March
16
July
31
Are all polar bears left-handed?
Find the answer in the World Book.
Click the image below to access the World Book site.
User Id: whsp2015
For the password pick up a bookmark from the library.
Oh… and by the way. We were watching cockatoos on a veranda a few weeks ago and everyone of them was holding food in its left claw…..so are all cockatoos left clawed then??
March
24
World Book is Here
July
25
Local History Grant of $4000
WHS wins Local History Grant
Pasco Campus Librarian Janie Carrington was successful in obtaining a grant of $4000 from the Public Record Office Victoria. The money is to be used for the purchase of materials to house the school archives, safe guarding them from damage for future generations.
The Local History Grants Program provides small grants to community organisations to support the cost of projects that preserve, record or publish Victorian local history. The program is administered by Public Record Office Victoria. They will distribute $350,000 for projects in the 2014-15 financial year.
The WHS-100 years and counting project, also involves cataloging and scanning items and uploading them to the Victorian Collections website. Victorian Collections is administered by Museum Victoria. It is a great site with access to many artifacts, documents and photographs reflecting our history, from hundreds of small collections across the state.
The process of adding WHS items to this site has already started, with nearly 100 photos, High Tides, Speech day programs, school reports, certificates and other memorabilia able to be viewed now. Visit our collection and leave a comment or browse other collections here:
http://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations/williamstown-high-school?viewAs=list
Williamstown High School gratefully acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government and Public Record Office Victoria for making this project possible.
If you have any school memorabilia that you would like to donate to the collection contact Janie Carrington on 93939027 or email carrington.janie.w@edumail.vic.gov.au.
One of the items you will find on the Victorian Collections website.
June
11
Verification Handbook
The Verification.Handbook
How do you tell fact from fiction when following tweets or other feeds, reading news feeds and viewing photographs? This handbook gives you strategies to assess information and differentiate fakes from fact. Is a photo the real deal or is it incorrectly attributed? Look inside to find out.
February
6
The Age online
The Library has purchased 25 licenses for the The age online.
These are for use on Pasco Campus only (they are IP restricted).
To access, go here:
http://shop.education.theage.com.au/
Logins are:
plibrary1@willihigh.vic.edu.au
plibrary2@willihigh.vic.edu.au
plibrary3@willihigh.vic.edu.au
plibrary4@willihigh.vic.edu.au
plibrary5@willihigh.vic.edu.au
etc…..all the way to:
plibrary25@willihigh.vic.edu.au
Password for all accounts is: WHSace2014
If you can’t log in with the first one just work your way down the list.
Please LOGOUT when you have finished reading the paper.
These logins are not meant to be held by one person.
This is an education edition of The Age. It does not include interactive app access, so you can’t do the puzzles online!
September
26
New eBooks for Book Week 2013
Thank you to all those who voted for new titles for our Wheelers eBook shelf. The winning titles have been purchased and are now available for 2 week loans from our Williamstown High School, Pasco Campus shelf. Click HERE to browse the shelf. Use your computer / photocopier login to borrow.
The winning titles are:
| All I ever wanted | The midnight palace |
| All I know | Confessions of an angry girl |
| Angel fever | Always watching |
| A man melting | A pocketful of eyes |
| Bone ash sky | The girl with the iron touch |
| Dark kiss | Special agent man |
| The diamond thief | The eye collector |
| Infinite kung-fu | The keeper of secrets |
| Dark Kiss | Special agent man |
| Paper towns | The midnight palace |
| 17 and gone | The sixth key |
| Team human | Street duty: case one – knock down |
| Yes | Thriller: stories to keep you up at night |
| Murder in the second row |
April
22
April on ClickView
Access ClickView via the ClickView player on your desktop.
Top 5 ClickView programs for April :
Drugs: fact and fiction.
Family patterns: hand me down gene series.
Keeping it all together: cell membranes.
Newton’s law of motion.
Party drugs.
Look for these titles on ClickView
Mental health – the basics. 19 mins.
This program aims to examine the mental health issues relevant to young people. It aims to inform youth of the possible triggers of mental illnesses and the support networks that they can connect with. It educates teenagers on how they can promote good mental health personally, while changing perspectives and reducing the stigma of it.
Cyberbullying: Identify, Understand, Prevent. 19 mins.
Teenagers are an online population. They use the Internet, mobile phones, instant messaging, and text messaging to talk to friends, gather information, post photos, check out sports scores, and practice their social skills on a larger population. However, this tech-savvy generation faces extensive exposure to cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is not an uncommon occurrence among teens and the incidence is increasing. This programme examines the types and effects of cyberbullying, real life stories of victims and their perpetrators as well as protective strategies to combat this serious crime for the youth of today.
Food preservation techniques. 20 mins.
Food preservatives are commonly used in many foods we purchase and consume daily. While some food preservation techniques have been practiced for millennia, such as salting, drying and smoking, others have been made possible on a commercial scale by 20th century advancements in technology, such as freezing and pasteurizing. This film takes a look at why foods are preserved and the many advantages we as consumers gain from the ability to store food for long periods of time. It explores causes of food spoilage; the differences between natural and artificial food preservatives; preservation techniques using temperature; and water and oxygen removal. Featuring an interview and demonstrations of preservation techniques, this film is an ideal resource for senior learners at secondary level, and further education. It is a valuable production for anyone undertaking food and food technology related courses, as well as hospitality.
February
15
