Farrer Primary School

                  Library and Resource Centre                 

library2  Information for borrowers

The library is open daily from 8.40am - 9.00am, and 1.05pm - 1.25pm.  Students may borrow up to 4 items for 3 weeks.  Parents are also welcome to become borrowers at our library. 

computer_lab   Lunchtime activities

Our Library Monitors work in the library at lunchtimes.  Library Monitors help other students in the library and help teachers by returning books.  We have some great Library Monitors so come on in and let them help you.  Students with library passes may choose to do some of the following during lunchtime.

  • Browsing and reading some of the great books on offer
  • Playing card and board games
  • Writing and drawing
  • Listening to stories
  • Creating a puppet show
  • Using the computers to create stories, games, movies, etc
  • Using the Smartboard

       possum_cover   Top 100 books to read

Out of top 100 Australian children's books we have 99 of them in our library!  Come and have a read.  The current top 10 include:

  • Possum Magic by Mem Fox
  • Wombat Stew by Marcia K. Vaughan
  • Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
  • Hating Alison Ashley by Robin Klein
  • The Paw Thing by Paul Jennings
  • Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
  • Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
  • Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
  • Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
  • The Cabbage Patch Fib by Paul Jennings