The Tiny Desk Concerts at the Brigidine Centre were a wonderful initiative by the Arts Leaders, together with the Music Department. Each week, rehearsals for various groups take place in the music room, but we decided to bring these performances into a public space. Mr. […]
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman This book is a delightful blend of mystery and humour, set in a cozy retirement village where a group of four seniors meets weekly to investigate cold cases. When a murder occurs right on their doorstep, they spring […]
As part of the Year 7 library lessons, which are held once a fortnight in the library, students were treated to a special reading experience recently with Cubby House reading. Tapping back into the students’ experiences of creating cubby houses inside when they were children, […]
On Monday May 6, Year 7 students were fortunate to have poetry workshops with renowned performance poet, Emilie Zoey Baker. The workshops were really engaging for the students, who were taught a range of poetic techniques, as well as how to process ideas into a […]
The annual Easter egg decorating workshop was held in the library on Friday March 22. This was a fun workshop for students to paint boiled eggs, give them googly eyes and pom-pom hair do’s. Students had a lot of fun creating their designs and there […]
Clonard College alumni, Kgshak Akec has had her novel, Hopeless Kingdom longlisted for the prestigious 2023 Miles Franklin Award. This is an amazing honour for Kgshak and she is the first Clonard student to be long listed for the Miles Franklin. The short list for […]
Year 7 students were fortunate to have renowned slam poet and poetry performer Emilie Zoey Baker present poetry workshops on Monday 15 May in the Brigidine Centre library. Emilie is a dynamic speaker and she engaged students really well with her enthusiasm and contemporary approach […]
World Poetry Day is an international event started by UNESCO in 1999 to give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional, and international poetry movements’. Clonard College celebrated the day in 2023 with a poetry reading by staff and students in the library. An appreciative […]
On Wednesday 19 October, Clonard alumni (Class of 2014) Kgshak Akec came to speak to students in the library about the publication of her debut novel, Hopeless Kingdom, published by UWA Press. Kgshak spoke about her cultural homeland of Sudan, her schooling and emigration to […]
The library was been a hive of activity last week, celebrating Book Week 2022! The theme for this year was Dreaming with Eyes Open. Congratulations to the library team who outdid themselves, creating a beautiful dreamscape within the library space. Special book readings by the […]
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