The Social Nature of Reading
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Libraries
| Friday, June 4, 2021 |
| 9:50 AM - 10:35 AM |
| Room P1/P2 |
Details
The competing pressures of home, study, sport, social media and socializing means a balancing act for young people. We know that reading should remain a priority and that recreational reading can and should be a time of respite from the overwhelm of daily school and home life. Megan Daley explores how school libraries can support the reading culture of their school and make reading part of the social lives of tweens and teens. Hear from some of her students about ways they feel books, the school library and book clubs have kept them reading, despite their busy lives.
Speaker
Mel Kroeger
Head of Library
Eight Mile Plains State School
The Social Nature of Reading
Biography
Mel Kroeger works as the Teacher Librarian at Eight Mile Plains State School. With over twenty years’ experience in primary and early childhood teaching, Mel has combined her love of children’s literature and education in her role as a TL, which she undertakes with energy and passion. Mel spends her time conducting library lessons across the entire school, working with staff in curriculum planning and spruiking books to anyone who will listen. She also works with Megan Daley at Children’s Books Daily writing teachers’ notes and book reviews.
