovery Box Business Review English Journal

Little Red Apple = 小小紅蘋果 Chemistry Review Journal of Research in International Education

Little Toy Car = 砵砵車 Geographical Review Language Arts

National Geographic Kids History Review Magpies

Red Apple = 紅蘋果 History Today Scan

Ranger Rick IB World Voices from the Middle

Story Box Inside Sports

tBk Mag Joperd

White Antelope = 白羚羊 Life & Reading Culture

小寶寶園地 Mac World

木棉樹兒童文學月刊 National Geographic

New Internationalist

New Scientist

Physics Review

Psychology Review

Runners World

South China Morning Post

tBk Mag

Databases

Atomic Learning Gale - Student Resource in Context

Britannica - Primary

BrainPop Gale - Global Issues in Context Britannica - Middle

BrainPop Junior Gale - Junior Reference Collection

Britannica - Secondary

Global Newsbank Gale - Kids InfoBits Questia School

Tumble Books Raz-Kids

BrainPop Spanish

Databases and Magazines held

Looking back, looking forward It’s been a super year with so

many achievements that have

made student and staff access to

resources even more easily

accessible. We have carefully

considered the redevelopment of

the secondary library space to

better meet the needs of our

expanding school population. Red

Door will be relocating to their own

purpose built space by Christmas

2013. As the Library has been

allocated their vacated space,

planning has begun on how best to

provide for Diploma and MYP

students. We are looking forward

to putting these plans into action

next year. Furniture will need to

be sourced and ordered.

We continue to develop our e-

book resource collections and

this will be an ongoing focus

for development in the future.

We farewell Mrs Heather

Norman who heads back to the

US with her family and to

another Library position. We

look forward to welcoming Mrs

Dianne McKenzie current

Head of Library at Discovery

College. Dianne brings a

wealth of knowledge and

expertise and we are excited

at the prospect of her joining

our dynamic team.