February
26
February
23
Find the Facts on Climate Change
February
6
Summer Sport Sign-Up
September
1
Questionnaire for Ex-Students
July
28
Library Illustration Prize 2015
To celebrate Book Week 2015, Hobsons Bay City Council are giving schools an opportunity to win an illustrator visit in term four.
Each class that enters the Library Illustration Prize by the end of term three, Friday 18 September, will go into the draw. Please see the ‘Class Entry Form’ for details.
Create a piece of artwork inspired by your favourite book.
Illustrators can use any medium including pencils, crayon, paint; graphic design and photography to recreate a scene from a published piece of literature.
Every picture tells a thousand words, what story will your illustration tell?
Over $1000 of cash and book prizes to be won.
Entry is open to young people from Prep to Year 12, who attend school or live in Hobsons Bay or are a member of Hobsons Bay Libraries.
Download entry forms HERE.
May
26
Winter Sport 2 Sign Up
March
24
World Book is Here
February
16
The Stella Prize
The Long List for the 2015 Stella Prize has been announced. View details HERE.
- The Stella Prize is open to books written by women who are either Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia at the time of entry.
- To be eligible for entry in the 2015 prize, books must have been first published in English anywhere in the world between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2014.
- Both fiction and non-fiction books are eligible for the prize. This includes novels of all genres, collections of short stories by a single author, memoirs, biographies, histories, novellas and verse novels. Illustrated books, including graphic novels, are eligible, provided they are accompanied by a substantial quantity of text.
The Long List 2015
- Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Hachette)
- The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm Press)
- Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin)
- This House of Grief by Helen Garner (Text Publishing)
- Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett (Penguin)
- The Invisible History of the Human Race by Christine Kenneally (Black Inc)
- The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin)
- The Golden Age by Joan London (Random House)
- Laurinda by Alice Pung (Black Inc)
- Nest by Inga Simpson (Hachette)
- Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven (UQP)
- In My Mother’s Hands by Biff Ward (Allen & Unwin)
Past Winners:
Click HERE to find out the winners of the Stella in 2013 and 2014.
September
5
Student survey 2014
May
14
Well Being Week May 2014
As part of Well Being Week the library is showcasing essential oils as an aid to:
- improve memory concentration when studying.
- help to alleviate stress.
- assist with relaxation and getting a good nights sleep.
Come into the Library during Well Being Week and pick up a bookmark with recipes for oil blends. We will have sprays and oil burners operating over the week, so have a sniff when you come in. It might improve your concentration.
Visit our PascoLibrary 
Pinterest page to find some sweet smelling links to help you study, relax or get a good nights sleep.
There are many ways to use essential oils:
In the bath.
On a handkerchief.
On your pillow.
In an oil burner or on diffusing skewers.
Mixed with a carrier oil (e.g. sweet almond oil) and used in massage.
In a bowl of hot water – cover your head with a towel and hold over the bowl.
As an ingredient in a scented candle.
As a spray. (See recipe below for a relaxation blend.)
Air Sweetner Spray
1 tspn bergamont oil, 1 tspn lavender oil, 1 tspn lemon oil, 1 tspn rose oil, 50 drops cinnamon oil, 20 drops clove oil
Mix all the oils in a 25ml bottle. Shake well. Leave for 4 days. Add 1 tspn of the oil blend to a spray bottle about 250 ml in size. Top up with water. Shake well before use. Do not spray on polished furniture.
Aromatherapy for Pet Care
Peppermint oil is also useful for pet care. It repels fleas, so a spray containing peppermint oil can be used on pet bedding, in kennels and on pets to control fleas. Some pet shampoos also contain pennyroyal mint, which has the same properties.
Watch this You Tube clip to find out how to make a simple spray.