At Bellingen High School the library is the hub of the school. The day starts with a pop-up breakfast club held outside the library, providing nourishment as well as a space for students and teachers to interact informally.
'The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history'― Carl T. Rowan
Library information
Teacher Librarian – Haridian Ramirez
Library Assistant – Jade Tsang
Call us on 02 6655 1119.
Library opening hours
Monday: 9am - 3.15pm
Tuesday to Friday: 8.30am – 3.15pm
Library events
The library regularly hosts events such as:
- Write a book in a day
- matinee movies for past Clappers entrants
- chess and Rubik’s Cubes competitions
- student’s artwork displays.
We provide a Lego corner and arts and crafts space amongst other activities, and train our student volunteers to be active in the day to day running of the breakfast club and the library.
Library resources
Our library has a range of resources available to students including:
- fiction
- non-fiction and reference books
- games and puzzles.
- streaming services of educational resources
- laptop and desktop computers for classes or individuals to use for study
- video conference equipment for sister schools and distance education students.
Our collection is built with input from teachers and students, ensuring we both support the curriculum and hold books and resources our students will enjoy.
Library goals
The main aim of our library is to provide a dynamic environment for independent learners and to provide services and curriculum resources of the highest quality and relevance. Teaching staff co-operatively plan and teach with the Teacher Librarian. The library supports a whole school literacy and literature promotion in conjunction with the English faculty.
Library cards
Each student is issued with an ID card at the beginning of the school year, which students use to borrow resources such as laptops and books in the library. The library provides free printing for school work outside of class times, accessible from 8.30am.
Senior study room
Senior students have access to a Senior Study room co-located with the library, specialist senior year resources, as well as an outdoor area to make tea and coffee.
Library catalogue
All students can access the Library Catalogue from home through My Portal, then scroll down to My Library.
Instructions on using the catalogue remotely can be found here.
