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2019 Photo Competition: Winners Announced

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This year’s Library Photography Competition attracted some very impressive entries from a number of Hillcrest students and staff. We loved seeing the submissions flow in, and we would like to thank and congratulate all those who entered. Mr Andrew Smith, our former long-time College librarian, judged the competition for all categories, which included: Years 3 - 6, Years 7 - 9, Years 10 - 12 and Staff. We are very pleased to announce that the 2019 Overall Winner was awarded to our Year 6 student,Seth Franklin, from 6MB. Well done Seth on your composition and creativity, in keeping with this year’s theme of GROW. All photos can be viewed at the Main Library up until the end of Term 4, 2019.
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Literacy Festival 2019

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We helped host the inaugral JLC Hillcrest Literacy Festival on Wednesday and enjoyed selling Scholastic and Koorong books to enthusiastic customers and listening to authors John Heffernan and Nikki Rogers and illustrators Lucia Mascullio and Heidi Parkes. A visit from Gold Coast Public Library staff and viewing some very creative costumes completed the entertaining schedule. Bookstall Bookstall staff Nikki John Lucia
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Gold Coast Show Winning Artworks on Display

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The annual Gold Coast Show was held from the 30 August - 1 September, 2019, and some of our talented Art students entered their artworks into the Gold Coast Show Art Competition. Congratulations to the students who won awards. The winning artworks will be on display in the library until the end of term.
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Oliver Launch Party!

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OLIVER LAUNCH PARTY Next Thursday the 29 th of August from 10:30-2 we are holding a Launch Party in the Library to celebrate our new library system Oliver. This system can be accessed via the Hillcrest Library website from any desktop or tablet device, allowing everyone to discover library and learning resources 24/7 in school, from home or on the go. You can login to your own record, check your loans and borrow e-books. WHAT’S ON 5 minute talk showcasing Oliver’s features at 10:30am and every half hour until 1:30pm Follow the Scavenger hunt to discover Oliver and library resources Create and take home a customised Oliver bookmark Celebrate with us
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Golden Ticket Book Reviews

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The Golden Ticket Book Reviews are in! Congratulations to the 6 JLC students who read their book and completed a review. All books and reviews are on display in the library. Come in and have read.
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QLD State Library Resources

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Did you know that you have free online access to loads of magazines, films and training as well as useful resources for teachers and students? All you have to do is join the QLD State Library. Just have your address handy, fill in the form and access is instant.
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New Library Books

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Did you know that we have new fiction and non-fiction books for all year levels arriving into the Hillcrest Library almost every week? Here are our latest fiction titles. Come and borrow them before someone else does!
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